Not exact matches
Districts, of course, can also seek
operating levies from local taxpayers to boost revenues beyond what the state affords them, while charters depend entirely on state and federal per -
pupil allocations and whatever they can raise from philanthropy (see Figure 1 for current
spending estimates).
Utah ranks last in the nation in per -
pupil spending, and Innovations gets the same relative pittance as Salt Lake City's conventional high schools: $ 3,100 per student for
operating costs and $ 3,200 for facilities - related costs.
Most of the private schools at which students used the CSF scholarships
operate with less than half as much per -
pupil spending as the public schools.
Most of the private schools at which students used the scholarships
operate with less than half as much per -
pupil spending as the public schools.
In general, unless otherwise exempt, the following three criteria must be met in order for non-classroom based charters to be guaranteed full funding levels: (1) at least 80 percent of total revenues must be
spent on instruction or classroom support, (2) at least 50 percent of public revenues must be
spent on certificated staff salaries and benefits, and (3) the
pupil - teacher ratio must be equal to or lower than the
pupil - teacher ratio in the largest unified school district in the county or counties in which the school
operates or the school must maintain a minimum of 25:1 ratio.
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.
In January the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans released a study showing that charter schools
spent 1,358 more per
pupil on
operating expenses than traditional schools during the 2013 - 14 school year.
On average, charter schools in Colorado
spend $ 660 per student from designated per -
pupil operating revenue on facilities costs.
The Current Expense of Education & Per -
pupil Spending report on that page includes
operating expenditures only.
Like the Education Next survey, the Friedman survey asked respondents whether they thought public school
spending was too high, about right, or too low, after first randomly assigning the respondents into two groups: one that first heard a prompt explaining that the average U.S. public school
spends $ 10,658 per
pupil (this is average
operating expenditure per
pupil), while the other group was not given any prompt.