Sentences with phrase «per pupil because»

Charters receive more money per pupil because they don't receive the same level of services from the central office as traditional schools do.

Not exact matches

Because a similar freeze on charter school per - pupil tuition payments required from school districts was included in the rejected bill, districts will face higher costs of $ 70 million across the state.

[Cuomo said the latest lawsuit challenging the way New York allocates education dollars is flawed because the state spends more money per pupil — on average — than any other state and doesn't get top results.]

Although charter schools will receive an additional $ 500 per pupil in 2017 — 18, she called the budget a «travesty» because charter aid is not going through the roof.

Likewise, West Virginia fares better than Connecticut because it is poorer; if both states spend exactly the same per pupil, West Virginia naturally winds up devoting more of its per - capita income to education.

But Nevada is first on that indicator only because 69 percent of its students attend the Clark County school system, which has one of the lowest per - pupil spending rates in Nevada, at $ 5,215 — the same as the statewide median.

It is possible that people formulated better answers to this question because they used their own pay (or that of a family member) as benchmarks, while they lacked as much context on the per - pupil spending item.

Public schools in Cleveland actually have more money per pupil as a result of school vouchers, because they keep money not used to pay for the voucher.

The survey of 2,750 pupils aged 11 - 18 found that 45 per cent of students admit to checking their mobile device after going to bed, of which 68 per cent said they think it is affecting their school work and 25 per cent said they felt tired during the day because of how often they checked their mobile device at night.

Adequate, fair funding: University of Arkansas analysts report that the typical charter gets 28 percent less funding per pupil than nearby district schools, in large part because few charters share in the locally generated portion of K — 12 funding.

Despite the worry that enrollments would decrease once FLVS began receiving per - pupil funding because it would put the school in competition with some district funds, the opposite happened.

It came about, in California, in part because we have one of the lowest per - pupil expenditures for public education in the country.

However, almost three - quarters (72 per cent) of education staff feel that pupils are bullied because they are perceived as being different from the «norm».

And because the vouchers were worth about half of the cost per - pupil at the district schools, the study found that the voucher program saved the state nearly $ 52 million in fiscal year 2011.

New Jersey has the highest per - pupil spending in the nation, in part because of its large number of relatively small...

The education budget will fall to $ 953 million in fiscal 2008 from $ 955 million in fiscal 2007, although per - pupil spending is projected to rise slightly because of a small decline in student enrollment, according to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.

Because the value of the ESA is less than what taxpayers are spending, per - pupil, on the public schools, it's a win - win.

With 90 per cent of LGBT students reporting that they have been bullied because of their gender or sexuality, the NAHT believes that LGBT staff can provide an important role model for pupils and act as a «force for change».

However, this is down from 55 per cent of lesbian, gay and bi pupils who experienced bullying because of their sexual orientation in 2012 and 65 per cent in 2007.

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.

Because the per - pupil voucher amount our students received from the state had not increased in more than five years, we had no reserves to fall back on, and no endowment.

The number of pupils being given 25 per cent extra time in GCSE and A Level exams because of a special need is rising.

Was it right that her children should have limited access to speech therapy and music programs simply because their school received $ 1,000 less per pupil each year than other public schools?

What's more Free School Meal take up has risen from 50 per cent to 95 per cent, possibly because pupils no longer feel stigmatised, as there is nothing to visibly set them apart from their peers.

According to the National Education Union (NEU), there is a particular problem in secondary schools because of a shortfall of # 500m a year to funding for 11 — 16 - year - olds, between 2015/16 and 2019/20, plus the deep cuts to sixth form funding (over 17 per cent per pupil since 2010).

Because recessions may affect student outcomes through channels other than school budgets (such as parental employment or neighborhood crime), the Shores and Steinberg result likely reflects all ill - effects of the recession rather than those through reduced per - pupil spending per se.

Note: Because per - pupil spending is measured in logs, the coefficient represents percentage changes (e.g. a decline of 0.2 is roughly a twenty - percent reduction).

