Under the School Choice program, public school districts can vote to accept students from outside their district. The student’s home district pays the receiving district a tuition of up to $5,000 each year a student is enrolled in the receiving district. Districts that join School Choice can limit how many students they want to accept each year, but cannot remove a student once he or she enrolls through the program.
Since School Choice was created in 1991, out-of-district students have enrolled in the Holliston school system at a high rate, drawn by the district’s French immersion classes and Montessori education, said Superintendent Brad Jackson.
This year was no exception as 120 out-of-district students enrolled in the Holliston school system through School Choice, while just six students left the district through the program. Through the program, the district received about $650,000 in revenue, which Jackson said is used to offset budget costs and reduce the impact on Holliston’s taxpayers.Read the full article here
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The history of school choice enrollments was covered in a Jan 2013 School Committee meeting
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2013/04/franklin-public-schools-school-choice.html
Coverage of the School Committee decision to opt out of school choice in 2012
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2012/01/schools-opt-out-of-school-choice.html
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