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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