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After more than five hours of discussion Wednesday, the State Board of Education voted to extend testing windows and to ask the US Department of Education to waive science testing and test-driven accountability mandates. The Board deferred action, however, on the key question of whether to mandate this spring’s Smarter Balanced testing. 

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February 25, 2021

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Democratic legislators are fast-tracking a complex new proposal to encourage reopening schools for in-person instruction, provide $2 billion for school reopening, and $4.5 billion for “learning recovery” grants, and grant a fuzzy priority to vaccinate school employees.

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February 19, 2021

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Governor Newsom’s $2 billion proposal to provide grants to schools to reopen for in-person instruction appears dead on arrival in the California Legislature, leaving school leaders across the state to contend with a confusing mix of guidance and no additional funding.

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February 01, 2021

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The Department of Finance today released detailed draft legislation to implement Governor Newsom’s proposed $4.6 billion grant program to provide additional academic and other supports to students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Newsom’s original budget proposal released on January 8, 2021 offered only a bare-bones summary while the legislation released today fills in most of the details.

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January 19, 2021

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The Charter Schools Division of the California Department of Education (CDE) has posted a request for applications (RFA) for the Public Charter School Grant Program (PCSGP). The PCSGP provides funding to support planning, implementation, replication, and/or expansion of “high quality” charter schools. The post indicates that $6 million are available for 2020-23 grant cycle.

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January 13, 2021

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Governor Newsom today released legislative language to implement his proposed $2 billion school reopening plan along with his proposed 2021-22 state budget and substantial revisions to the current-2020-21 state budget.

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January 08, 2021

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Under mounting pressure from experts to reopen schools for in-person instruction, Governor Newsom today announced a $2 billion “Safe Schools for All” plan, calling for phased reopening of schools for in-person starting with grades TK-2 in February...

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December 30, 2020

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On Friday, November 6, the State Board of Education (SBE) acted on the AB 1505 charter renewal process, adopting a short list of “verified data” sources and related criteria that will govern what data authorizers must consider in charter renewals. For many charter schools, these verified data sources may be a matter of life or death.

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November 19, 2020

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Today, the California Department of Education posted an application for exemptions from state funding deferrals for the upcoming months of February-May. Schools and charter management organizations seeking exemptions should move immediately to complete and submit their applications.

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November 12, 2020

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Now more than ever, CSDC advises charter schools to unpack the charter renewal criteria and plan ahead for a strong position with respect to the complex new criteria. Signed into law last October, the criteria provide for sorting of charter schools onto three tracks. AB 1505’s unclear language created questions as to how to interpret and implement its provisions.

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October 07, 2020

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