Teach for America (TFA) has begun asking school districts to contribute $1500 for each teacher they hire from the program. The national program--which recruits top college graduates, trains them over the summer to teach in high-need schools, places them in classrooms, and supports them while they teach--spends about $8,000 to develop each TFA corps member. Donors who support Teach for America want receiving districts to help offset this cost, according to a TFA spokesperson.
"Teach for America wants districts to pay per teacher," by Sarah Anchors, The Arizona Republic, March 20, 2003.
(NB: This Arizona Republic article gets some facts wrong. The dollar figures in our blurb are correct; those in the Republic article are not.)