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	Print Version         Email This Utah State Profile of Charter Schools Last updated: 02-02-2012   (Send USCS staff a comment about this page.) Overview Year Law Passed # of Charter Schools # of Students Enrolled 1998 67 27,369 Statewide Support Organizations Utah State Office of Education Legislative Summary Law:   http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/charterschools/legislation.htm Amendment(s):   not available Authorizers:   LEAs and State Board of Education Length of charter:   Charters are valid until revoked. Caps on number of schools:   State Board is authorized to have 24 charters in 2003 and 8 additional in subsequent years. LEAs have no caps on their numbers. Funding:   On average, 75 percent of per-pupil funding follows the child. The school district in which a charter school student resides shall pay to the host school district one-half of the amount by which the resident school district's per-student expenditure exceeds the value of the state funding. Under "How are charter schools financed?" Home  |  Operators  |  Authorizers  |  State Officials  |  Resources  |  About  |  Site Map  |  Search  |  Text Version The development of this Web site was supported by U.S. Department of Education Grant No. S282F010033. View the disclaimer.