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Competition from charter schools has been shown to increase composite test scores in traditional district schools.

Source: BusinessWire

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Utah State Profile
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Year Law Passed # of Charter Schools # of Students Enrolled
1998 51 19,290

Statewide Support Organizations
Utah State Office of Education

News
All Public Charter Schools in Utah Likely to Face Accreditation 8/13/09
Seven New Public Charters to Open in Utah Next Month 7/12/09
"Fairness in Funding" Pushed in Utah 12/18/08
Districts Rally Against Public Charter School Funding in Utah 10/30/08
Public Charter School Expansion Sought in Utah 10/25/08

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Resources
An Analysis of Charter vs. Traditional Public Schools in Utah Performance Assessments
Challenges Facing Utah Charter Schools

Legislative Summary
Law:   http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/charterschools/legislation.htm

Amendment(s):   not available

Authorizers:   LEAs and State Board of Education

Length of charter:   Charters are valid until revoked.

Caps on number of schools:   State Board is authorized to have 24 charters in 2003 and 8 additional in subsequent years. LEAs have no caps on their numbers.

Funding:   On average, 75 percent of per-pupil funding follows the child. The school district in which a charter school student resides shall pay to the host school district one-half of the amount by which the resident school district's per-student expenditure exceeds the value of the state funding.
Under "How are charter schools financed?"

Special Education in Charter Schools by State.