Traditional and Charter School Funding in Arkansas

Authors

Reed Greenwood, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Gary W. Ritter, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Document Type

Brief

Publication Date

5-9-2012

Keywords

Conversion charter schools; Open-enrollment charter schools

Series Title

Office for Education Policy

Series Number

Volume 09, Issue 03

Abstract

Charter schools, once considered an anomaly, are becoming increasingly common in the U.S. There are concerns among some education stakeholders that charter schools pull funding away from traditional public schools, since a large portion of education funds follow the student to the charter school. Conversely, some argue that there are funding inequities that favor public schools. These individuals claim that since charter schools are public schools, the funds allocated to them should be the equivalent of that received by the traditional public schools. This brief examines funding of traditional and charter schools in Arkansas

Citation

Greenwood, R., & Ritter, G. W. (2012). Traditional and Charter School Funding in Arkansas. Policy Briefs. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepbrief/52