I read this article, and I guess I need more information to judge the conclusions made here..
What is Youngstown's per-puil spending? (this could go two ways to include instruction-only.. or to also include capital costs..)
What is the avg. charter school per-pupil spending? (does the state or district pay this?)
What is the avg. school voucher cost? (does the state or district pay this?)
Hypothetical:
The district "lost" 3,876 students, and they may lose total state revenue in the long term, but very slowly because of the way the state formula works.. this won't be a shock to the system... and in the short-term there should actually be rising per-pupil allocations.
But the district is still collecting revenue locally as if it still has the 3,876 students, and so the actual money in the Youngstown budget (district+state) should show more funding per student!
Anyway money does not equal effectiveness or higher performance though, and we should always remember this.. :)
Schools take $29M hit with loss of pupils
I read this article, and I guess I need more information to judge the conclusions made here..
What is Youngstown's per-puil spending?
(this could go two ways to include instruction-only.. or to also include capital costs..)
What is the avg. charter school per-pupil spending?
(does the state or district pay this?)
What is the avg. school voucher cost?
(does the state or district pay this?)
Hypothetical:
The district "lost" 3,876 students, and they may lose total state revenue in the long term, but very slowly because of the way the state formula works.. this won't be a shock to the system... and in the short-term there should actually be rising per-pupil allocations.
But the district is still collecting revenue locally as if it still has the 3,876 students, and so the actual money in the Youngstown budget (district+state) should show more funding per student!
Anyway money does not equal effectiveness or higher performance though, and we should always remember this.. :)
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