Outside of the special needs funding issue, do charter schools receive more or less funding than traditional schools?
Traditional schools claim charters receive more funding; charters claim traditional schools receive more funding. In reality, it is too simplistic to state that one type receives more or less funding than the other. It depends on the individual characteristics of the traditional and charter schools used for comparison. While both charter and traditional schools receive the same Base Support Level funding from the state, they each receive (or may be eligible to receive) other unique funding. Below is a simplified comparison. . Additional funds only traditional schools can receive: • Desegregation funds: These funds are limited to districts named in federal or state desegregation cases. • Adjacent Ways funds: This is tax money spent on construction projects not related to education but which improve access to and/or the functionality of the school property, including street, water and sewer improvements that are adjacent to school property. • Isolated school adjustments: A small number o
