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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even the MAXIMUM special needs funding to charters is less than the AVERAGE per student funding in DCPS.[/quote]

This isn't true.

Signed,

Special Ed coordinator in a charter school.[/quote]

Oh, really?  Not true?

Average spending for a normal (no disabilities) student in DCPS is $35,000 a year.  There are many kids in the DCPS systems who cost the system $50,000 a year and more.

How many kids without disabilities in your charter get $35,000 a year from the system to spend on them?

How many special needs kids in your charter get $35,000 a year from the system to spend on them?

How many students in your charter get $50,000 a year from the system to spend on them?[/quote]

Charter school students who receive the maximum special ed funding receive more than $27,000 in just special ed funds.  In addition they receive per pupil funding, and many of them also receive an additional bonus for being in a more expensive grade, for being ELL, for being Title 1.  They also receive facilities funds.  Significant number of them receive free transportation from DCPS.

This adds up to significantly more than $35,000 a year.

In addition, you have to keep in mind that OSSE pays the tuition for charter school students who are referred to $50,000 private schools.

I'm not saying that there's not a discrepancy between DCPS and Charter spending on special education, but the statement that the maximum funding for a special ed student is below $35,000 is false.[/quote]

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