Boardman schools call for greater transparency for charter schools

BOARDMAN — The Boardman school board is calling for greater accountability and transparency for charter/community schools.

The resolution the board approved tonight also urges the General Assembly to establish a separate funding stream for charter schools.

The board says more than 120,000 students statewide attend charter schools, at a cost of more than $950 million in state funding each year, while last year, 511 of 613 school districts, including Boardman Local Schools, received less per pupil under the state’s funding formula than the minimum $5,745 per pupil received by the charter schools.

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