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The CALPADS Certification Status page allows users to view a list of snapshots, modify the list, view revision status, view certification errors, and certify or recertify a snapshot.
Topic: Data
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Applies to: All schools
Actions to be taken: Review and submit any data and certify or recertify, as needed, by this deadline.
The CALPADS Certification Status page allows users to view a list of snapshots, modify the list, view revision status, view certification errors, and certify or recertify a snapshot.
Topic: Data
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Applies to: All schools
Charter School Board Action Required? No
Actions to be taken: Review and submit any data and certify or recertify, as needed, between October 2, 2024 to February 28, 2025. There is no Amendment Window.
Schools are eligible for Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) if they meet one of the following criteria as determined by the CDE using the California School Dashboard: 1.) A graduation rate of high schoolers less than 68% averaged over two years, or, for Title I schools: 2.) In the bottom 5% of Title I schools for all students. For questions about CSI eligibility criteria, email the Accountability Development and Policy Development Unit at Dashboard@cde.ca.gov. As a condition of funding, the LEA must meet all subgrant reporting requirements for each fiscal year's (FY) funds. Actual expenditures for each performance period within the subgrant period shall be reported to the California Department of Education (CDE) as part of regular grant management and administration. The CDE is required to meet federal reporting requirements under ESSA, Section 1003(i) for school improvement funds. LEAs receiving ESSA, Section 1003 funds for CSI are required to submit this data to the CDE by the due dates specified in the associated tables for each FY funds (see website).
Topic: Accountability
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Applies to: Schools eligible for Comprehensive Support and Supportment (CSI)
Actions to be taken: Submit report between February 1, 2025 and February 28, 2025 via the Grant Management and Reporting Tool (GMART).
Executive Order N-6-25 extends the deadline for existing nonclassroom-based charter schools to apply for a renewal of a “funding determination” back to February 28, giving one additional month.
Topic: Accountability
Subtopic: LCAP
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Applies to: Nonclassroom-based charter schools
Actions to be taken: Apply by this date
At the end of the year, employers must file a Form W-2, a Wage and Tax Statement, to report wages, tips, and other compensation paid to an employee with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and furnish a copy timely to the employee so that they can properly file their income tax returns. Everyone who is engaged in a trade or business that makes certain types of reportable payments must report the payment to the IRS. Form 1099-NEC is used for reporting payments for non-employee compensation of $600 or more to a payee. Form 1099-MISC or another type of information return is used for reporting payments other than non-employee compensation.
Topic: Accounting
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Applies to: All employers
Actions to be taken: File the required forms by the required due date. If the due date for filing a return falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then file the return on the next business day.
All schoools must present all available midyear outcome data related to current LCAP metrics along with midyear expenditure and implementation data on “actions” listed in schools’ current LCAP at a regularly scheduled board meeting on or before February 28.
Topic: Accountability
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Applies to: All schools
Charter School Board Action Required? Yes
Actions to be taken: Present as a "regular" agenda item to Board by deadline.
The State Controller’s Office, in consultation with the Department of Finance, the State Department of Education, and representatives of specified organizations, proposes the content of a guide for the required annual financial and compliance audits of LEAs including charter schools. The Controller submits the proposed audit guide to the Education Audit Appeals Panel for review and possible amendment. The Panel adopts the audit guide, pursuant to the rulemaking procedures of the Administrative Procedure Act, by July 1 of the fiscal year to be audited (and any supplement, as authorized, before March 1 of the audit year).
Topic: Fiscal
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Applies to: All schools
Actions to be taken: Review updated Audit Guide.
Charter to responds to preliminary offer in writing, expressing concerns, providing feedback, and/or making a counterproposal.
Topic: Facilities
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Applies to: Charter schools currently in or seeking Prop 39 facilities
Charter School Board Action Required? Yes
Actions to be taken: Review district's proposed facilities, prepare a response, and send to charter authorizer.
Report changes to charter school's CALPADS data identified by a charter school’s audit finding or auditor letter of concurrence, pursuant to EC sections 42238.02(b)(3)(B) and 2574(c)(4)(A) and (B). If the adjustment is not the result of an audit finding disclosed in the charter school’s annual audit report, then an auditor’s letter of concurrence is required for all changes except a decrease in the unduplicated pupil count.
Topic: State Funding: Ongoing
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Applies to: All schools
Actions to be taken: Email the letter of concurrence to the CDE at PASE@cde.ca.gov when the data is submitted.
To be entitled to reimbursement, a claim preparer for each sponsor must submit a monthly claim for reimbursement that provides data in sufficient detail to justify the reimbursement claimed. Reimbursement data must include, at a minimum: the number of free meals, reduced-price meals, and paid meals served. An authorized agent or district official of the sponsor must certify and submit the claim in Child Nutrition Information and Payment System (CNIPS).
Topic: School Nutrition
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Applies to: Schools participating in federal meal programs
Actions to be taken: Submit claim for reimbursement in CNIPS by this deadline.
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