The online schools use certified teachers and follow a curriculum designed to provide the students an education that equals that
of other public school students.
«After days of analysis and numbers - crunching, the results are clear: While charter schools will see a boost next year, the new formula which will be put in place will prevent funding parity
with other public school students,» said NECSN director Andrea Rogers.
American Heritage Academy (AHA) is a testing center to its own students and is open to testing all home school students and
other public school students who wish to do so.
The increase in state funding would not take money away
from other public school students, he said, because it would not come out of the $ 9 billion state education budget dictated by the school funding formula.
The suit, filed on behalf of Beatriz Vergara, a Los Angeles high school student, and eight
other public school students, claims that the law protects poor - performing teachers assigned to working with low - income, minority children.
«I am not worth less than
other public school students, but right now I'm treated like it in the eyes of the law,» said Jayda Collins, a student at Young Women's College Prep Charter School.
Public charter school students already receive about $ 4,000 less in public funding than
other public school students.
Statewide, charter students receive about 25 % less in funding than
other public school students.
In Rochester, charter students only see 68 cents on the dollar compared to
other public school students.