An equity gap regarding academic funding between Utah’s charter schools and district schools is slowly closing, according to a recent report from the Utah Foundation.
The 2016 findings, the organization’s third research report focusing on charter schools, credits public funding and recent legislation, more specifically House Bill 444, for the improved per-pupil subsidy numbers throughout the state.
That specific legislation put in place a task force to work on issues related to charter school funding.
Utah Foundation officials expect the equity gap between charter and district schools to narrow even more with the passing of Senate Bill 38.
“We’re going to see a decrease in that difference between charter schools and district schools of about 25 percent so it’s going to be smaller than it ever has been before,” said Shawn Teigen, Utah Foundation research director. “It’s important to think of it more in terms of equity and making sure there is equitability between charter schools and district schools.”
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