Finding funds to build and renovate facilities is a major hurdle for public charter schools because most state laws do not provide charter schools with the full amount of state and local funding that other public schools receive. Although an increasing number of states are passing laws to address charter school facility funding gaps, inequities…

This report presents findings of an analysis of the debt incurred by college graduates from student loans and of the ability of Florida residents who graduate from state institutions to repay this debt within discretionary income. Further reported are recommendations for a systematic procedure for determining the need for increased funding of…