Sentences with phrase «public school districts save»

The best question to ask when examining the fiscal drain from public schools to charters is what would public school districts save if charter students returned.

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With the administrative buildings for the village of Glenview, the Park District and public schools aging and in need of renovations, officials say they could save taxpayers at least $ 4 million if the entities were housed under one roof.

«In our seven years at D.C. Public Schools, we have significantly increased the quality of food service while saving the District millions of dollars,» he said.

The Committee to Save New York has been promoting the Governor's anti-tax, pro-austerity agenda that is destroying our public services and decimating school districts, said Ron Deutsch, Executive Director of New Yorker for Fiscal Fairness.

Given that Florida public schools spend close to $ 17,000 per disabled student and that the McKay program contains a roughly representative distribution of disability types, taxpayers are actually saving quite a bit of money with special education vouchers, and public school districts are certainly not being «financially punished.»

Public school districts have a high fixed costs, so when funds «follow» the student, districts often lose more in revenue than they can save in costs.

«Since this program saves taxpayers money and the legislature will need to appropriate more funding to return these students to the local public schools, which will lead to increase costs to the local district; the legislature should instead provide the funding for the scholarship program to allow parents to choose schools they believe will best educate their children,» Duplessis added.

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* For readers who think that districts should be able to vote for charter school approvals, a position advocated for by Save Our Schools - NJ, imagine this scenario: an application is submitted for a charter school devoted to the needs of students of color in Lakewood and, per N.J.'s charter school funding law, Lakewood Public Schools would pay up to 90 % of tuition.

For example, one ISD, which processes the billing for 28 local public school districts and two public school academies for Medicaid - eligible students receiving special education services, saved schools $ 7,913,061 through Medicaid revenue.