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Real Cost per Student for Virtual Schools as Opposed to Brick and Mortar (Traditional) Schools Oklahoma House of Representatives Interim Study, 19-089 September 11, 2019
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Real Cost per Student for Virtual Schools
as Opposed to Brick and Mortar
(Traditional) Schools
Oklahoma House of Representatives
Interim Study, 19-089
September 11, 2019
• Initial State Aid allocation at 1.333 per student enrollment
on August 1
• Revised State Aid allocation based on the First Quarter
Statistical Report (FQSR) to include current Average
Daily Membership (A.D.M) and student/formula weights
resulting in mid-term funding adjustments
• Receive state and federal funds, but no local revenue or
bonding capacity
Oklahoma Virtual Charter School Funding
Differences in Financial Management of
Virtual Schools and Other Types of Schools
• Personnel
• Technology
• Online Products and Services
• School Operations
• Management
• Funding
“Quality online learning is cost effective – Real costs include
expert teachers, curriculum development, licensing, computers,
course delivery and data systems, plus special services and
physical materials.”
iNACOL
Virtual Education Funding Considerations
Five Broad Categories of Online Program Costs:
• Management
• Instruction
• Course Development
• Technology Set-up
• Technology Personnel
Costs and Funding of Virtual Schools
Augenblick, Palaich & Associates
Virtual Education Funding Considerations
“The operating costs of online programs are about the same as
the operating costs of a regular brick and mortar school.”
“…the cost of the full-time online school is between 93%
and 98% of traditional school costs”
Promising Practices: Funding and Policy Frameworks for K-12 Online Learning
iNACOL
Virtual Education Funding Considerations
Typical Online School Total Per-Pupil Expenditure $6,500.
• Teachers 26%
• Curriculum 20%
• Technology 24%
• Community Outreach 6%
• Facility 3%
• Administration 15%
• Board/Sponsor 6%
iNACOL
Virtual Education Considerations
“Independent, national studies suggest virtual school funding
should be about the same as those of a regular brick-and-
mortar school. Based on a national average, costs for full-
time virtual schools ranged from $7,200 to $8,300 per pupil
(Augenblick, Palaich and Associates).
Savings compared to $10,000 per pupil national average for
K-12 education.”
iNACOL
Virtual Education Funding Considerations
Florida Tax Watch concluded FLVS “a bargain for FL
taxpayers” citing due to savings in school construction and
transportation costs.
Virtual Education Funding Considerations
2008 Wisconsin Legislature
• Audit Bureau audit showed that “overall the state’s virtual
charter school costs were reasonable and the funding they
received were in line with their costs.”
• Per pupil revenue at the time was $6,500.
Virtual Education Funding Considerations
“In 22 out of 27 states (82%) online charter schools are funded on par
with brick and mortar schools… In states where online charter
schools are funded at lower rates, their funding levels ranged between
70 percent and 90 percent of charter school funding rates.”
Center on Reinventing Public Education (CRPE)
Virtual Education Funding Considerations
Creating Sound Policy for Digital Learning
Develop funding formulas to reflect actual costs for virtual schools
and virtual programs.
National Education Policy Center (NEPC)
Virtual Education Funding Considerations
• Arkansas – FY19 per pupil funding for all students was $6,899.
Brick and mortar schools receive additional funding.
• Arizona – Per pupil funding for brick and mortar ranges between
$5,000 and $6,000. Per pupil funding for full-time online is 95%
of that amount.
• Colorado – FY20 Brick and mortar - $8,476. FY20 Virtual
Charter School - $7,788.
• Michigan – Brick and mortar and virtual schools have same
funding model.
• Ohio – FY20 per pupil funding for all students is $6,020. Brick
and mortar receive $250 per pupil facility funding.
Other State Funding Models
• Epic One-on-One Charter School
• Insight School of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Connections Academy
• Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy
• E-School Virtual Charter Academy
Oklahoma Virtual Charter Schools
FY2015
• Virtual Charter School Enrollment (A.D.M.) 7,102
• Virtual Charter School Foundational State Aid $34,068,024.51
FY2019
• Virtual Charter School Enrollment (FQSR A.D.M.) 17,639
• Virtual Charter School Foundational State Aid $96,772,475.00
Virtual Charter School History
School Enrollment Patterns
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4,000.00
6,000.00
8,000.00
10,000.00
12,000.00
14,000.00
FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017 FY 2016 FY 2015 FY 2014 FY 2013 FY 2012
1st 9 weeks 13,159.00 7,820.00 8,556.00 5,759.00 4,128.00 2,804.00 2,178.00 1,514.00
End of Year 13,847.00 8,230.00 8,302.00 5,631.00 3,907.00 2,519.00 1,885.00 1,518.00
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EPIC One-on-One CHARTER SCHOOL -Average Daily Membership (ADM)
School Enrollment Patterns
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FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017 FY 2016 FY 2015
1st 9 weeks 615 361 373 308 209
End of Year 586 351 338 274 216
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INSIGHT SCHOOL OF OKLAHOMA -Average Daily Membership (ADM)
School Enrollment Patterns
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FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017 FY 2016 FY 2015
1st 9 weeks 1,226 1,319 1,206 1,052 942
End of Year 1,192 1,267 1,165 1,008 971
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OKLAHOMA CONNECTIONS ACADEMY -Average Daily Membership (ADM)
School Enrollment Patterns
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FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017 FY 2016 FY 2015 FY 2014 FY 2013 FY 2012
1st 9 weeks 2,639 2,140 2,352 2,268 2,335 2,571 2,266 480
End of Year 2,539 2,044 2,035 2,036 2,008 2,251 2,142 822
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OKLAHOMA VIRTUAL CHARTER ACADEMY -Average Daily Membership (ADM)
2018 State Per Pupil Revenue $8,176.89
• Epic One-On-One Charter School $6,380.66
• Insight School of Oklahoma $5,122.01
• Oklahoma Connections Academy $5,773.55
• Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy $5,158.91
Per Pupil Revenue
"Having access to school choice options isn't a luxury for parents who opt into the charter system: It's a necessity. No parent chooses to take their son or daughter out of public school because it's the "easy" thing to do. We're there because of
serious health challenges, bullying or simply because a traditional public school has failed our student. Every year, Oklahoma’s charter schools are forced to do more with less, as they are funded at significantly lower levels than traditional public schools - a situation which tacitly labels those children in non-traditional public
schools as "worth less." Even still, the schools succeed in giving parents choice in how to educate their children, and that's a blessing. Oklahoma has trusted parents
to choose and it must continue to do so in the future.“
Colleen Cook
President
National Coalition for Public School Options
Rebecca L. Wilkinson, Ed.D.
2500 N. Lincoln Blvd., Suite 4-37
405.522.0717
