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California Authorizers Honored
A highlight of CCAP’s 2024 California Charter School Authorizers Conference was the introduction of CCAP’s Authorizing Exemplar Award for outstanding contributions to authorizing by an individual or a district or county office of education. Indra Ciccarelli, director...
Authorizer in Action – Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
Nesha Pattison is an anomaly in an atypical California school district. Since 2018, Nesha (pronounced na-SHAY) Pattison has served as director of charter services in Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District, a small district on the outskirts of Los Angeles County...
CCAP’s Anti-Fraud Task Force Moves into its Next Phase
CCAP's June 18-21 California Charter School Authorizers Conference marks the next phase of its broad-based initiative to better prevent, detect, and prosecute fraud in public schools. The opening plenary session at the conference will feature a panel discussion of the...
Board Member Spotlight: Tiffany DeGraffenreid
Tiffany DeGraffenreid joined the CCAP Board of Directors in February of 2024, bringing with her two decades of charter school experience, including first-hand knowledge of the discrete needs and operations of independent study and nonclassroom-based charter schools...
Dozens of fixes proposed to deter more mega-cases of charter school fraud: A handful of corrupt operators capitalized on weaknesses in the authorizing and accountability system
EdSource CCAP co-founder and board president, David Patterson, discusses how recommendations in CCAP's Anti-Fraud Task Force report could correct weaknesses in California's public school funding system and help detect, prosecute, and deter future attempts by shady...
What Charter Schools and Authorizers Should be Doing to Prevent Fraud, According to New Report
San Diego Union-Tribune Tom Hutton, Executive Director of California Charter Authorizing Professionals (CCAP), discusses recommendations for detecting and preventing public school fraud in CCAP’s Anti-Fraud Task Force report, Protecting California Public Schools...
20 Recommendations to Address Fraud in Public Schools: Anti-Fraud Task Force Report Urges Stronger Oversight & Policies
After a year of extensive fact-gathering and discussion, a broad-based statewide Anti-Fraud Task Force convened by California Charter Authorizing Professionals (CCAP) has released 20 recommendations to strengthen California's capacity to prevent, detect, and prosecute...
CCAP extends a warm welcome to new Executive Director of SSDA!
CCAP congratulates Yuri Calderon on being named the new Executive Director of the Small School Districts’ Association (SSDA), effective June 1, 2024. Calderon is an attorney with decades of experience in public education including as general and special counsel for...
Most California Charter Schools Meet State’s New Performance Levels
The California Department of Education (CDE) has released the 2023 data placing all of the state's charter schools that are not Dashboard Alternative School Status schools (DASS schools) into High, Middle, or Low performance categories for purposes of renewal. Most...