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Leadership Intensive

Leading with the Heart, Mind, and Hand: Dr. Ting Sun Reflects on 30 Years of CA Charters

CSDC catches up with Dr. Sun and reflects back on 30 years of school leadership and charter schools in California.

  • May 02 2024
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Member Resources

Charter Schools Fight for Fair Evaluation in Dramatic Assembly Vote

The Assembly Education Committee took rare steps to amend a bill in committee in the battle over how to measure success for charter schools.

  • Apr 26 2024
  • Laura Kerr
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Budget, Policy, and Leadership Update Webinar Series

Foreshadowing the May Revise: Higher COLA, Sluggish Tax Receipts

Several factors are making this year’s May Revision unusually volatile, including the unsettled economic and tax revenue picture.

  • Apr 25 2024
  • Eric Premack
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Member Resources

CSDC Legislative Update: Charter Renewal Bill Faces First Vote Next Week

This week, California charter school leaders (pictured above) testified against SB 1380 in Sacramento. Next week, the Assembly Education Committee will take up AB 2254, which aims to remove the sunset on the use of supplemental academic data.

  • Apr 19 2024
  • Laura Kerr
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Member Resources

CSDC Legislative Update: Superintendent Doesn’t Understand Sponsored Bill

Outgoing superintendent William Spalding remarked that there was a lot of "misinformation" about SB 1380.

  • Apr 12 2024
  • Laura Kerr
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Member Resources

CSDC Legislative Update: April Showers for Charter Schools? Growth, Renewal, and Autonomy are at Stake

As spring showers nourish the seeds of May flowers, the California State Legislature is in full bloom with activity.

  • Apr 05 2024
  • Laura Kerr
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Budget, Policy, and Leadership Update Webinar Series

2024 May Revise Webinar: Registration Open Now!

While the Governor and Legislature have agreed on modest mid-year cuts, CSDC anticipates much more difficult decisions remain, making this year’s May Revision to his budget proposal especially important. 

  • Apr 05 2024
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Leadership Intensive

2024 Leadership Intensive: Early Registration Open Now!

Register now for the 2024 Leadership Intensive scheduled for June 24-27, 2024 just outside of Sacramento, CA.

  • Apr 04 2024
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Member Resources

Legislation that Charter School Board Members Need to Have on their Radar.

Earlier this year, California State Legislators introduced more than 2,000 new bills and CSDC’s Laura Kerr reviewed them all and found a couple of those bills designed to hurt charter schools.

  • Mar 29 2024
  • Caitlin O'Halloran Hellar
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Charter School News

Remembering Don Shalvey

CSDC is sorry to note the passing of California charter luminary, Don Shalvey.

  • Mar 29 2024
  • Eric Premack
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