Post by Logan on Jun 10, 2016 3:54:56 GMT -6
NC lawmakers debate charter schools’ share of local school dollars
Charter schools want a bigger slice of the money that traditional public schools receive. Their fight to get it has played out for years in legislative committee rooms and courtrooms.
The battle is now back in the legislature, where the House is considering whether it should go along with a Senate proposal to have local school districts send more money to charters.
The state and counties give charter and traditional public schools money for each student. But several questions about funding sources remain, including whether charters should get a share of grants that schools win for specific purposes or of federal money that school districts receive to cover indirect costs of administering programs.
Traditional public schools say they need every dollar, and it isn’t fair to have to dole out money to charters that don’t have to cover program costs.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article82879062.html
One of the selling points about charter schools is that they are supposed to encourage entrepreneurship so as to foster competition between the private and public school systems so that both can excel. Diverting funds from the public school system to provide more money to charters detracts from the entrepreneurial aspect so that there is a dichotomy between the haves that are privileged to attend the charters and the have nots that cannot afford or are unable to attend charters because of obstacles such as finances or transportation issues.
Charter schools want a bigger slice of the money that traditional public schools receive. Their fight to get it has played out for years in legislative committee rooms and courtrooms.
The battle is now back in the legislature, where the House is considering whether it should go along with a Senate proposal to have local school districts send more money to charters.
The state and counties give charter and traditional public schools money for each student. But several questions about funding sources remain, including whether charters should get a share of grants that schools win for specific purposes or of federal money that school districts receive to cover indirect costs of administering programs.
Traditional public schools say they need every dollar, and it isn’t fair to have to dole out money to charters that don’t have to cover program costs.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article82879062.html
One of the selling points about charter schools is that they are supposed to encourage entrepreneurship so as to foster competition between the private and public school systems so that both can excel. Diverting funds from the public school system to provide more money to charters detracts from the entrepreneurial aspect so that there is a dichotomy between the haves that are privileged to attend the charters and the have nots that cannot afford or are unable to attend charters because of obstacles such as finances or transportation issues.