Operations and Compliance

Featured Operations and Compliance Resources

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Indirect Costs Decoded
This webinar is designed to provide guidance to CSP grantees about…
Webinar | 29 Apr, 2020 to 29 Apr, 2020
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Natural Disaster Preparation and Response: A Toolkit for Charter Schools
More than 25 million Americans—almost eight percent of the population—were affected by natural…
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SMART Objectives Toolkit
The SMART Objectives Toolkit from the National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) is designed…
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Key Trends in Special Education in Charter Schools in 2015-2016: Secondary Analysis of the Civil Rights Data Collection
Using data from the US Department of Education’s biennial Civil Rights Data Collection effort, the…
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Developing and Updating Performance Agreements for Credit Enhancement Grantees
Credit Enhancement (CE) grantees gathered for a webinar focused on developing and updating…

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Indirect Costs Decoded Webinar29 Apr, 2020 to 29 Apr, 2020 This webinar is designed to provide guidance to CSP grantees about Indirect Cost Rates and how they apply to their grants, including: How to know if a cost is allowable, How to distinguish… Read more
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Operations and Compliance
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Developing and Updating Performance Agreements for Credit Enhancement Grantees Webinar16 Apr, 2020 to 16 Apr, 2023 Credit Enhancement (CE) grantees gathered for a webinar focused on developing and updating performance agreements for their CSP grants. The content included an overview of available… Read more
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Operations and Compliance
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SMART Objectives Toolkit ToolkitsThe National Charter School Resource Center31 Jan, 2020 The SMART Objectives Toolkit from the National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) is designed to help prospective and current Charter School Programs (CSP) grantees develop successful… Read more
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State Education Agency, Charter School Management Organizations, Opening and Expanding, Increasing Achievement, Operations and Compliance, Funding
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Key Trends in Special Education in Charter Schools in 2015-2016: Secondary Analysis of the Civil Rights Data Collection ReportsNational Center for Special Education in Charter Schools14 Nov, 2019 Using data from the US Department of Education’s biennial Civil Rights Data Collection effort, the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) identifies trends in… Read more
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Special Education Students, State Education Agency, Charter School Management Organizations, Charter School Family and Community, Policy Maker, Discipline, Increasing Achievement, Operations and Compliance, Special Education
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The State of the Charter Sector: What You Need to Know About the Charter Sector Today ReportsBellwether Education Partners22 Jan, 2019 Bellwether Education Partners (Bellwether) summarizes policies and trends and the current status of charter schools in the United States in this January 2019 presentation. The data in the… Read more
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State Education Agency, Charter School Management Organizations, Educators, Charter School Family and Community, Policy Maker, Discipline, Opening and Expanding, Policy, Board Governance, Increasing Achievement, Operations and Compliance, Special Education, English Learners, Leadership, Facilities, Funding
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Natural Disaster Preparation and Response: A Toolkit for Charter Schools ToolkitsThe National Charter School Resource Center26 Dec, 2018 More than 25 million Americans—almost eight percent of the population—were affected by natural disasters in 2017. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is an agency of the… Read more
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Planning and Designing, School Safety, State Education Agency, Charter School Management Organizations, Educators, Charter School Family and Community
Webinar: Closeout 101 Event20 Jun, 2018 The CSP program office conducted a "Closeout 101" webinar for all grantees who are wrapping up grant activities.  This webinar details what expected from the grantee in the Final… Read more
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Performance Management
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Building Capacity to Provide Quality Special Education Services and Supports: A Toolkit of Emerging Best Practices and Opportunities for Charter Support Organizations ToolkitsNational Center for Special Education in Charter Schools07 May, 2018 This eight-page toolkit by the National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools (NCSECS) provides opportunities and best practices for charter school support organizations (CSOs) to… Read more
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Charter School Laws, Special Education Students, Educators, Charter School Family and Community, Policy Maker, Operations and Compliance, Special Education
Colorado Charter School Guidebook, 2018-2019 ReportsColorado Charter School Institute01 May, 2018 The CSI Guidebook is designed to support CSI School Leaders and school staff.
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Colorado Charter Schools, State Education Agency, Charter School Management Organizations, Performance Management, Charter School Family and Community
New School Development: A Toolkit for Charter Support Organizations and Charter School Founders ToolkitsThe National Charter School Resource Center10 Apr, 2018 The National Charter School Resource Center (NCSRC) released a new toolkit to help Charter Support Organizations (CSOs) and charter school founders find key resources on opening a new… Read more
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Featured Publications

Policy Framework for High-Quality Charter Authorizing Practices
Toolkits | 06 Jul, 2020
Measuring Quality: A Resource Guide for Authorizers and Alternative Schools
Reports | 01 Oct, 2019
Shifting to At-Home Learning
Toolkits | 01 Mar, 2020
SMART Objectives Toolkit
Toolkits | 31 Jan, 2020

Featured Events

International School Choice and Reform Conference
Ft. Lauderdale, FL | 17 Jan, 2021 to 20 Jan, 2021
January 17-20, 2021 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida http://iscrweb.org/  
National Charter Schools Week
| 10 May, 2020 to 16 May, 2020
May 10-16, 2020 https://www.publiccharters.org/what-you-can-do/celebrate-national-charter-schools-week 
2020 ASU GSV
San Diego, CA | 30 Sep, 2020 to 01 Oct, 2020
Sept. 29-Oct. 1, 2020 San Diego, California https://www.asugsvsummit.com 
NACSA Leadership Conference
Nashville, TN | 12 Oct, 2020 to 15 Oct, 2020
October 12-15, 2020 Nashville, Tennessee https://www.qualitycharters.org/conference-archive  
Aurora Institute Symposium
San Antonio, TX | 25 Oct, 2020 to 28 Oct, 2020
October 25-28, 2020 San Antonio, Texas https://www.inacol.org/symposium/

Featured News

Fiscal Year 2020 Grants to Charter School Developers for the Opening of New Charter Schools and for the Replication and Expansion of High-Quality Charter Schools (CFDA number 84.282B/E)
News | 20 May, 2020
U.S. Department of Education's Coronavirus Response
News | 12 Mar, 2020
Notice Inviting Applications: Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program--Grants to State Entities (SE Grants) (CFDA number 84.282A)
News | 27 Jan, 2020
New ED Initiative Related to Charter Schools in Opportunity Zones
News | 10 Oct, 2019
Foundation Directs Funding Toward Special Education Charter Schools
News | 13 Sep, 2018

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