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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 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...
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...
The state Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) and the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) have issued their much anticipated “Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools.” The report includes significant...
CCAP's Spring Newsletter contains: Authorizers in Action - Oakland Unified School District: Bridging Divisions Through Transparency & Trust Keeping up with CASI CCAP's 2024 California Charter School Authorizers Conference Update on Fraud Prevention Initiative Read...
Authorizer in Action Long before he was elected to the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education in 2020, Board President Mike Hutchinson was staunchly and publicly opposed to charter school expansion in the district. "My line will always be that...
Bring your clone - or better yet, some colleagues! Dr. Jeffrey Hunt is a familiar face at CCAP's California Charter School Authorizers Conferences. He attended the inaugural 2022 conference in Costa Mesa and returned in 2023 for the Palm Springs conference not only...
San Diego Union-Tribune Dehesa School District “exhibits some of the most extensive charter oversight seen in California from a small school district,” say experts, including CCAP Executive Director Tom Hutton, interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune. Dehesa...
San Diego Union-Tribune In the four years since the San Diego District Attorney’s Office indicted A3 charter operators of stealing $400 million in state education funds, lawmakers have done little to tighten regulations and oversight, said San Diego Deputy District...
CCAP's Fall Newsletter contains: CCAP's 2024 Conference Registration and Lodging are now open! Corey Loomis receives NN4DA Award The next webinar in CCAP's series on California Board of Education-approved academic progress indicators NN4DA Update What We're Reading...
