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ED448514 EA030787
Title: Venturesome Capital: State Charter School Finance Systems. National Charter School Finance Study.
Author(s): Nelson, F. Howard; Muir, Edward; Drown, Rachel
Author Affiliation: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.(EDD00036)
Pages: 190
Publication Date: December 2000
Contract No: ED98-CO-0029
Report No: GFI-2001-9501
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC08 Plus Postage.
Availability: ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 207994-1398. Tel: 877-433-7827 (Toll Free). For full text: http://www.ed.gov.
Language: English
Document Type: Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN2001
Government Level: Federal
This report
examines the laws, regulations, and practices governing charter-school
finance during the 1998-99 school year. The 23 states and 2 cities
surveyed here had operative charter schools during 1997-98, and
thus had a least one year of experience in implementing laws and
developing financial practices. The report includes an estimation
of the actual dollar amounts that states allocate to charter schools
based on the types of students enrolled, and discusses numerous
other factors central to charter-school funding. The analysis outlines
the range of per-pupil funding that charter schools can expect to
receive in each state. Issues regarding school-district fidelity
to state law are not addressed in the report. After an introduction,
a review of previous research on charter-school finance is provided.
This is followed by a description of the methodology used to collect
data, including the procedures used to create the hypothetical charter
schools that underlie the funding comparisons in the report. The
next chapter gives an overview of funding and includes sections
on base per-pupil funding and funding linked to student characteristics
or geographic location. The report also discusses startup funding,
facilities funding, and transportation funding. The last chapter
examines the comparability of charter school and school-district
funding. (RJM)
Descriptors: *Charter Schools; *Educational Finance; *Educational
Legislation; Educational Policy; Elementary Secondary Education;
*Financial Policy; Financial Support; Nontraditional Education;
*State Aid
