STATE OF CALIFORNIA                                                                                                                                                                          GRAY DAVIS, Governor

CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

1430 N Street, Room 5111                                                                                 P. O. Box 944272

Sacramento, CA  95814-5901                                                          Sacramento, CA 94244-2720                                                                      

 

      


Commission Members

▪Mark Kushner, Chair

▪Steve Barr

▪Tom Conry

▪Linda Frost

▪Beth Hunkapiller

▪Marta Reyes

▪Jan Sterling*

▪Johnathan Williams

▪Vacancy

*Representative of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction

 
AMENDED MEETING NOTICE

Advisory Commission on Charter Schools

An advisory body to the State Board of Education

 

 

Thursday, October 17, 2002

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.±

[This meeting will not begin before 10:00 a.m.  However, because it is impossible to predict how long individual agenda matters will need for consideration, the may end somewhat before or somewhat after 5:00 p.m.]

California Department of Education Building

1430 N Street, Room 1101*

Sacramento, California

 

AGENDA

 

Call to Order

Welcome and Introductions (as necessary)

Organizational Matters (as necessary)

Review/Re-ordering of the Meeting Agenda (as necessary)

Public Comment**

The primary areas of focus of the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools at this meeting are anticipated to be as follows.  The actual allocation of time and order of consideration will be decided at the meeting.

·        Continuation of consideration regarding special education and charter schools, including, but not limited to, the issue of participation of charter schools in special education local plan areas (SELPAs).

·        2002-03 (and beyond) determination of funding requests from charter schools.

·        Continuation of consideration of draft regulations pertaining to continuous enrollment of individuals over 19 years of age in charter schools for apportionment purposes.

·        Continuation of consideration of an approach to establishing minimum criteria for improvement in student achievement to justify renewal of charters or (under certain circumstances) revocation of charters.

·        Update on legislation, including, but not limited to, changes in the Field Act and particular issues pertaining to charter schools in regard to the forthcoming school facilities bond act (November 2002 General Election).

·        Update on the SB 740 Charter School Facility Grant Program.

In addition to the foregoing, the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools hereby provides notice that it reserves the right to consider and make recommendations at this meeting concerning other areas of the State Board of Education’s authority with respect to charter schools which include but are not limited to:

·        Taking appropriate action, including, but not limited to, revocation with respect to State Board-granted and locally-granted charters under specific circumstances set forth in statute.

·        Jointly with the State Superintendent, approving districtwide charter petitions when those petitions are determined to be satisfactory.

·        Developing and adopting regulations to implement various provisions of the Charter Schools Act of 1992 (Part 26.8 of the Education Code, commencing with Section 47600).

·        Approving or denying requests to waive otherwise applicable provisions of law based upon requests submitted by charter schools and other local education agencies.

·        Assigning numbers to charter school petitions to ensure that the statutory cap on the number of charter schools is not exceeded. 

 

Future Meeting Schedule.

The Advisory Commission on Charter Schools will schedule (and amend its schedule for) future meetings as it deems necessary. 

 

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice. 

REASONABLE LIMITATIONS MAY BE PLACED ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY

The Advisory Commission’s presiding officer reserves the right to impose reasonable time limits on public testimony to ensure that the agenda is completed.

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS MAY BE MADE

Notice is hereby given that, consistent with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, special presentations not mentioned in the agenda may be made at this meeting.  However, any such presentation will be for information only.

               REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY

Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting of the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools may request assistance by contacting the State Board of Education Office, 1430 N Street, Room 5111, P.O. Box 944272, Sacramento, CA, 94244-2720; telephone, (916) 319-0827; fax (916) 319-0176.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information concerning this agenda, please contact Greg Geeting, Assistant Executive Director of the State Board of Education, at 1430 N Street, Room 5111, P.O. Box 944272, Sacramento, CA 94244-2720; telephone (916) 319-0827; fax (916) 319-0176; ggeeting@cde.ca.gov.  This notice appear on the State Board of Education’s Web site: www.cde.ca.gov/board/.

 

PLEASE NOTE.  A specialized e-mail distribution list (and hard-copy mailing list) for the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools has been established.  If you wish to receive future meeting notices/agendas (and other materials) and are not already on the list(s), please contact Greg Geeting (see FOR MORE INFORMATION above).


* If necessary, one telephone call-in location will be used as a special accommodation for an Advisory Commission member.  The location will be 70 Carmel Street, San Francisco, California.

** Time(s) will be set aside for public comment at this meeting.  Depending on the situation, and at the direction of the presiding officer, public comment may be entertained as appropriate at the beginning of, during, and/or at the end of the meeting.  Reasonable limits will be placed on the amount of time allowed for individual comments.