Education Week Lawsuits are on the rise against charter schools throughout the country raising questions over religious-based charters, local vs. state oversight, and whether charter schools are public or private and therefore, not entitled to state funding. CCAP...
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CCAP Webinar Series on Verified Data
CCAP Holding Webinar Series on Verified Data for Academic Growth Starting on October 6, 2023, CCAP is sponsoring a series of free webinars for charter school authorizers to provide an opportunity for providers of some of the most widely used academic progress...
Spring 2023
CCAP's Spring newsletter contains: 2023 CCAP Conference details CCAP convenes a broad-based Anti-Fraud Task Force Authorizers in Action - Fresno Unified School District gives authorizing a personal touch Board Member Spotlight - Joe Hendrix Resource Collection on...
Task Force Seeks to Strengthen Fraud Safeguards
CCAP has convened a broad-based Anti-Fraud Task Force to develop and recommend strategies for deterring, detecting, and prosecuting fiscal misconduct in California’s public schools, with an emphasis on public charter schools. Today, nearly 690,000 students are...
Check Out CCAP’s Resource Collection on Supporting English Learners
CCAP periodically surveys California authorizers about what resources and supports they need, and one area they told us in 2019 they could use help was in supporting English Learner students (EL). English learners represent 19 percent of California public school...
CCAP’s 2023 California Charter School Authorizers Conference Update
Register Now for CCAP's 2023 California Charter School Authorizers Conference! June 13-16 at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa near Palm Springs CCAP’s Charter School Authorizers Conference is less than 6 weeks away! Nothing says summer is here like taking a...
CCAP Board Member Spotlight: Joe Hendrix
Joe Hendrix has seen many changes during his two decades as a teacher and administrator in both traditional schools and charter schools. He has, however, found constants to fostering a culture that provides students with the best educational opportunities: high...
Fresno Unified School District Gives Authorizing a Personal Touch to Foster Trust and Collaboration with its Charter Schools
Charter school oversight is evolving. What once typically entailed emergency interventions and petition renewals every five years is becoming more intentionally focused on the goal of helping all charter students succeed by becoming a conduit for information and...
CCAP Releases Updated Financial Health and Sustainability Toolkit
There is no one-size-fits-all formula when it comes to public school finance, and CCAP’s Financial Health and Sustainability Framework for charter school authorizers has been revised to provide additional clarity and align even more directly with California’s funding...
CCAP’s 2023 California Charter School Authorizers Conference
Save the Dates! Mark June 14 -16 on your calendar now for CCAP's 2023 California Charter School Authorizers Conference! This year we will gather at the Omni Rancho Las Palmas Resort & Spa near Palm Springs. In the coming months we'll be providing more information...