It provides competition. The charter schools must attract students to apply as they get a certain dollar amount per student, and that amount is a fraction of wh

It provides competition. The charter schools must attract students to apply as they get a certain dollar amount per student, and that amount is a fraction of what public schools receive per student. Even with this funding handicap, the education is so overwhelmingly better in that at least in my area all but the worst of charter schools have a lottery system for admission and a long waiting list.