In accordance with M.G.L. c.71 § 89(o), and 603 CMR 1.08(5), the purpose of this memorandum is to notify you of the number of students from your district who are expected to be enrolled in Massachusetts charter schools for the 2019-2020 school year.
I am providing you with a workbook, FY20 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data, containing three worksheets that provide information about projected charter school enrollment for the upcoming school year, as of March 15, 2019. Information about the charter schools' waitlists will continue to be provided in a separate report and will be available later this spring.
The first worksheet, CS Pre-enroll by School lists the fiscal year 2020 (FY20) charter school pre-enrollment by charter school and grade separated by Commonwealth and Horace Mann. The second worksheet, CS Pre-Enroll by SD, identifies the number of students by sending district and by grade that have pre-enrolled in Commonwealth charter schools. The third worksheet, CS Pre-Enroll by SD & School, provides one more layer of detail and identifies the number of students by sending district, charter school, and by grade, that have pre-enrolled in Commonwealth charter schools. These reports include expected student enrollment for FY20 based on currently attending students and students who have been newly admitted for the 2019-2020 school year.
According to state regulations, no charter school shall receive tuition payments that exceed the total enrollment for that charter school as it was reported to the Department in the school's pre-enrollment report. As a result, while actual charter school enrollment from your district may differ slightly as of October 1, 2019, (SIMS submission) the total enrollment in a charter school from all districts, as listed on the first attached report, represents the maximum number of students for which the charter school may receive tuition payments in FY20.
For additional details on the calculation of charter school tuition and assessments, see Charter Schools' Tuition, Reimbursements and Enrollment webpage.
If you have any questions regarding charter school enrollment, the funding formula, or the charter school statute and regulations on these issues, please contact me at jlaghetto@doe.mass.edu or 781-338-3221.
FY20 Charter School Pre-Enrollment Data
Last Updated: April 3, 2019
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