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[State] Missouri [Score] 0 [Charter Law Description] 
Under Missouri law, for the purposes of the calculation and distribution of state aid, pupils enrolled in charter schools are included in the pupil enrollment of the school district where the student resides in the application of the state's per-pupil funding formula. Missouri law requires districts to pay to charter schools per pupil funding in accordance with a state funding formula as well as other federal and state aid attributable to the charter school. It requires the district to make such payments no later than 20 days following receipt of such funds. Missouri law provides that charter schools are eligible for state transportation aid and are free to contract with the local district or any other entity for such services. In a national study of charter school funding (University of Arkansas, Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands, 2014), Missouri charter schools were receiving on average $11,857 per pupil in public funds, while traditional public schools would have received $17,787 for those students. As a result, the state’s charter schools were receiving $5,930 per pupil—or 33.3 percent—less than what the traditional public schools would have received for those students. This figure includes all sources of funding, and analysis reveals continued inequities for both operational and capital funding (see Component #19 for information on capital issues).
18. Equitable Operational Funding and Equal Access to All State and Federal Categorical Funding | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Charter Law Description