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The core of [JON CORZINE]'s plan is a sound one; he's proposed a child-focused funding scheme or what is sometimes called weighted per-pupil funding (WPPF). First, the cost of educating the typical child in accordance with established academic standards is determined. That cost becomes a universal foundation to which is added other amounts that account for a child's needs or circumstances.
[...] additional aid usually is allocated to a child who requires instructional programs necessitated by a learning disability or to deal with the challenges of educating a child from a low-income family or an area with a high concentration of poverty. A narrowly structured program allows families to select any public school in the district in which they reside.See the full content of this document
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A Half-Baked School Funding Plan
GOV. JON CORZINE is wasting a rare opportunity to improve New Jersey's public schools. His school funding proposal contains the seeds of much-needed...
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