2024-106 Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools - California State Auditor Lax Oversight Allowed Highlands to Inappropriately Receive More Than $180 Million in K–12 Funding

Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools in Sacramento "engaged in wasteful spending" & received $180M is state funds it wasn't entitled to, due to lax oversight at all levels, according to the Calif State Auditor's report. #charterschools www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2024...

#CACharterAuthorizers & other #CharterSchool authorizing professionals, check out the schedule of workshops and events at #CaliforniaCharterAuthorizingProfessionals June 16-18 annual conference in Palm Springs. There's still time to register!
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#CaliforniaCharterAuthorizingProfessionals Exec Dir Tom Hutton quoted in #SanDiegoUnion-Tribune article on alleged conflicts of interest in a #CACharterSchool, including self-dealing in charter back-office contracts, and high compensation for charter school leaders. bit.ly/3SnkbIR

#CaliforniaCharterSchool enrollment reached 727,723 this year, up by 2.5% over last year, according to the latest figures from @cadepted.bsky.social‬. The decline in total public school enrollment is slowing, but fell from 5,837,690 in 2023-24 to 5,806,221 this year. www.cde.ca.gov/nr/ne/yr25/y...

Split Supreme Court blocks first religious charter school in Oklahoma The Supreme Court on Thursday morning left in place a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejecting an effort by a Catholic virtual charter school to become the country’s first […]

In a 4-to-4 ruling, the US Supreme rejected an appeal for a religious charter school in Oklahoma. "For now, this preserves a foundational principle of the charter movement: charter schools are public schools that respect constitutional and civil rights," said CCAP Exec Dir Tom Hutton.
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Supreme Court Appears Open to Approving Religious Charter Schools The justices have allowed vouchers for religious schools and required equal treatment in tuition programs. But direct government payments to religious public schools pose a new test.

Breaking News: The Supreme Court appeared open to allowing Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school.

The U.S. Supreme Court appeared divided along partisan lines during a hearing today in a closely watched Oklahoma case that could open the door to St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School becoming the nation’s first taxpayer-funded religious charter school.
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Most California charter schools do well on students' academic performance, grad rates, college & career readiness, and other key measures, according to the latest release from the California Department of Education (CDE). www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ch/perfor...

Despite limited resources, the Shasta County Office of Education’s charter school division offers robust support & training that connects & empowers both county- and district-authorized charter schools to realize the very spirit of charter school legislation. calauthorizers.org/authorizer-i...

California Charter Authorizing Professionals has extended the deadline for proposals to present at the 2025 Charter School Authorizers Conference in Palm Springs, June 16-18, 2024.

Proposals are being accepted through Monday, February 24, 2025!

For info and to submit: lnkd.in/e_3iKhzd