Reducing Facilities Costs: How Idaho is Helping Charter Schools Focus Resources on Instruction

We know from conversations with charter school leaders in other states that the facility financing work being done in Idaho is the most innovative charter school facility financing effort in the country. It’s a powerful example of the private/philanthropic sector working with the public sector and the Legislature to finance charter facilities in ways, and at costs, currently not possible in other states.

The new report from Bluum and ExcelinEd, Reducing Facility Costs: How Idaho is Helping Charter Schools Focus Resources on Instruction, examines Idaho’s innovative policies and partnerships that have saved over $110 million in facility financing costs for charter schools. These groundbreaking efforts have allowed schools to allocate resources toward hiring an average of 10 additional teachers per school—all without additional taxpayer expense.

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