Podcast: Charter School Renewals — They’re Back

This resource is provided by ACSA Partner4Purpose Lozano Smith. 

In this Lozano Smith Podcast episode, host Sloan Simmons talks with Lozano Smith Partners Ed Sklar and Erin Hamor regarding the forthcoming return of the charter school renewal process under pre-Pandemic changes in the law resulting from AB 1505.

Show Notes & Featured Topics

1:32 – Charter renewals and where we left off (listen to Episode 57 here)

2:19 – AB 1505 (2019) and The Charter Schools Act reform

5:32 – Removal of the Dashboard and impact on charter renewals

8:20 – Other factors impacting renewal

9:10 – Data used for renewals

12:36 – Examples of Verified Data

14:30 – Potential disputes over data

16:48 – Governance and fiscal issues

18:32 – “Cure and Correct” notices

19:01 – Selective enrollment issues

19:29 – The Charter Schools Act

22:16 – Notice of deficiencies

23:15 – Next steps for charter authorizers