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[State] Wisconsin [Score] 0 [Charter Law Description] 
Wisconsin law is silent on how district-authorized charter schools should be funded. It provides that nondistrict-authorized public charter schools will receive $7,925 per pupil in 2013-14 and $8,075 per pupil in 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, the law provides that these schools’ per-pupil payment be set equal to the payment amount in the prior year plus the revenue limit per-pupil adjustments, if positive, provided to public school districts in the current year plus the change in categorical aid funding per pupil, if positive, from the prior year to the current year. In a recent national study of charter school funding (University of Arkansas, Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands, 2014), Wisconsin charter schools were receiving on average $9,870 per pupil in public funds, while traditional public schools would have received $15,879 for those students. As a result, the state’s charter schools were receiving $6,009 per pupil—or 37.8 percent—less than what the traditional public schools would have received for those students. This figure includes all sources of funding, and analysis reveals significant 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