Educators and social workers, rather than for - profit management firms like Edison Schools, dominate the Arizona market, most likely because per - pupil funding in Arizona is too low to attract the for - profits, in contrast to that in other states, like Massachusetts and Michigan.

OFM estimates the charter school bill would add $ 8.4 million to overall state spending over the next four years: $ 7.4 million in per - pupil allocations because the schools would attract some private - school and home - schooled students not currently covered in the state budget, and $ 1 million in new administrative costs incurred by state agencies.

«A lot of schools, once you get 50 per cent - plus pupil premium, you're not just a school educating kids, you're a social care agency and it's because of a school's work with families and communities, bound together, and you get almost no credit for it whatsoever,» he said.

Because public charter schools» per - pupil funding is often inequitable compared to that of traditional public schools (about 75 - 80 % on average when compared to traditional schools nationwide), virtually all charter schools must use operational funding — money which otherwise would go towards educational purposes and classroom teaching and learning — to cover capital budget shortfalls.

Average district per - pupil spending does not always capture staffing and funding inequities.14 Many districts do not consider actual teacher salaries when budgeting for and reporting each school's expenditures, and the highest - poverty schools are often staffed by less - experienced teachers who typically earn lower salaries.15 Because educator salaries are, by far, schools» largest budget item, schools serving the poorest children end up spending much less on what matters most for their students» learning.

The Assembly plan would cut about $ 90 million from the governor's school plan, and result in a slightly larger property tax bill, in part, because it would allow low - spending school districts to raise per - pupil spending from $ 9,100 to $ 9,800 through a property tax increase.

By removing real estate as an obstacle, charters were able to focus on curriculum, students and school culture — especially important because New York charter students receive several thousand dollars less per pupil than children in district schools.

Because of this, parent donations can have a greater influence in states or districts with low per - pupil spending, with every $ 1 equal to a greater proportion of overall spending.

However, the figure (53 per cent) is not comparable to 2015 — when 80 per cent of pupils met the standard — because of changes in the national curriculum.

The parents of the students who were lucky enough to get into the new schools, DCIS, DSST, College Prep, are probably extremely happy because approximately $ 11,000 per pupil is being spent to make sure their children are at grade level or above academically.

For example, Education Week downgraded Utah's ranking on their Quality Counts report because of the low per pupil spending and high class sizes.

That's because along with the per - pupil increase and some boosts in aid, the committee's recommendation shifts a hefty chunk of tax dollars to private voucher schools, funding that could have restored public education funding that's been lost to years of cuts.

Kaukl said he met with the governor and suggested increasing the state - imposed revenue limits to more than $ 200 per pupil and increase funding for rural school districts that have had to recently quit offering summer school in part because of transportation costs.

Because school financing is often allocated on a per - pupil basis, plummeting enrollment can mean fewer teachers will be needed.

Because initial funding estimates were based on enrollment at the schools before state takeover, the turnaround operators started last year with one of the highest per - pupil funding amounts in the state.

He suggested the county government's budget miscalculated the per - pupil expenditure because it didn't include the charter school students which are paid for with local funds.

Because the Pennsylvania charter tuition formula is based on per - pupil spending, some districts are hit even worse.

Florida does not qualify for the $ 2.5 billion in education budget relief because per pupil funding in the state has dipped well - below 2006 levels.

The reason he is declaring war on the status quo is because NY spends over $ 19,000 annually per pupil (highest of the 50 states) yet the proficiency rate of 4th graders is only 40 % in math and 37 % in reading!

The DfE has today confirmed those results and again stressed that this figure is not comparable to last year — when 80 per cent of pupils achieved a level 4 — because of changes in the national curriculum and accountability framework.

He also said that, because of increasing pupil numbers, the school's budget would still amount to a real terms cut in funding per pupil.

Because it is a per pupil guarantee, the changes will only amount to a cash increase if schools have static or rising rolls.

A lump sum and per pupil funding formula is not the most efficient way to share out a limited pot of money, although it is simple, because it assumes that every extra child costs the same to educate.