2023-24 State Budget Webinar Series: Adopted State Budget and Policy Update Webinar

Welcome & About CSDC

• CSDC’s Accountability and Development Specialist, Susanne Coie, welcomes live participants into the webinar and mentions several upcoming CSDC events and trainings, including HR Academy (September 26-27 in Sacramento, CA) and the 2023 CSDC Conference (November 8-10 in Anaheim, CA).
• This webinar is one of the many benefits available exclusively to CSDC Member schools and it is the culmination of CSDC's 2023-24 State Budget Webinar Series, which includes earlier webinars on the Governor's Budget Proposals (January 18, 2023) and the May Revise (May 19, 2023).

Legislative Updates

• Susanne passes the mic over to CSDC Executive Director and Founder, Eric Premack, to begin the presentation.
• The legislative calendar will soon enter a dangerous period in August and September when the potential increases for bad “gut and amends” legislation—so stay tuned to CSDC’s advocacy news and alerts!
• The most worrisome piece of legislation currently pending is AB 1604 (Bonta D-Alameda), which would grant school districts the right of first refusal to charter school facilities upon closure. Eric Premack discusses its current status and urges California charter school leaders to closely monitor this "charter killer" bill.

Amendments to Independent Study Regulations

• Eric Premack describes the odd mix of I.S.-related amendments proposed by The California Department of Education (CDE), ranging from the straightforward to the unnecessarily burdensome.

Getting Snookered: A Horrific “Deal” Over Charter Policy

• Budget trailer bills reflect a compromise “deal” between legislators and some advocates in the California charter community. What’s good in the legislation—and how were some charter advocates snookered in the “deal”?
• Budget trailer bills also contain provisions affecting the moratorium on new, nonclassroom-based charter schools and call for a study on the processes used to determine funding for nonclassroom-based schools.