Reply to Charter school funding gap in FY27 budget

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "Charter school funding gap in FY27 budget"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I really don't know where this "Charters get $2000 less per kid" figure came from originally or who calculated it. But I'm skeptical.

If it's $2K per kid and 50,000 charter kids, a difference of $100 million is alleged. But:

* We've already established that at least some of the Early Stages funding (at least the part that's for identifying children with special needs before they are attending any DCPS or charter school) shouldn't count because charters don't do that work (but they benefit from receiving kids who have already been served and have IEPs in place!). But I'm not sure how much that cost is. About $11 million per year is the Early Stages line in the budget. https://cfo.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/ocfo/publication/attachments/ga0_dcps_chapter_2027a_0.pdf page D-54.

* Since DCPS has a net gain of students over each year and charters a net loss, how much extra funding should DCPS get for that? The UPSFF foundation rate is $15.5K per kid, but can be over $50K for the highest tier of special needs. So call it $20K on average. Times DCPS' net gain of 728 kids last year, that's $14 million.  So we're up to $25 million already.

* Take out for public use of DCPS facilities, we've talked about pools but there are probably other types of usage. Do schools get compensated for this? How are the lifeguards paid, and the water bill? I really don't know how it works.

* Charters having below-market rent from DCPS and city builidings. It's an interesting question and I really don't know if this is happening and how to value it.

* OSSE credit enhancements: https://osse.dc.gov/service/facilities-financing-dc-public-charter-schools Basically OSSE runs a revolving fund that does loans and credit enhancements to help charters borrow at favorable rates. What is the economic value of this subsidy, and what does it cost the city to provide in terms of staffing? I really don't know.

Any other ideas? I'm open to hearing them, if there's actual knowledge backing them up.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics