In PA, students are district residents in the district in which they sleep.
The virtual charters are funded by the individual districts for THEIR students. They pay for each student enrolled (who would otherwise be a student at the physical district school). Yes, public education in PA is funded by property taxes paid TO THAT DISTRICT.
Sorry to burst your balloon, but paying property taxes in one district does not entitle your children to attend the school in that district if they do not reside (sleep) there.
There were PA court cases regarding district residency as far back as the 70's so it is not a new revelation.
He was wrong - plain and simple, and morally, if not legally, he owes the district and the state for that tuition that was paid (the state paid the district some so that they would not incur the costs of a lawsuit against Santorum. He did not repay either the district or the state.)
>>The virtual charters are funded by the individual districts for THEIR students. They pay for each student enrolled (who would otherwise be a student at the physical district school). Yes, public education in PA is funded by property taxes paid TO THAT DISTRICT.<<
Actually, the PA Department of Education states that
- Charter schools will receive funds for operation from both the state and local level. Funding is provided by removing allocations that are not part of the operating costs of a charter school from the total expenditures per average daily membership of the school district of residence. School districts are provided temporary funding for the transitional costs of a district’s students enrolling in a charter school and are provided payments due to the transfer of private school students to a public charter school.
and
— A charter school shall enroll students who chose to apply and are residents of the school district or participating districts. Nonresident students may also be enrolled with first preference given to resident students. Capacity issues will be settled by the use of a lottery. Discrimination is prohibited in admission decisions; however, the charter school may limit admission to a particular grade level or area of concentration and my set reasonable criteria to evaluate prospective students, consistent with the charter.
Per
Marlene Kanuck | BEA2/Charter Schools Coordinator
Pennsylvania Department of Education - Bureau of Teaching and Learning
333 Market Street, 8th Floor | Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333
Phone: 717.783.9294 | Fax: 717.783.3946
So, Santorum and his family pay property taxes to his district. They got the money.