| Metrics | # |
| Charter Law | |
| State Has Charter Law | Yes |
| Year of Charter School Law | 1993 |
| Charter Cap | |
| State-Imposed Cap on Charter Schools | Yes |
| Description of Cap | 120 charters: 48 Horace Mann charters and 72 commonwealth charters; commonwealth charters cannot serve more than four percent of the state’s public school population; a school district’s payments to charters cannot exceed nine percent of their net school spending |
| Charter Funding | |
| State Provides Funding for Charter Schools | Yes |
| Description of Funding | Charter schools receive a per pupil capital needs allowance as part of their per pupil tuition revenue. For Fiscal Year 2007, the per pupil capital needs component was $811. |
| Active Authorizers | |
| Active Authorizers | State Education Agency |
| State Education Agency | Yes |