Your students are bringing home a flier with the following information.
Your student is getting $580 less public funding than students in district public schools. The Utah state legislature has recently confirmed that charter public schools are significantly underfunded. In fact, a charter school with a student body of 1,000 receives $580,000 less than it should each year as a state-funded public school.
The legislature is now considering Senate Bill 38. If passed, it will take big steps to ensure charter schools get the funding they are entitled to. The bill needs your help to overcome the opposition it will face by groups who benefit from the current funding imbalance.
Charter students are worth just as much as other public students!
Endorse Senate Bill 38 to start correcting the funding gap between charter students and district students.
- Go to www.UtahCharterAdvocates.org and click "Endorse SB 38".
- Watch for emails alerting you to cnotact your state legislators at the right time.
- Encourage your family and friends to do the same. There's strength in numbers!
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