| 1 | A Study of Charter Schools, First-Year Report 1997, RPP International and the University of Minnesota. U.S. Department of Education |
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| 2 | United States Department of Education National Statistics. |
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| 3 | The Massachusetts Charter School Initiative - 1996 Report, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Education, pg. 3. |
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| 4 | The source of data presented in this report was the Department of Education, unless noted otherwise. |
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| 5 | School Building Assistance Bureau grant. This unit of the Department has been renamed "School Governance, Environment and Instructional Services" |
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| 6 | Some of the difference in administrative expenses may be due to inappropriately categorized charter school expenses. Another factor may be the cost scale of administering one school versus many schools (economies of scale). |
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| 7 | Prototype 502.5 students are not included in the exhibit above as these students are treated through residential and other programs and are not at charter or district schools. |