Monthly Charter Chats CASI, the Charter Authorizer Support Initiative, is off to a great start. About 50 participants joined the first of CASI’s free monthly Charter Chats on Zoom on March 30. CCAP and the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE), which are...
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California Charter Authorizing Professionals and Santa Clara County Office of Education Awarded State Grants to Strengthen Charter School Authorizing
CCAP and the Santa Clara County Office of Education have launched a state-funded initiative to expand and strengthen charter school authorizing, with a special focus on meeting the needs of rural and small school district authorizers. See the full press release here.
Impact of Proposed Changes in Special Education Funding on Charter Schools
Charter schools are part of their regional SELPAs (Special Education Local Plan Areas), which will see some changes in how special education is funded under Governor Newsom’s budget proposal. The Governor’s budget plan would increase ongoing funding of special...
Sign up for First CASI Charter Chat!
Thanks to those who were able to join the statewide introductory kickoff meeting on Monday, February 28, for the new Charter Authorizer Support Initiative (CASI). The initiative, funded by the California Department of Education, is a collaboration between CCAP and the...
Meet CCAP’s newest board members
CCAP has three new board members who bring a wide range of expertise in charter school oversight and administration as well as specific focuses on ensuring equity for underserved students. Here are their brief bios; you can read more about them here. Indra Ciccarelli...
Opportunity to Partner with CCAP and Santa Clara COE to strengthen authorizing
Be a part of something new and broad-based in California authorizing. Join CCAP and the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) by creating and joining regional networks of authorizers, especially in rural and small districts. In our last e-Alert, we announced...
Remembering Gary Hart, author of California’s first charter school bill
California lost a pioneering educational leader last week with the death of former State Senator, Assemblyman and Education Secretary Gary Hart, at age78. Senator Hart, a Democrat who represented the central coast for twenty years, will remain best known for authoring...
CCAP and Santa Clara County Office of Education Awarded State Grant to Support Authorizers
CCAP has received one of two technical assistance grants from the California Department of Education (CDE) to expand professional development and networking opportunities for school districts and county offices of education that authorize charter schools. CCAP and...
California’s $3 billion dollar grant program to convert to community schools is open to charter and district public schools alike
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...
Newsletter:: Winter 2022
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...