Making Charter School Facilities More Affordable. State-Driven Policy Approaches. Innovations in Education

摘要

Securing appropriate facilities can be a daunting challenge for those intending to open a charter school. Although, like all public schools, charter schools receive per-pupil dollars from the state, they generally receive considerably lesson average, only 78 cents for every dollar in state aid given to their traditional counterparts, according to one study.1 More to the point, however, because traditional public schools rely on their district to provide their school facilities, they can spend 100 percent of their per-pupil operational funding on their instructional program, whereas most charter schools have to stretch those dollars to cover facilities costs as well.