I whole heartedly believe that school districts should do what's best for the kids regardless of cost, unfortunately they only have so much money to work with. I would never want to put saving money at the top of my list of why advanced learners should be accelerated, but if I were to use that as one of many reasons, I would have to know that it is true. I don't know the answer, but one thing I've learned working with school districts is that there is a lot I don't know.
Parents are advised to always advocate based on
student need.
Additionally, you may be confused about "who" would be saving money; It may not be the public school district (as your posts seem to be concerned with)... It may be the American Taxpayer who is saving money by not footing the average bill of $10K+ per pupil per school year.
I genuinely want to know the answer.
Your State Department of Education would have information available (often found online) regarding cost-per-pupil expenditures per public school district. Your local public school district budget would also have this information available.
