Sentences with phrase «public school pupils»

Multiple studies show that academic accomplishment of voucher school pupils does not exceed that of public school pupils.

Although the majority of fourth graders can not read at grade level, states spend about three times as much money per prisoner as per public school pupil.

However, the study does closely match participants to public school pupils based on their demographics and prior achievement, and we know both groups take state exams.

The co-location initiative began in 2000 when California voters approved Proposition 39, which mandated that district facilities be «shared fairly among public school pupils, including those in charter schools,» and that districts provide charters with facilities that were «reasonably equivalent» to those given to district schools.

It is wrong that the planned annual state outlay for voucher pupils will be up to $ 8,403 while that for public school pupils will be only $ 6,703.

The mild competition it has stimulated between the two types of education has not proved to be a danger to public education; private education is practically stabilized while the number of public school pupils continues to grow — partly because the improvement of education in private schools has made it easier for pupils to transfer to public schools of high quality.

Today, forty - three states and the District of Columbia have such laws, and some 6,800 charter schools educate almost three million children — about 6 percent of all U.S. public school pupils.

, the Hoosier State has an «annual performance - accountability rating system» for participating private schools that is based on the results of state assessments — the same tests that public school pupils take.

Chicago's more than 350,000 public school pupils finally went back to class yesterday, after seven missed days due to the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) strike.

Milwaukee Public Schools Pupil - to - Staff Ratios are competitive with the statewide ratios.

And while Mr Cameron's cabinet, with so many prominent former public school pupils, might have been vulnerable to accusations of elitism in education, Mrs May will have much more room to manoeuvre.

On Friday, hours after the State Senate approved plans to include the policy in this year's budget, Richard C. Iannuzzi, president of the New York State United Teachers, said it was a «fundamental and disgraceful attack» on public school pupils.

Stating that allowing parents to use their 529 savings for K - 12 tuition «will erode the tax base that funds public schools» when it will benefit many middle class New Yorkers already taking a 2018 hit with lost state and local deduction opportunities; when the real world state budget impact is demonstrably negligible; and in a state that already spends more per public school pupil than any other — is simply poor public education.

Public school pupils, for example, constitute such a group.

It became the law in California in 2000 when voters passed Proposition 39, which requires that the Golden State's public - school facilities «be shared fairly among all public school pupils, including those in charter schools.»

Washington, D.C. is a prime example of a charter sector large enough to compete with the traditional district, enrolling nearly 47 percent of public school pupils, creating a mixed market of charter and district choices for families.

Prop. 39, a law passed by California's voters in 2000, is intended to ensure «that public school facilities be shared fairly among all public school pupils, including those in charter schools.»

It shows $ 1,553 per public school pupil (not including local property tax support), versus $ 7,969 in state aid per private high school voucher elsewhere in the state.

CCSA is working with Senator Leno and the California Legislature to secure passage of a measure that includes an amendment to ensure access for all public school pupils.

However, as currently drafted, SCA 3 does not explicitly ensure that all public school pupils, including pupils in charter public schools, would benefit from the proceeds of local parcel taxes.

Across the country the average annual cost per public school pupil is $ 15,171.

Among other things, public school districts — which under the original act were only required to provide charter schools with facilities that were otherwise being unused — are now required to share their facilities fairly among all public school pupils, including those in charter schools.