Alabama voters don’t always agree — but on public education, the message is clear: parents want more options, and they support public charter schools as part of a strong public education system. A new statewide poll of registered voters shows that support for public charter schools outpaces opposition by more than 30 points across Alabama. Public charter schools are tuition-free public schools. Voters also agree on a simple matter of fairness: if charter schools are public schools — and they are — then education funding should follow students to the public school they attend. Although Alabama has more than 700,000 public school students, only about 9,000 currently have access to a public charter school.