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Charter school aid mirrors adequacy rates; VLACS and other charters receive additional grants
Summary
Bureau staff said state charter‑school aid is computed from the adequacy formula but paid in the current year; charter schools also receive an ‘‘additional grant’’ with different rates for VLACS and non‑VLACS schools.
Brian Eaton of the Department of Education’s Bureau of School Finance briefed the committee on how the state funds charter public schools.
Eaton said charter aid is largely derived from the same components as district adequacy (base adequacy, F&R differential, special education differential and ELL differential), but with two key differences: charter aid is paid in the current fiscal year for the students attending (whereas district adequacy is…
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