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[quote=Anonymous]Please sign this petition to urge the DC Council to provide equitable funding to DC Charter schools so that teacher/support staff pay can stay on par with DCPS salaries as well as providing equal funding for facilities and services.

[b]https://p2a.co/QGLkMmI[/b]

Public schools (DCPS and public charters) receive a majority of their funding from DC’s annual budget through the Uniform Per Student Funding Formula (UPSFF). By law, DCPS and DC Public Charter Schools receive the same allocation per student through the UPSFF. This ensures equity: all students have access to similar resources regardless of where they live or go to school. It also means that funding schools receive outside the formula, such as one-time payments, are not subject to the same equity or long-term sustainability.

On March 22, the mayor released the budget that will include funding for fiscal year 2023-24 that underfunds DC Public Charter Schools by $187 million. As some may know, charter schools serve more than 48% of the 96,572 students enrolled in the public school system this academic year.

Petition here: [b]https://p2a.co/QGLkMmI[/b]

Not meaning to start a Charter v DCPS debate thread - I hope that we can all agree that teachers are a precious resource who need to be paid fairly for an incredibly challenging job -the pandemic made that abundantly clear- and that all children deserve to have great teachers and safe, clean and modern facilities.

Thanks for supporting public education in all its forms.[/quote]

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