The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Should Revise Its Charter & Cyber Charter School Funding Mechanisms

October 5, 2010 On October 5, 2010, an audit report found that Pennsylvania's charter and cyber charter schools have been charging the state’s 500 school districts different tuition rates because the funding formula is based on the sending school district’s per-pupil cost of education, not the charter schools’ actual costs. The Auditor General called for a moratorium on the approval of new charter and cyber schools because the state's charter funding formula was flawed and should be amended by the legislature. Download the Report . . .