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Tell your legislators the public should have a say in how their taxpayer dollars are spent, including whether a new charter school should be established in their school district. Currently, communities have no meaningful voice in these decisions, even though charter schools have a direct impact on local school budgets, property taxes and the resources available to students in our neighborhood public schools.
The financial impact is significant. In New York's most charter-saturated districts, the majority of Foundation Aid increases over five years have gone to corporate charters rather than to support students in public schools. When students leave for charters, public schools lose per-pupil funding but still face fixed costs, forcing cuts to programs for the students who remain. School districts must be able to plan for the opening or expansion of a charter school, and the currently established timeline does not allow sufficient time for such planning.
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