Is there not an opportunity for charter schools to "cream" the population of school-age children? Per-pupil public money across the board sounds good but if the special needs and the thousands of ESL kids are concentrated in the public school system BECAUSE it is the public school system, if the charter schools can prefer to accept only children who exemplify less daunting challenges, the public school dollars aren't going to go as far "per pupil" as will the public dollars that make their way to a private system that basically has an easier row to hoe.
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