Charter schools get boost from state school board

Published: Saturday, Sept. 6, 2003 10:17 p.m. MDT
 |  E-MAIL | PRINT | FONT + - 
The Utah Board of Education Friday approved guidelines that will help put $2 million in state-approved funds into the hands of charter schools.

The 2003 Legislature set up the $2 million account that allows charter schools to apply for low-interest loans.

The new rules adopted by the board state that schools applying for the loan need charter approval from their local or state boards of education.

Critics from Education Excellence Utah say the money still doesn't put charter schools on par with funding for public education. And the rules, said executive director Royce Van Tassell, still present a problem in having to seek permission to start a school from the very system with which it is competing.

Van Tassell pointed to a recent Harvard study that calls Utah's charter school law "crippling" to back up his criticism.

Comments

You can be the first to comment on this story.

previousnext

Latest comments

I love Millsap, and the Jazz will find a way to move Boozer and match for...

i think its childish to assume that somebody would actually want to get...

Millsap and Boozer need to stay in Utah. Millsap is Boozers backup while he...

Childish and immature? Its always easier being ignorant and presuming things...

can you use words like testimony and church leadership to critisize a...

Bro P really helped me through a tough time in my life when I had him in...

These are only allegations at present, but I hope when he goes to trial, the...

My thoughts are with the Pratt family right now. Michael I hope you are...

It is interesting that everyone who seems to be a member comments on how nice...

You presume, simply because they were gay, that they were trying to "stir...

Advertisements