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

Overview
Year of Law: 1998 (see Legislative Summary) Number of Charter Schools: 51 Number of Enrolled Students: 19290
Details: not available Web Communities: not available Discussions: not available

Key Contacts

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Patricia Bradley
Coordinator for Charter Schools and Planning
Planning and Education Program
250 East 500 South, P.O. Box 144200
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-4200
Ph: (801) 538-7817
Fx: (801) 538-7769
pbradley@usoe.k12.ut.us

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:   Under "How are charter schools financed?"'> 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?"