Utah Code 53G-5-104. Purpose of charter schools
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The purposes of the state‘s charter schools are to enhance school choice, meet the unique needs of Utah families, and encourage innovation within the public education system by:
(1) continuing to improve student learning;
Terms Used In Utah Code 53G-5-104
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
(2) encouraging the use of different and innovative teaching methods;
(3) creating new professional opportunities for educators that allow educators to actively participate in designing and implementing learning programs at the school;
(4) increasing choice of learning opportunities for students;
(5) establishing new educational models and new forms of accountability that emphasize unique performance measures and innovative measurement tools to measure education outcomes;
(6) providing opportunities for greater parental involvement in governance decisions at the school level;
(7) expanding public school choice in areas where there is a lack of school choice or where schools have been identified for school improvement, corrective action, or restructuring; and
(8) collaborating within the public education system.