SOUDERTON â Proposals backed by school districts across the state and Gov. Tom Wolf to reform charter school funding would unfairly cut the funding going to the charter schools, the CEO of the largest organization advocating for Pennsylvania charter schools said during a May 26 visit to Souderton Charter School Collaborative. First and foremost, this is not the time to cut funding for any public school within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Charter schools are public schools, said Lenny McAllister, Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools CEO. Â
School districts pay tuition to the charter schools students from the district attend, currently based on the amount the sending district spends per student in the district. The proposed changes would set a standard fee statewide at less than is now paid. One of the particularly troubling aspects of the proposal is that the amount paid charter schools for special education students would decrease, affecting som