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Court Decides Maryland Charter School Funding As reported in the Baltimore Sun, on August 31, 2006, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled that public school systems must provide as much money per pupil to charter school operators as they spend on traditional public schools. Siding with the state in the dispute, the court ruled that this funding must be in cash rather than in-kind services. The case grew out of a May 2005 decision by the State Board of Education involving City Neighbors Charter School and Patterson Park Public Charter School, two Baltimore charter schools. Both complained that the funding formula limited their ability to choose how to provide various services. In ruling out in-kind services, the court said if a local board "could choose which of its centralized services each charter school will have to accept, in lieu of cash disbursements, such innovation and creativity may be inhibited." Click here for the complete ruling on this case.
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