And there are strong and timely recommendations to eliminate laws that allow charter management companies to do «end runs» around the authority
of charter school governing boards.
The
Lusher Charter School governing board voted 6 - 5 on Saturday morning against recognizing a petition for collective bargaining by the newly - formed United Teachers of Lusher, likely triggering a schoolwide election on the question in the coming weeks.
As part of CCSA's effort to provide members relevant resources on strong financial practices, we are sharing two toolkits from the National Charter School Resource Center featuring successful practices and recommendations
for charter school governing boards and authorizers.
The
Compass Charter Schools Governing Board is responsible for maintaining the mission, vision, and values of Compass Charter Schools and developing the appropriate policies to ensure those fundamentals are maintained.
Full disclosure: The vice president of the
CP charter school governing board is Suzanne Legg, senior administrator of Dayspring Academy charter school in Pasco County.
Description: A training offered twice a year in collaboration with the Colorado League of Charter Schools to support board members in providing a sound introduction to board practice and responsibilities, a refresher to continuing board members in board leadership roles, and to introduce school leaders to
general charter school governing board practices and responsibilities.
The crux of his argument is that the public should have the opportunity to sit
on charter school governing boards; he must not realize that that is already an option at The Compass School, a K - 8 charter that educates students from his own district.
The
Audubon Charter School governing board will hear updates on renovations to the Broadway campus, admissions, and on each of its academic programs at its monthly meeting Saturday morning in the Carrollton campus cafeteria.
The
Lusher Charter School governing board will include a discussion of the OneApp common enrollment system in addition its regular updates on facilities and enrollment a meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday.
The charter school student must meet the requirements of the charter school education program as determined by
the charter school governing board.
Full Exemption — If a member of a charter holder and / or
charter school governing board is also a member of a board of any governmental entity or institute of higher education and recieves board training as part of thier service, then the person is exempt from any training requirements for charter holder and / or charter school governing boards.
Charter school governing boards should be required to institute an internal fraud risk management program, including an annual fraud risk assessment.
In the menu to the left you will find general descriptions of the annual training requirements and exemptions for charter holder and / or
charter school Governing Boards, Executives, Campus Administrators, Business Managers, and Certified Classroom Teachers as detailed in the Texas Administrative Code.
All new members of charter holder and / or
charter school governing boards must complete a total of 12 hours of board training provided by a TEA registered trainer within their first year of service.
But in almost every other instance, WFF - funded lobbyists have argued strenuously that
charter school governing boards are private corporations not subject to the same regulations that govern traditional public schools.