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A bill to equalize funding for the state's public schools is moving out of committee, but Salt Lake School District's superintendent hopes it moves out of commission instead.
Superintendent McKell Withers says this isn't about equalization, but charter schools. "Charter schools cost more than was intended. They don't know how to talk about it. They don't know how to tell the public that ‘Oops, they're not more efficient. They're actually more expensive than neighborhood schools,'" he told KSL's Doug Wright.
He also said that he has nothing against charter schools and believes they are a great option. However, Withers says he thinks that other funding methods should be used to support them.
Withers is also discouraged that elected public servants are attacking public schools.
E-mail: cwall@ksl.com
