Legal Facts You Need To Know

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Legal Facts You Need To Know

• and How to Turn Requirements into Opportunities
• Herinder Pegany and Craig Heimbichner

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Charter School Requirements can be distilled into
two main categories
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1. Facilities2. Compliance
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FacilitiesBasis
1. Prop. 392. Calif. E.C. 476143. Title V
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Deadline Oct. 1st

• Request for following year
• Petition local school district

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Project enrollmentIn and out of districtIn
legal priority

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Avoid the trap waiting

• Plan ahead use a planning spreadsheet
• Electronic tickler file
• Calendar all deadlines

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Compliance Title V, Part Bbut also

• May be subject to Title I requirements as an LEA

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AYP Requirements the trend is

• to hold LEAs accountable
• to implement intervention teams
• to mandate implementation of the EPCs (Essential
  Program Components)

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LEA Plans Requirement? Or Opportunity?

• Both
• Build around EPCs
• Make plan instruction-driven and focused on
  achievement

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Example PS7

• History of school.
• .and the results of this approach

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Other issues

• Special Education Compliance (RtI)
• Focus on Intervention Levels and Student
  Placement and Support
• Labor unions frontload involvement

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Questions?

• Contact information
• American Charter School Services
• [phone]
• info_at_amcharterservices.com www.amcharterservices.c
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