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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My understanding is as it stands now in the city budget, charter schools will get approx $3500 less per student - which seems unfair to me (a taxpayer who pays for public - including charter - schools).  Per student allocation from the city should be the same, whether DCPS or Charter.  [/quote]

I have no idea if that dollar amount is true, but no, the SCHOOLS aren’t getting less. Rather, DCPS TEACHERS are getting retro compensation per the WTU collective bargaining agreement. Charter teachers do not have a collective bargaining agreement, nor do charter schools have a requirement to spend additional funds on teacher compensation. So it’s really apples to oranges unless you want to argue that the WTU agreement should apply to non-unionized charter teachers?[/quote]

Except that you are wrong. There are charter teachers that have a collective bargaining agreement. That agreement is negotiated from within the available per pupil. And so those unionized charter teachers get much, much less because their charter school gets less funding. If those unionized charter teachers negotiate for higher pay will the city accommodate it by funding their contract outside of the per pupil? Just as it is doing for DCPS?[/quote]

I'm not sure but I think the MV union is with a different union, not WTU, so the legalities would be different. I don't believe they have an agreement with the city itself.[/quote]

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