--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Like Cleveland's voucher schools, the charter > schools in Minneapolis will have > considerable less money per student in their > operating budget than the > district run schools, and since teacher's salaries > are a big part of the operating > budget of any schools, at whose will expense the > cost-cutting achieved?
Though I haven't looked at the funding of charters for several years (and imagine it hasn't really changed) charters in Minnesota are actualy better off in per pupil funding than their non-charter, public conterparts. The difference is made up by a law (like I said, I imagine it is still on the books) that requires school districts to pay the federally required special ed dollars directly to charter schools and the district must then wait for reimbursement from the feds. As you all know, the feds have not been footing their required mandate for special ed, thus charters are the only ones coing out ahead. Though it is the case in most states that charters operate on much less state and local money, I don't think this holds in MN. > Teachers will be laid of from the district > run schools, and hired by the > charter school for less pay and with no job > security. The primary reason there will be less job security for the charter teachers is that they tend to not join unions - anyone know if any MPLS charters are unionized? In my opinion, this is one of the main reasons that districts and the business community are such strong backers of charters - unionbusting. The teachers union tends to hate charters because of this, sadly the unions don't seem to put much energy into organizing charter schools. jon kelland chicago REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
