Episode 45 Charter School Reforms in the COVID-19 Era Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast

Host Sloan Simmons facilitates a timely and interesting discussion with Lozano Smith Charter School Practice Group Leaders, Ed Sklar and Erin Hamor, regarding the status of charter school reform legislation and the impacts of COVID-19 on the same.



Show Notes & References



2:10 – Review of charter reform legislation over the last two years

2:31 – Assembly Bill (AB) 1505

3:26 – State dashboard

7:20 – AB 1316 and pending Education Budget Trailer Bill

7:36 – People v. McManus; San Diego Super. Ct. Case No. SCD266439

9:17 – Anticipated 3-year renewed moratorium on non-classroom based (NCB) charter schools

9:38 – Anticipated 2-year hiatus for charter renewals

11:57 – COVID-19 pandemic & NCB charter school accountability

13:43 – SB 98 influence on NCB charter school funding (Client News Brief 60 - July 2020)

15:49 – State review of NCB charter schools' success during pandemic

18:04 – Pending Education Budget Trailer Bill and NCB charter school moratorium

19:30 – Charter school accountability components

25:10 – Pending Education Budget Trailer Bill and anticipated timelines on renewal moratorium

28:40 – Charter school location accountability

28:48 – AB 1507

33:40 – Lack of state regulation and implementation issues

34:44 – Charter school recruitment issues

36:24 – Consequences for ignoring recruitment obligations



 



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