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State Board approves distribution formula for one-time charter funding; motion passes unanimously
Summary
The board considered options for a $3.6 million one-time charter-school funding pot and approved a distribution that preserves last year’s compromise: a fixed payment to charters with more than 2,000 students and staged allocations for smaller charters, with specifics approved by motion and a unanimous vote.
Dale Frost, Minimum School Program administrator, explained the statutory background and options for the Legislature’s $3.6 million one-time appropriation directed at charter-school mitigation funding. He told the Board the statute allows the State Board to distribute one-time funds “to charter schools regardless of size” to mitigate funding losses or to increase the base amount, and staff produced several allocation scenarios for board consideration.
Why this matters: The allocation affects operational funding for charter schools statewide and responds to a change in statutory formulae that removed a prior funding mechanism. Board members debated approaches that favored smaller charters, maintained the prior-year compromise for larger charters, or split the pot evenly.
Staff presented three primary methodologies: (1) allocate all…
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