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CSDC Member Webinar: Analysis of the Governor's 2022-23 Budget Proposal

CSDC Members are invited to join us next week as we present a live analysis of Governor Newsom's proposed 2022-23 state budget.

Governor Newsom outlined his proposed 2022-23 state budget this week during a lengthy press conference, including a ...

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Charter Currents: Governor’s Budget Proposes Massive Funding Increases, Issues Vague Call for Charter School Funding Protection

Governor Newsom outlined his proposed 2022-23 state budget this morning during a lengthy press conference, including a large cost-of-living adjustment and continued implementation of massive K-12 program expansions; he also issued a vague call ...

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Charter Currents: Mid-Year LCAP Report with February 28 Deadline and Other LCAP Updates

Last summer, AB 130 expanded requirements for Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAPs) once again. These changes included a significant one-time requirement for a mid-year report. This article reviews the mid-year reporting requirement as ...

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Charter Currents: Brief Reminder to Complete CDE Survey on the LCAP

CSDC encourages charter school administrators and other partners to complete the statewide survey about their use of Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP) by December 13. The California Department of Education and the San Joaquin County ...

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2021 Green Apple Award Winners

CSDC is proud to announce this year's winner of the annual Green Apple Award.

CSDC established the Green Apple Award in 2018 to recognize the contributions and achievements of charter leaders who are moving into retirement and to encourage and ...

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CSDC Member Resource: California Charter Schools 2021 New Laws To-Do List

Every year, CSDC follows hundreds of bills through the legislative process and creates a list of the most important legislation. Our “Charter Currents: End of Session Legislative Roundup and the 2021 New Laws To-Do List will provide an ...

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Charter Currents: Attention Charter Leaders: Critical Dashboard Coordinator Sign-Up is Overdue

The California Department of Education (CDE) has indicated to CSDC staff that over 90 percent of charter schools have not yet completed the critical new process to designate recipients for the “Accountability Coordinators Listserv.” ...

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Charter Currents: End of Session Legislative Roundup: Important Bills Passed in 2021

The first year of the two-year legislative session ended quietly and relatively early Friday evening, September 10. In this first year, legislators introduced a total of 2,776 bills. As of today, 459 of those bills have become law and 645 await ...

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Charter Currents: CDE Opens New Round of the 2020-23 Public Charter Schools Grant Program

The Charter Schools Division of the California Department of Education (CDE) has posted a request for applications (RFA) for the Public Charter School Grant Program (PCSGP). The PCSGP program is administered by the United States Department of ...

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Charter Currents: Newsom Announces COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Coming for Students

Governor Newsom announced in San Francisco today that his Administration plans to phase-in mandated vaccination of K-12 students in all public and private schools for COVID-19 after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides full ...