Lift The Cap - Let Common Sense Prevail

By Robyn Bagley, Chair, Parents for Choice in Education

Why does it seem like good old common sense never prevails? 

 Recently, KSL reported that Utah Charter Schools are in high demand stating that, "Here in Utah, 15,000 students are on waiting lists for just 25 of the state's 72 charter schools." ... This is a state where K-12 education is dominated by a powerful government monopoly with a stranglehold on the taxpayers' money. But we do have one shining public school choice option in our State - Charter Schools. And they are popular, successful and in high demand. In 1999, there were only seven charter schools with 390 students between them in Utah. In 2011, 80 schools will be open serving 41,000 kids.

So that begs the common sense question, why are charter schools capped here in Utah! ...