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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Education Funding Should âFollow the Childâ When Parents Choose Oregon Charter Schools
Description: Charter schools are public schools, but students attending Oregon charter schools receive a fraction of the public education funding allocated to regular district school students. According to the Oregon Coalition of Community Charter Schools, charter school funding works out to about 48% of regular district schoolsâ per-pupil funding. Itâs time to address this disparity so that charter schoolsâwhich successfully meet the academic and social needs of so many childrenâhave the wherewithal to serve their students well.House Bill 3444, which received a hearing in the House Committee on Education March 12, would allow charter students to receive 95% of the ADM...