Charter Authorizers! Check out our Toolkits on Charter Petitions and Annual Reports.
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,...
The National Network for District Authorizing Chair, Alex Medler, hosted a conversation with Andy Franko from D49 in Colorado, and Corey Loomis from the Riverside County Office of Education in California to discuss their initiatives to help charter schools improve....
Court rejects lawsuit over funding for nonclassroom-based programs; CDE reminds nonclassroom-based charters to obtain funding determination On July 27, 2021, a Sacramento County Superior Court rejected claims by online and hybrid-learning charter schools that the...
Congress seeks to restrict for-profit involvement in charter schools Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are proposing to cut $40 million from the $440 million federal Charter School Program (CSP) and to prohibit federal funding to any charter school “that...
Most California charter schools received a two-year extension on their terms under Assembly Bill (AB) 130, the TK-12 Public Education Omnibus Trailer bill, signed by Governor Newsom earlier this month. The bill also extends the moratorium on the establishment of new...
CCAP Seeking Prospective Board Members! Consider being part of a statewide movement to advance equity in and access to high quality California charter schools by strengthening charter school authorizing. The California Charter Authorizing Professionals is seeking new...
Extending a great partnership! CCAP is pleased to announce that we have extended our strategic partnership with our friends at the Small School Districts' Association (SSDA) for two more years! Thanks to the generous support of the U.S. Department of...
Board Member Spotlight: Brianna García Brianna García wants CCAP to become a household name, the go-to place for California charter school authorizing. “What I would ultimately like to see for CCAP, is that if anybody has a question about charters they go, ‘Oh, I know...
Building Better Authorizing Practices with CCAP's New Toolkits California charter authorizers have four key responsibilities: (1) deciding whether to approve charter petitions, (2) monitoring and reporting on a charter school’s ongoing operations, (3) determining when...
