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CCAP Awards

Excellence in Authorizing

CCAP recognizes significant contributions to California’s charter school authorizing profession by bestowing up to two awards annually:

Authorizing Exemplar Award

This award celebrates an authorizer who has set a benchmark in developing and implementing outstanding practices that inspire peers across the state.

Authorizing Community Contributor Award

Recognizing an authorizer who goes above and beyond to support their colleagues, fostering a collaborative and thriving professional environment.

CCAP awards recipients in turn become California’s nominees for the equivalent awards that are given at the national level by the National Network for District Authorizing (NN4DA), a federation of state initiatives like CCAP.

Nominations for the CCAP Authorizing Awards are accepted and can be submitted online here, by May 2025, for the 2025 awards:

Nomination Form

CCAP Honors 2024 Award Winners

Congratulations to Indra Ciccarelli, Director of the Charter Schools Office of the Los Angeles County Office of Education, on being recognized at the conference with CCAP’s inaugural Authorizer Exemplar Award, for an individual authorizing staff or board member who has helped his or her organization develop and implement one or more particularly promising and/or excellent authorizing practices. We also took the opportunity at the conference to celebrate the October Local Exemplar Award that was presented to Corey Loomis, Director of the Charter Schools Office of the Riverside County Office of Education, by the National Network for District Authorizing (NN4DA). Read more here.

Indra Ciccarelli (center), Director, LACOE Charter Schools Office, with (l to r) Tom Hutton, CCAP Exec Dir; Yvonne Chan, LACOE Board Chair; Jeff Hartman, Angela Fernandez, René Cardona, & Cheli Nye, LACOE Charter Schools Office Coordinators; & Co-Director Rocio Lara
Corey Loomis (right), recognized for NN4DA’s inaugural award for innovation, forward thinking, leadership, & impact, shown with CCAP Executive Director Tom Hutton & NN4DA Executive Director Alex Medler.