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[State] Arizona [Score] 8 [Charter Law Description] 
Arizona law calculates a base support level for each charter school and these funds flow directly to charter schools for those approved by non-district entities. For those approved by a local district board, it flows through that district. Arizona law provides equal access to all applicable categorical federal and state funding and clear guidance on the pass-through of such funds. For charter schools authorized by local school boards, the law allows the district to provide transportation. For other charter schools, the law does not provide state transportation aid. In a national study of charter school funding (University of Arkansas, Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands, 2014), Arizona charter schools were receiving on average $7,199 per pupil in public funds, while traditional public schools would have received $8,629 for those students. As a result, the state’s charter schools were receiving $1,430 per pupil—or 16.8 percent—less than what the traditional public schools would have received for those students. This figure includes all sources of funding, and analysis reveals some continued 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