Episode 45 Charter School Reforms in the COVID-19 Era


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 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 schools recruitment issues

  • 36:24 - Consequences for ignoring recruitment obligations

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