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[State] Colorado [Score] 4 [Charter Law Description] 
Colorado law provides that charter schools are entitled to 100% of district per-pupil operating revenues for each pupil they enroll and 100 percent of the district per-pupil online funding for each online pupil they enroll, minus administrative costs up to a limit. However, the law does not require districts to share locally raised mill levy override funds with charter schools, which average $750 per pupil statewide. Colorado law provides that charter schools are eligible for their proportionate share of federal and state categorical funding. In practice, there are some implementation problems with this provision where funds are passed through district LEAs. The law provides that charter schools that meet state reimbursement criteria are eligible for transportation funding on the same basis as school districts. A national study of charter school funding (University of Arkansas, Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands, 2014) found that Colorado charter schools were receiving on average $7,336 per pupil in public funds, while districts would have received $10,268 per pupil to educate those same students—a gap of $2,932 per pupil, or 28.6 percent.
18. Equitable Operational Funding and Equal Access to All State and Federal Categorical Funding | National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Charter Law Description