Utah Code Title 53G. Public Education System--Local Administration § 53G-5-104. Purpose of charter schools

(1) continuing to improve student learning;

(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.