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This is really a misleading statement that is repeated so often without context. That per student calculation includes educating special needs students placed in both private and DCPS schools. It also includes the busing of all those students.  Until DC can find away of providing a proper education to the special needs students, that number will always be skewed because schools like Chelsea and Lab really cuts deep into the budget. [/quote]

Actually, those DCPS per student calcluations do NOT include educating special needs students in private schools or busing those students -- those costs are budgted in separate buckets managed by OSSE, not DCPS.  As of DCPS' special needs students, yes, they are provided additional add-ons, as are charters.  The real sources of the discrepany between DCPS and charters are facilities, DCPS' regular mid-year supplemental infusions outside of the formula, support for DCPS in other agencies outside of the formula, and DCPS being funded based on forecasted enrollment which has historically fallen short of actual (unlike charters who are funded based on an actual count).  [/quote] [/quote] [/quote] [/quote]

Yes, several times a year, DCPS goes to council for extra money outside of their regular budget, and there are many other areas of spending that are not included on the DCPS side - and ultimately the fact still remains that funding equation is extremely lopsided, with far less financial resources available per student on the charter side.

The bottom line is that DCPS spends more per student than virtually any other district in the nation - as such there's no good reason whatsoever as to why they couldn't provide resources as good as those available in the very best public school district in the nation with that current funding, and that includes providing for special needs.  [/quote]

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