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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

In this 90-minute webinar recorded July 11, 2022, CSDC Executive Director, Eric Premack, and CSDC's charter specialists unpack the 2022-23 California state budget, including the related 350-plus page education trailer bill, and discuss its impact on California charter schools.

July 11, 2022

This year’s annual May Revision to the Governor’s Budget proposals promises to be the most consequential in recent memory, fueled by a torrent of state tax revenues, spiraling inflation, and sharp differences over the state’s fiscal direction. The Governor will release his “May Revise” budget proposals on or around May 13, updating his prior proposals released in January. Meanwhile legislative leaders are floating dramatic budget proposals of their own that differ sharply from the governor’s and that would fundamentally alter key education funding parameters and priorities.

May 18, 2022

CSDC’s 2022 LCAP Update webinar is now available on-demand for CSDC Member Schools and Authorizers. Topics include:

Reminders about LCAP process and requirements
Revising actions and outcomes, given changing conditions and the importance of setting strategic renewal targets
The new proportionality “carryover” provision, including new restrictions on “Improved” services
The Concentration Grant 15% Add-On, in a context of hiring shortages

May 11, 2022

This year’s state budget includes billions of dollars for new categorical programs and calls for massive expansions of others in coming years, including universal Transitional Kindergarten, Expanded Learning Opportunities, Community Schools, and others.

This session will provide an overview of these programs, describe how they relate to other funding programs and sources, assess prospects for funding, and address implementation challenges and opportunities.

April 29, 2022

Access the recording and supplemental materials for this webinar held on February 24, 2021.

February 22, 2022

Access the recording and supplemental materials for this two-part workshop with Eric Premack from the 2021 Leadership Update Conference.

January 31, 2022

In this members-only webinar, CSDC staff provided a detailed review of Governor Newsom’s proposed 2022-23 state budget. Governor Newsom outlined his proposed 2022-23 state budget this week during a lengthy press conference, including a large cost-of-living adjustment and continued implementation of massive K-12 program expansions; he also issued a vague call for protecting charter schools from pandemic-driven enrollment and attendance declines.

January 18, 2022

Access the recording and supplemental materials for this webinar on November 17, 2021.

November 16, 2021