http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_8365453
Last week, legislative members in Utah's House of Representative voted 33-41 against HB278, which would have replaced some of the money the state now gives charter schools for students with local district money. The bill's goal was to make sure charter school students were funded at levels similar to traditional public school students. It would have required school districts to provide an allocation of property tax revenues for each resident student attending a charter school — meaning the student's home-district funding would follow the child. Charter schools would revert to receiving their funding from school districts, something they were required to do before 2004. Some charter leaders say the old structure tended to create an adversarial relationship between charters and school districts. "We need to focus on equalization and funding at the state level rather than shifting this back to local," said Rep. John Dougall, who voted against the bill.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Date: 02/26/2008
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