Wednesday, December 02, 2009

How we gonna pay ....

Loooooong article in the StarTrib (via TWIE) on Minnesota charter schools and lease aid. The gist: A few hacks are profiting off of it.

Our school would not be able to operate without lease aid given the type of lease we have and the current per-pupil funding for charters. Not only do we pay rent, but we also pay property taxes and all maintenance and repairs. I don't think that the state should write a blank check for schools to construct new buildings. But the article suggests that spending on lease aid is wildly out of proportion. Perhaps it's just that per-pupil funding simply doesn't cover the full cost of educating a child in a charter school.

5 comments:

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Ms. H said...

With all due respect, per-pupil funding doesn't cover the full cost of educating a child in a public school, either. This is especially true in Texas, where the legislature has frozen our funding at 2006 levels.

julie said...

Absolutely.

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