State aid equal to the amount of the voucher ($ 12,000) will be deducted from the school district in which the participating special needs
voucher student resides.
Not exact matches
The
voucher will further dilute public education funding currently going to the local school district which has an extensive infrastructure — buildings, supervisory staff, transportation, etc. that supports ALL
students residing in their jurisdiction.
Through this program,
students who
reside in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District can receive
vouchers to attend neighboring public schools or private schools.
In addition, public school districts across the state will have their state aid reduced by nearly $ 43 million to pay the costs of
voucher students who
reside in their districts and who first enrolled in and participated in the Statewide or Racine
voucher programs in 2015 - 16 or later.
It is estimated that this change will allow an additional 550
students to participate in the statewide
voucher program compared to current law and will reduce state aid to the public school districts in which those pupils
reside by $ 4.4 million.
Senate Bill 615, the bill to which an amendment was added in the Assembly to change how public school districts recoup the state aid they lose when
students who
reside in the district participate in the statewide
voucher program.