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Perhaps this explains why charter schools now attract 10 percent of California's K-12 students. $10,000 per year per student ? or $12,143 per year per student, as the case may be ? is enough to build an effective educational business model.

California's charter schools are tuition-free, public, and open to all students. California charter public schools have rigorous curriculum programs and unique educational approaches.

As California's new school funding law, the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) is a new way for schools to focus on student success. The LCFF requires school districts to involve parents in planning and decision-making as well as in developing Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs).

How are charter schools funded? Charter schools can be "locally funded," meaning that they receive their funding through their authorizing district or county office, or "direct-funded," in which case they receive funding directly from the state.

In order to receive funding for state and federal programs administered by the California Department of Education (CDE), each charter school must obtain a charter number from the State Board of Education (SBE). The charter number must be assigned by the SBE before a County-District-School (CDS) code can be issued.

A charter school is a public school that may provide instruction in any combination of grades (kindergarten through grade twelve). Parents, teachers, or community members may initiate a charter petition, which is typically presented to and approved by a local school district governing board.

A charter school may elect to receive its funding directly, in lieu of having it disbursed to the LEA that granted its charter; Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) apportionment funds for a directly funded charter school flow directly to the county treasurer and then to the charter school.