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MEMBER RESOURCES
Have You Heard of California’s Form 700?
Are you required by law or your school’s conflict of interest code to fill it out?
In the aftermath of Watergate (1974), California voters passed the Political Reform Act and the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) was created to ...
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January 25, 2023
CSDC NEWS
Can Public Charter School Board Meetings Take Place via Zoom? It Depends.
In CSDC’s California Charter Schools 2022 New Laws To-Do List, we highlighted a new law that could impact how charter school boards make their meetings accessible to members of the public.
Assembly Bill 2449, which was authored by ...
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January 25, 2023
MEMBER RESOURCES
Highlights from CSDC's January 18 State Budget Webinar
Shortly after Governor Newsom released a summary of his 2023-24 state budget proposals on January 10, CSDC published our preliminary remarks, which included initial details on a large 8.13% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), a new Local Control ...
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January 18, 2023
Leadership Trainings
CSDC offers a comprehensive catalogue of trainings for charter school principals, chief business officers, governing board members, and charter developers. These trainings, combined with our annual statewide leadership conference, provide charter school leaders with invaluable opportunities for professional development, while helping them ensure continual improvement of their schools.
January - May 2023
CBO Training Program
Registration closed on January 9, 2023. Please contact CSDC regarding current availability.
Sacramento, CA & Online
June 2023
Leadership Intensive
Registration for the 2023 program will open in Spring 2023.
To Be Announced
Resources & Tools
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ANNUAL PLANNING CALENDAR
Stay on top of critical deadlines
CSDC's Annual School Planning Calendar is an exclusive resource for CSDC Member schools that includes over 200 critical dates with CSDC's commentary and guidance.
SAMPLE POLICIES
Customizable school policies
CSDC's Charter School Governing Board Sample Policies is a repository of the policies California charter schools are required to adopt (or otherwise ought to have in place). CSDC’s team of charter experts created these policies so that California charter school leaders would have a starting point for the policy drafting and adoption process.
BOARD BULLETIN
News just for your board
Board Bulletins highlight topics of interest to board members. New topics of interest to governing board members are sent out via email six times a year and past issues are archived on the CSDC website.
Recently Published
In 2022, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed 169 bills and signed 997 bills into law—over 200 more bills then the prior year. In this document, we provide a summary of the bills with direct impacts on charter schools.
January 05, 2023
| This webinar provides California’s most comprehensive, charter-specific breakdown of the governor’s budget, including how declining state revenues will impact overall K-14 education funding. |
January 18, 2023
This table summarizes key features/requirements of teleconferencing options under the Brown Act (California’s public agency open meetings laws).
The “Traditional” column summarizes long-standing and ongoing features/requirements.
The “AB 361” column addresses teleconferencing under specified states of emergency...
January 25, 2023
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