2023-24 State Budget Webinar Series: Adopted State Budget and Policy Update Webinar

Eric Premack

Founder & Executive Director

Category: CA State Budget

July 20, 2023

In this information-packed, mid-summer update, CSDC provides vital updates on budget and policy matters.

The Adopted State Budget Webinar addresses a number of important topics, including:

Updates on the state budget and CSDC’s related budgeting and planning suggestions
Important, last-minute changes to budget-related legislation containing several “surprise” charter school policy items
Updates and advocacy tips on key bills pending in the Legislature as it enters the final weeks of this year’s session
The latest on the State Board’s handling of precedent-setting charter appeals, related lawsuits, and their impact on prospects for appeals of denied charter petitions and appeals of non-renewals

This webinar is a continuation of CSDC's 2023-24 State Budget Webinar Series, which includes earlier webinars on the Governor's Budget Proposals (January 18, 2023) and the May Revise and Spring Charter Leadership Update (May 18, 2023), and contains CSDC's original research and analysis.

Recording

The recording of this webinar is available to CSDC Member Schools and Authorizers. Please sign-in or join/renew.

Index

Timestamp	Slide	Description
00:00:00	Slides 1-8	Welcome & About CSDC CSDC’s Accountability and Development Specialist, Susanne Coie, welcomes live participants into the webinar and mentions several upcoming CSDC events and trainings, including HR Academy (September 26-27 in Sacramento, CA) and the 2023 CSDC Conference (November 8-10 in Anaheim, CA). This webinar is one of the many benefits available exclusively to CSDC Member schools and it is the culmination of CSDC's 2023-24 State Budget Webinar Series, which includes earlier webinars on the Governor's Budget Proposals (January 18, 2023) and the May Revise (May 19, 2023).
00:02:45	Slides 9-13	Legislative Updates Susanne passes the mic over to CSDC Executive Director and Founder, Eric Premack, to begin the presentation. The legislative calendar will soon enter a dangerous period in August and September when the potential increases for bad “gut and amends” legislation—so stay tuned to CSDC’s advocacy news and alerts! The most worrisome piece of legislation currently pending is AB 1604 (Bonta D-Alameda), which would grant school districts the right of first refusal to charter school facilities upon closure. Eric Premack discusses its current status and urges California charter school leaders to closely monitor this "charter killer" bill.
00:16:30	Slide 14	Amendments to Independent Study Regulations Eric Premack describes the odd mix of I.S.-related amendments proposed by The California Department of Education (CDE), ranging from the straightforward to the unnecessarily burdensome.
00:19:57	Slides 15-16	Getting Snookered: A Horrific “Deal” Over Charter Policy Budget trailer bills reflect a compromise “deal” between legislators and some advocates in the California charter community. What’s good in the legislation—and how were some charter advocates snookered in the “deal”? Budget trailer bills also contain provisions affecting the moratorium on new, nonclassroom-based charter schools and call for a study on the processes used to determine funding for nonclassroom-based schools.

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2023-24 State Budget Webinar Series: Adopted State Budget and Policy Update Webinar

Category: CA State Budget

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