2 things of note from my experience in auditing PA school districts for 6 years:
Whenever the schools have excess funds beyond budget at year end it's common for them to commit it to future capital improvements, so the funds are locked going forward only for a new school....or in a lot of cases a new Football Stadium...it's always a Football Stadium
I think the schools in lower income areas also have a higher percentage of parents put their kids in Charter Schools instead. This costs those districts extra because the school district must provide the Charter School with the Per Student funding it receives from the government, and must provide transportation for that student too and from the Charter School which can often be far commutes.
This eliminates any "economy of scale" benefits the school may realize in providing the same benefits to a larger group of students. Any efficiencies developed to decrease per student costs are null when you have to pay the full per student cost over to the Charter School now and also additional costs in transportation.
DrSirMister t1_j7q6usz wrote
Reply to Landmark Pa. school funding case decided: The state’s system is unconstitutional by Hashslingingslashar
2 things of note from my experience in auditing PA school districts for 6 years:
Whenever the schools have excess funds beyond budget at year end it's common for them to commit it to future capital improvements, so the funds are locked going forward only for a new school....or in a lot of cases a new Football Stadium...it's always a Football Stadium
I think the schools in lower income areas also have a higher percentage of parents put their kids in Charter Schools instead. This costs those districts extra because the school district must provide the Charter School with the Per Student funding it receives from the government, and must provide transportation for that student too and from the Charter School which can often be far commutes.
This eliminates any "economy of scale" benefits the school may realize in providing the same benefits to a larger group of students. Any efficiencies developed to decrease per student costs are null when you have to pay the full per student cost over to the Charter School now and also additional costs in transportation.