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Utah State Profile
Last updated: 01-08-2008  (Send USCS staff a comment about this page.)

List of Charter Schools
For a list of schools, use the following link(s):
Utah State Office of Education

Overview
Year Law Passed # of Charter Schools # of Students Enrolled
1998 51 19,290

Statewide Support Organizations
Utah State Office of Education
News
Utah Conference Speaker Urges Public Charter Schools to Put "Helicopter Parents" to Work 6/22/08
Utah State Charter School Board Seeks Approval for Seven New Applications 4/28/08
Charter Funding Bill Fails in Utah 3/2/08
Utah Celebrates 10 Years of Charter Schools 2/16/08
Some Charter Schools Paying More than Market Value for Facilities in Utah 1/28/08

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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?"