Sentences with phrase «public cost per pupil»

The district has spent nearly $ 2 billion on new school facilities over the last decade at a public cost per pupil FAR greater than the capital cost spent on public charters.

Not exact matches

«E.A.I. promised a better education at the same per - pupil cost as the public schools, but they're not doing the job,» said Greg Humphrey, the executive assistant...

The latest NCEA data show the mean tuition and per - pupil cost for Catholic elementary schools to be $ 2,607 and $ 4,268, and for high schools, $ 5,870 and $ 7,200, all below average public - school per - pupil expenditures.

This program may yet lift the performance of our pupils as they go through the school system, although problems remain: out of Australia's total expenditure on early childhood education in 2010, parents contributed almost half the cost and only 56 per cent was met from the public purse — compared with an OECD average of 82 per cent public funding — and the rest was from private sources, probably parental pockets.

Had the government paid for the voucher, the expenditure could have taken the form of a simple transfer from the public sector to the private sector, which in the long run need not add to the per - pupil cost of education.

But charter - school people across the land would forfeit their front teeth if their schools could be financed at almost $ 15,000 per pupil per year in public funds, plus the many millions in philanthropy that Moskowitz has mustered to finance start - up costs and important ancillary services.

The scholarship, worth $ 4,880 this year, amounts to less than 60 percent of the cost of per - pupil spending in public schools.

However, the Coverdell contribution limit is only $ 2,000 per year, less than a sixth of the national average cost per pupil at public schools.

Since 1960, the per - pupil cost of public schooling has risen by 3 1/2 times in real - dollar terms.

If we assume universal participation and pick a midlevel cost — say, $ 9,000 per child, which is close to where Head Start is today and approximates average per - pupil spending on K — 12 public education — the outlay for four - year - olds would be about $ 36 billion per annum.

The true nature of market forces shows up as smaller charters are muscled out by large networks, whose business models require that they expand enrollment, favor locations with more generous public per - pupil reimbursements, and reduce exposure to expenses associated with working in distressed areas, such as a greater concentration of high - need students and high insurance costs.

The per - pupil taxpayer cost of independent charters and the MPCP is substantially less than that of the Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS).

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.

A private school voucher costs less than Wisconsin's average per - pupil expense in public schools.

We estimated the per pupil costs for Alliance charter high school students to be $ 10,649 per year, compared to $ 15,372 per year for students at traditional public high schools within LAUSD, that is, we find a per pupil cost differential of 44 % in favor of LAUSD Alliance charter schools.

Our financial comparisons are somewhat broader in scope — involving the cost per high school pupil attending one of the largest public school districts in the nation and those attending a large charter school system.

Scholarship awards do not exceed the per pupil Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) amount for the student's home parish, ensuring that payments do not exceed the cost to send a child to public school.

Charter schools have a lower cost per pupil than traditional schools: Based on an analysis of relevant school costs and the number of enrolled high school students, the data shows the per pupil per pupil costs for Alliance charter high school students to be $ 10,649 per year, compared to $ 15,372 per year for students at traditional public high schools within LAUSD, that is, we find a per pupil cost differential of 44 % in favor of Alliance charter schools.

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.

Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School and Sturgis Charter Public School together educated 1,046 middle and high school students last year at a cost per pupil below the state - wide average and far below the cost of Cape area school districts.

Currently, the per - pupil cost of public education is close to $ 11,000 across the nation.

Currently, private schools are the least accessible to lower income families, despite the per - pupil cost to attend typically being less than both the public school and charter school systems.

They're polarizing because they take money from public schools, which can't easily lower their costs as they lose per - pupil spending and lack access to additional sources of funding through private donors.

If the sending district provides an alternative method of transportation for students enrolled in the sending district's public schools, it shall not be assessed for transportation costs which exceed the per pupil cost of said alternative.

Principal Carey Dahncke also says it costs $ 4000 less per pupil to educate students at his school than in Indianapolis Public Schools.

Annually, the average per pupil cost for public school is higher than the cost of most private schools.

However, research that focused on administrative costs between charters and traditional public schools in Michigan suggests the size difference might only explain about $ 130 of the per pupil gap.

Research on New York State on the varying sizes of public school districts suggests per pupil administrative costs could be double due to this size difference.

Instead of the matching pension contributions paid to the charter teachers that cost the school $ 193 per student on the public - school side, the union contract provides a pension plan that is now costing the city $ 2,605 per year per pupil.

Typically, state funding for public schools uses a formula based on per - pupil - costs in local schools.