Unfortunately, we were not able to control for changes in the number of students who spoke limited English or in the school's
operating cost per pupil, because at the time of the study such information was available only up to the 2001 - 02 school year.
Not exact matches
In most cases, tax revenues pay the
costs at private schools up to the expenditures
per pupil in government -
operated schools.
Tkaczyk's assertions were in line with Superintendent Seth Turner's presentation to the board at the December meeting, during which business administrator Lissa Jilek said the gap elimination adjustment has
cost the district $ 11.7 million since 2010, an amount which is equal to 4.1 percent of the total
operating budget, and breaks down to over $ 800
per pupil.
Utah ranks last in the nation in
per -
pupil spending, and Innovations gets the same relative pittance as Salt Lake City's conventional high schools: $ 3,100
per student for
operating costs and $ 3,200 for facilities - related
costs.
The charter schools model offers a community a way to create a school that often has lower
operating costs than traditional schools — particularly for employee compensation — and greater flexibility in class offerings, all funded with federal start - up money and a large portion of the annual
per -
pupil payment from the state for public school students.
She noted that in all three cases, the district fills in the gap between the amount the schools receive from
per -
pupil state aid and their actual
costs to
operate.
House Bill 787 would increase the
per -
pupil student allotment for schools
operating under the State Charter Schools Commission, at a
cost of about $ 17 million a year.
To further belabor its point, the Sentinel also distorted
per -
pupil spending for Florida public schools, comparing the tax credit scholarship values to public
per -
pupil operating costs alone.
On average, charter schools in Colorado spend $ 660
per student from designated
per -
pupil operating revenue on facilities
costs.
What the president left out is that the performance of American high school students has hardly budged over the past 40 years, while the
per -
pupil cost of
operating the schools they attend has increased threefold in real dollar terms.