Archived Information

School Finance: Charter Schools

Memorandum

During school year 1999-2000, the 34 Commonwealth Charter Schools served a total of 11,220 pupils. We have prepared a number of reports presenting final FY00 Charter School pupil enrollment and tuition amounts. Our purpose in sending this out at this time is a) to ensure the accuracy of the information, b) to show how your annual tuition and assessments were derived, and c) to assist you in planning for the budgetary impact of charter programs during FY01.

All superintendents and charter school leaders will receive the following statewide printouts:

• Charter School Tuition and Reimbursement, Final FY00. This printout shows each district's total full-time equivalent pupils at all charter schools (Column A); the amount of local tuition and transportation being assessed (D); the amount of direct state subsidy for pupils who were in private or home school settings in FY99 (E), and the amount that the Commonwealth is reimbursing each district for the cost of their charter pupils (L).

• Summary by Charter School of Pupils and Tuition, Final FY00. This printout shows the number of pupils at each charter school and the total dollars to be paid-including the Commonwealth's subsidy for private and home-schooled pupils.

  In addition, superintendents will receive a report for their own particular districts:

  • Final FY00 Charter School Rosters, containing pupil information such as name, address, birth date, program and enrollment dates, as well as the tuition and transportation assessment for each child.

Charter school leaders will receive Final FY00 Charter School Rosters for the pupils they have reported at their schools.

FY00 Charter School Tuition Rate Calculations, showing the budgeted expenditures and projected enrollments that were used in determining the tuition rate.

FY01 Projected Charter School Enrollment and Tuition Calculations have been posted on the Web. It is our hope that this information will help charter schools, school districts, and municipalities in their FY01 budget process.

If you have any questions about this information, please contact Rebecca Holmes of the School Finance Office, at (781) 338-6518, or rholmes@doe.mass.edu.

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