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Students opting out for charters, private schools or homeschooling can hurt public schools because their funding is based on headcount. Public schools also see
by cperciva 5y ago
Students opting out for charters, private schools or homeschooling can hurt public schools because their funding is based on headcount.
Public schools also see their expenses drop when their headcount drops, yes?
- pmichaud 5y agoYes but not continuously, they have a bunch of fixed costs and they can’t fire 1/30th of a teacher for every student who doesn’t enroll. At some level of shrinkage the overall costs go down, but it’s not easy with a slow slide downward over the course of years.
- cperciva 5y agoWe're talking a 4% decrease in enrollments, right? That reduction in staff numbers can be handled through unforced attrition (~ 3% retirements plus a handful of career changes).