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If there is one misconception that Jenell Sherman and Darcy Belleza want to dispel, it is that small authorizers can’t be effective and efficient. Sherman is executive director, and Belleza is director of governance and accountability, at Feather River Charter School,...
It’s a date! The 2026 CCAP California Charter School Authorizers Conference will take place June 16-18 at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa, Mission Bay, San Diego. Conference registration, hotel reservations, and other pertinent information will be available soon...
Congratulations to the recipients of CCAP’s 2025 Excellence in Authorizing Awards:Amanda Goldman, Director of Innovative Schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District, and Deidre Walsh, Director of the San Diego Unified School District Charter School Office....
U.S. Supreme Court Case Could Drastically Alter Charter School Movement Last Wednesday, April 30, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could overturn a foundational principle of the charter school movement. In Oklahoma Statewide Charter School...
Some Bills on Charter Oversight Advance in Legislature Some, but not all, of the most important bills affecting charter authorizing have been reported out of their first committees. Staff analyses summarizing the bills' provisions, providing the legal and policy...
Plans Under Way for 4th Annual Charter School Authorizers Conference – June 16-18, Palm Springs CCAP’s California Charter School Authorizers Conference is a unique opportunity to meet, learn, and share with a diverse community of people with a common passion:...
How You Can Help Prevent Fraud in California’s Public Schools CCAP has moved into the next phase of its fraud prevention initiative since releasing the report of its Anti-Fraud Task Force, Protecting California Public Schools Against Fraud, in April. While...
California Authorizer Recognized by the National Network for District Authorizing Congratulations to Indra Ciccarelli, Director of the Los Angeles County Office of Education's (LACOE) Charter School Office, and a CCAP board member, on receiving the Local Authorizing...
Marlo Hartsuyker, one of CCAP’s newest board members, has served as Director of Charter School Support and Oversight for the Ventura County Office of Education for over seven years. The events that led Hartsuyker on the path to this position began before she even knew...
From his office, Nathan Fairchild enjoys what may be the most enviable view of any California school administrator. Above him lies the universe, projected onto the dome of the Schreder Planetarium, part of the science program housed within the Shasta County Office of...
