Why are some states still not jumping on the charter school bandwagon?

Map of States With Charter Schools

Since the first charter school law was passed in Minnesota in 1991, as of now 42 states and the District of Columbia now have charter schools within their borders. There has been a lot of back and forth argumentation over whether charter schools are still worth supporting or if they are effective at all as opposed to standard public education, but what is causing the other eight states to halt their process of  putting in charters schools?  Last year, Washington became the most recent state to sign a charter school law, leaving 
the only ones that have yet to open a charter school are the states of Alabama, Kentucky, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and West Virginia. 

These states have tried and failed on several occasions to try and pass a law that would allow charters to open their doors in the states, but none of them have been able to come to an agreement that would benefit the schools or the students themselves. Some of the main reasons why charter schools have yet to open in these states is mainly because of people clamoring over the same reasons as to why other anti-charter school organizations are trying to get charter schools removed in their states. The same arguments such as "they will siphon money away from public schools," or "they are all run by greedy corporations" that are used here in opposition against charter schools are some reasons many state officials are afraid to sign in a law. 


Another reason as to why these states can't sign a law, is because some politicians just can't seem to come to an agreement that would best suit charters or their students. Some officials in West Virginia have strong support for charters, but their requests as to how they are implemented, such as being publicly funded but privately taught, does not sit well with the officials on the other side of the argument. Eventually the states will surely adopt a law on charter schools, maybe even sooner than they think. But as of now charter schools are taking a back seat in these last eight states.


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