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California will soon roll out a mammoth $3 billion Community Schools Partnership Program. The competitive grants will provide planning, coordination and implementation grants for up to seven years for charter and district public schools to transform into community...
CCAP's Winter Newsletter contains: Critical deadlines for funding and grants CCAP co-founds national network of state initatives to strenghten local authorizing Implementing the new community interest policy in authorizing decisions Board member spotlight: Debi Deal...
When the experiment with charter schools began 30 years ago, their future was hardly guaranteed. Today, there are more than 7,500 charter schools serving 3.3 million students in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Along with that growth has...
As we all look back on the wild ride that was 2021, we should give one another a collective pat on the back for navigating such uncertain times with flexibility, grace, and innovation. It looks like it still may be a while before schools—and life in general—resume...
CCAP and its partners, the Colorado Association of Charter School Authorizers (CACSA) and the Florida Association of Charter School Authorizers (FACSA), have launched a new organization to support state-level initiatives working to strengthen the charter school...
There are three key ingredients for a successful charter school, says school finance expert Debi Deal: a focused and rigorous curriculum, a solid governance structure, and a strong finance team. “Not any one of them is more important than the other; they’re all...
Critical Deadlines for Funding and Grants During uncertain fiscal times, it’s more important than ever not to leave money on the table. Authorizers can help ensure that local charter schools receive all the funds they are entitled to by reminding them of upcoming...
CCAP and WestEd are developing a supplement for CCAP’s authorizer toolkit on new school petitions on options for assessing whether charter school petitions meet California’s new community interest requirement. Under AB 1505, initial charter petitions, renewals,...
Los Angeles Times CCAP co-founder and board president, David Patterson, discussed the seriousness of charter schools closely following regulations and district authorizer oversight in an article concerning an Orange County, California, charter school that could...
The74 Op-ed Top district leaders in authorizing “do not consider themselves pro- or anti-charter; they simply want to perform their jobs as authorizers well, and they consider charter school students their district’s kids,” write Alex Medler, Melissa Brady and Tom...
