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Cyber-charter reform yields roughly $732,000 in special-education savings; district eyes outreach to bring students back
Summary
District finance staff said cyber-charter tuition rate changes reduced special-education tuition by about $9,040 per student, saving roughly $732,000 this year; staff reported 324 students in cyber programs and described outreach plans to clarify district options to families.
Debbie Mazlowski, chief financial officer for William Penn School District, told the committee that recently enacted cyber-charter reforms were applied retroactively to the start of the school year and reduced allowable special-education tuition rates by about $9,040 per student.
"We currently have 81 students in the cyber charter schools for special ed. So, that's about $732,000 of that savings for this year," Mazlowski said, describing the reduction as a one-time savings for the current fiscal year but noting…
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