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[State] Utah [Score] 8 [Charter Law Description] 
The funding formula in law does not currently provide charter schools with equitable operational funding, with the percentage of district per-pupil operating funds that charter schools receive fluctuating from year to year. Utah law provides that all charter schools are eligible to receive federal funds if they meet all applicable federal requirements and comply with relevant federal regulations and that local board-authorized schools must receive funding on the same basis that other district schools receive funding. In a national study of charter school funding (University of Arkansas, Charter School Funding: Inequity Expands, 2014), Utah charter schools were receiving on average $6,069 per pupil in public funds, while traditional public schools would have received $7,476 for those students. As a result, the state’s charter schools were receiving $1,407 per pupil—or 18.8 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 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