Who pays for all the charter schools around BR and NOLA?

We all do.

You do

Same process as public schools. Most of the ones around Lafayette are ran better and out perform public schools though. There is a company, headquartered in Florida that runs close to 150 schools all across the south.

If it's the same as in Tennessee, they are mainly funded by state tax dollars, then fed tax dollars, plus any fundraising the school does. The charter school I'm board chair of gets more money from local foundations than from the feds, but TN provides the bulk of the funding

I thought most were run by corporations?

Charter schools are for profit. They are a drain on the public education funds. Charter schools receive their vouchers either $7,000 or $7500 per student on Oct. 1. They then immediately remove the students that are not up to snuff. These kids are then sent to public schools, but the money does not have to returned. The public school receives the same amount per student as the charter school. But unfortunately the public schools are not reimbursed for the new students sent over form the charter school essential reducing the funding per student in the public school system and the charter school pockets the extra money. This process happens again after Christmas break again with the students that can't cut the mustard so that the Charter school can boast about higher test scores and how great they are. Last fact some charter schools are charging for in class learning virtual is free, but to attend you must pay out of pocket.! This is highly illegal, The company from Florida is being investigated for this!

I have been several times to the three Idea schools in Baton Rouge. Mostly black kids and discipline is high. In between classes they line up and walk down the hallway and zero talking.