Effective 2019, significant legal changes were enacted regarding charter schools in California.\xa0 The anticipated effects and implementation of those changes, however, were stunted by the COVID-19 outbreak.\xa0 In this Lozano Smith Podcast episode, host Sloan Simmons engages with Lozano Smith Charter Practice Group Co-Leaders, Ed Sklar and Erin Hamor, to discuss the current state of affairs for charter schools and their authorizers, hot topics and trends in the charter school field, and what to anticipate going forward as California\u2019s LEAs return to normal operation.
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\nShow Notes & References
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\n \t1:14 \u2013 A look back at 2019
\n \t1:26 \u2013 Assembly Bill (AB) 1505 (Client News Brief 49 - October 2019)
\n \t3:52 \u2013 Current state (Client News Brief 18 - August 2021)
\n \t4:34 \u2013 Status of proposed regulations post AB 1505
\n \t6:29 \u2013 Restart of charter renewal process
\n \t9:12 \u2013 Renewal petitions and issue fixing
\n \t10:29 \u2013 AB 1505 and the State Board of Education (SBE)
\n \t10:45 \u2013 Appeals to charter petition denials
\n \t11:57 \u2013 "Abuse of discretion" standard of review
\n \t12:18 \u2013 Takeaways from appeals
\n \t17:59 \u2013 Pending legislation
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