đź‘€ đź‘€ Charters spend $185 million in special ed funding on other things
PA's broken system for funding charter school special education creates an incentive for charters to game the system to reap a maximum profit off of payments for students with disabilities. The Pennsylvania School Boards Association found that in 2020-2021,...
How much funding are charter school tuition payments draining from YOUR school district?
Charter and cyber charter schools are privately-managed public schools. Pennsylvania law allows any student to apply to attend any charter or cyber charter school in the state. Students’ home school districts are mandated by state law to pay tuition to the charter...
Ed Voters’ Testimony for the PA House Democratic Policy Committee Hearing on Cyber Charter School Funding
Testimony of Susan Spicka, Executive Director, Education Voters of PA, House Democratic Policy Committee Hearing, May 8th , 2023, Hello and thank you for this opportunity to testify today. My name is Susan Spicka, and I am the executive director of Education...
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