School Finance: Charter Schools

Preliminary Charter School FY08 Tuition and Enrollment

Below you will find the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's most recent calculation of preliminary FY08 charter school tuition and reimbursements. These amounts will be used by the Department of Revenue for purposes of certifying the March 31, 2008 local aid distribution. Final FY08 tuition and reimbursements will be calculated in mid June 2008.

All districts and charter schools are reminded that the third quarter tuition calculations are still estimates.

The data provided herein reflect the fall enrollment as reported by each charter school via a SIMS (Student Information Management System) electronic data transmission.

•   PRELIMINARY FY08 CHARTER TUITION AND REIMBURSEMENT: A listing of each district's total enrollment at all charter schools (Column 1); the local tuition assessed, including the facilities component (Column 4); the Commonwealth's reimbursement to districts for the facilities component of their tuition (Column 13); and the amount that the Commonwealth is reimbursing each district for the cost of their charter pupils (Column 12).

•   PRELIMINARY FY08 CHARTER PUPILS AND TUITION: A listing of the number of pupils at each charter school and the total dollars to be paid.

•  PRELIMINARY FY08 CHARTER SCHOOL TUITION RATE AND FTE SUMMARY: A listing of rates and FTE for each sending district, at each charter school.

• FY08 CHARTER SCHOOL TUITION RATE CALCULATIONS: Reports showing the full detail behind the tuition rate calculations.

Questions regarding charter school tuition and reimbursements may be addressed to Hadley Cabral in School Finance at (781) 338-6586 or hcabral@doe.mass.edu.