'Fiscal Impact' as a Factor in Charter Growth in Rhode Island

Institution	National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Titel	'Fiscal Impact' as a Factor in Charter Growth in Rhode Island
Quelle	(2021), (53 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Charter Schools; Economic Impact; Educational Finance; Public Schools; State Legislation; Educational Legislation; School Law; Elementary Secondary Education; Rhode Island + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Charter school; Charter-Schule; Ökonomische Determinanten; Bildungsfonds; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Landesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Law concerning schools; Schulrecht
Abstract	Charter schools and district schools are both public schools serving public school students and operating within the same public education ecosystem. For nearly as long as charter schools have been in existence, there has been concern about how these innovative public schools that generally sit outside the jurisdiction of the school district might potentially impact other public schools that sit within the school district--or even cause harm to the district itself. One of the most common misperceptions of charter schools is that they take financial resources from the local school district, thereby causing a negative "fiscal impact" on the district and hurting the overall public education system. This report discusses Rhode Island law on the relevance of public charter schools' "fiscal impact" on school districts as a basis for limiting charter growth. Following a brief summary of the status of public charter schools and the relevance of their 'fiscal impact' under Rhode Island law, the report briefly lists arguments school districts and others make on this basis for resisting charter growth, then outlines a series of affirmative and responsive legal and policy reasons why arguments of this sort should not generally block charter growth in the state. Facts, data, arguments, and citations supporting analysis in the main body of the report are laid out in greater detail in appendices cross-referenced at the end of paragraphs of the report. While this report is a deep dive into the specifics of Rhode Island's charter sector, many of the fiscal impact arguments and rebuttals made are also relevant in other states. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. 1101 15th Street NW Suite 1010, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-289-2700; Fax: 202-289-4009; e-mail: contact@publiccharters.org; Web site: http://www.publiccharters.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01