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Charter school leaders brief NH study committee on enrollment, funding and special-education arrangements
Summary
Presenters told the Committee to Study Reducing the Number of School Administrative Units in the State that New Hampshire has 37 charter schools, that last-year enrollment was about 6,034, and that per‑pupil state adequacy plus the charter grant is $9,180; they described how special-education services, transportation and funding are handled between
The Committee to Study Reducing the Number of School Administrative Units in the State heard an overview of New Hampshire charter schools on the committee’s meeting date from Jody Adams, executive director of the New Hampshire Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and two charter school leaders.
Adams told the committee, “There are 37 charter schools this year.” She said last year’s charter enrollment was 6,034 students and that “we're getting, $9,180 per pupil at this time total, and that's with adequacy aid and then the additional charter school grant.” Adams described three standard arrangements for special-education services: services provided on a charter campus by staff hired by the charter; staff hired by the sending traditional district and sent into the charter; or transporting the student to the district school when appropriate.
Committee members pressed presenters about operational details. Jessica Watson, dean of operations at Birches Academy Charter School in Salem, said there is a special-education adequacy that “I think…
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