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Join Us for Our Live Analysis of the Governor's 2023-24 Budget Proposals

Please join CSDC and hundreds of your California charter school colleagues on January 18 for CSDC’s annual analysis of the Governor’s 2023-24 state budget proposals.

The governor’s January proposals set the stage for the annual ...

Member Resources

Governing Board Training is as Easy as 1-2-3

California law requires that charter school boards hold at least one board meeting per year and school bylaws often specify a specific month and time for boards to hold an annual “organizational meeting.” This meeting, as the name ...

CBO Training Program

98% of Participants Recommend the CBO Training Program. Here’s Why.

Registration is open until January 9 for the 2023 Charter Business Officer (CBO) Training Program. 

Each year, the CBO Training Program brings together a new cohort of charter school business and operations leaders to learn, problem-solve, ...

CBO Training Program

Who Registers for the CBO Training Program? It Might Surprise You.

Registration is open until January 9 for the 2023 Charter Business Officer (CBO) Training Program! 

Each year, the CBO Training Program brings together a new cohort of charter school business and operations leaders to learn, problem-solve, ...

Conference

Highlights, Video, and Photos from the 2022 CSDC Conference

The 2022 CSDC Conference is a wrap! 

CSDC thanks the many California charter school leaders who traveled to the State Capital for the three-day event.

For CSDC, the 2022 Conference represented our largest event to date. Over two decades ...

CBO Training Program

Registration Now Open for the 2023 CBO Training Program!

Registration is now open for the 2023 Charter Business Officer (CBO) Training Program! 

What is the CBO Training Program?

The CBO Training Program brings together a new cohort of charter school business and operations leaders each spring to ...

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The Rise of Ransomware is Increasingly Troubling, but a Few Smart Steps can Help Educators Keep their Schools Protected

Education technology researcher Doug Levin noted that “the number of charter schools that experienced [cyber] incidents reached an all-time high during 2020 (equating to 11 percent of all incidents experienced during 2020).”

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CSDC News

Title IX Training Required for Charter Schools: Offered at Upcoming CSDC Conference!

In 2020, the US Department of Education under (then) federal Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos amended Title IX regulations related to how schools must handle sexual harassment complaints among other things. This changed the process and ...

Member Resources

What Charter Leaders and Authorizers Should Know: Interpreting State Renewal Guidance

On October 13, charter school administrators and authorizers received the California Department of Education’s (CDE) Updates on Data for Charter School Appeals and Renewals letter regarding upcoming charter renewals, which restart in ...

Conference

Education Authors Presenting at the 2022 CSDC Conference

CSDC's biggest annual event, the 2022 California Charter School Leadership Update Conference, is just over a month away. 

Included amongst the presenters at this year's conference are a number of education authors whose works are grounded ...