The District’s funding of schools based on the number of students they enroll is flawed, D.C. Council Education Committee Chairman David Catania said Wednesday.

All of the city’s public schools, both in DC Public Schools and the charter schools, receive money through a formula that is based on the number of students enrolled at each school. This funding method is common in school systems across the country, and in jurisdictions like Montgomery County, where enrollment at public schools has been booming, per-pupil funding methods have been at the center of budget disputes.