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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by scruple on Tuesday December 10, 2024 @11:35PM (#42384830)
> every student that leaves the public school and takes their little chunk of funding with them

Is this a state thing? In California, I don't get to stop paying taxes if my children go to a charter school. Or, am I just not understanding the point you're making re: "funding?" Are charter schools not also public where you live?

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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by bbreier on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @12:34AM (#42385094)
funding for public schools in California and most other places is based on number of students in attendance
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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @01:40AM (#42385407)
You lose a head at your school, you lose funding for that head. Some heads are more expensive to educate, like special education students, but the state gives you the same amount for each head. So as a school, you might want to keep the cheaper to educate heads and get rid of the more expensive to educate heads.
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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by scruple on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @02:47AM (#42385729)
That tracks and makes a lot of sense, based on conversations I've had. Thanks.
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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by thaumasiotes on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @02:08AM (#42385554)
As the other replies say, you don't get to stop paying taxes, but the local school does get to stop receiving them.
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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by scruple on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @02:46AM (#42385728)
Thank you. So, the funding chases the student, somehow?
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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by dmurray on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @03:34AM (#42385935)
The school gets paid for the number of students it has on its books. It's not difficult to imagine how this can "somehow" work operationally.
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Re:U.S. math scores drop on major international test by thaumasiotes on Wednesday December 11, 2024 @05:16AM (#42386461)
But if, theoretically, there were a way to count students, and also a hypothetical way to count money, someone might draw a correspondence between them?
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