Escalating construction costs, along with
a steady decline in enrollment that means a loss of state aid, could drive the price tag for the entire building program beyond its $ 19.2 billion budget, said Guy Mehula, the chief facilities executive for the Los Angeles Unified...
Zimmer identified three factors pushing the district toward the financial abyss: the federal government's reneging on promises of more money for special education students, creating a $ 200 million shortfall for the district; the state's «extremely low» per - pupil funding level and the district's
steady decline in enrollment.
What has been of concern is that TFA has been showing
a steady decline in its enrollment since 2010.
Not exact matches
Attracting new students is an urgent priority for the nation's Catholic schools, which have suffered a
steady enrollment decline in recent decades due to changing urban demographics and a
declining church population, among other factors.
Magnets are viewed by many
in the district as a key to reversing LA Unified's
steady enrollment decline as charter schools have grown, the birth rate has
declined, and families have left Los Angeles as housing costs have skyrocketed.
While the
enrollment rate for children from middle - income families
in U.S. private elementary schools has
declined significantly over the last five decades, the level for high - income families has been relatively
steady, according to a National Bureau of Economic Research study released this month — a trend that could come to perpetuate the nation's growing wealth divide.
While district
enrollment in traditional West County schools has been on a slow but
steady decline,
enrollment in charters has jumped.
The share of white students
in the Richmond - Petersburg metro
declined by almost ten percentage points to 51 % between 1989 and 2010, even as the share of the black
enrollment remained
steady at 37 %.
Although charter school
enrollment in Newark has risen
in recent years, the study notes that these gains did not translate into an equal
decline in enrollment in the district, with
enrollment in district schools holding
steady.
While the Archdiocese has indeed experienced a
steady decline in school
enrollment, it remains unclear what the exact causes are.