This meeting will not begin before 10:30 a.m. Because it is impossible to predict how long individual matters will need for consideration, the meeting may end somewhat before or somewhat after 5:00 p.m.

California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Room 1101
Sacramento, California 95814

AGENDA

Call to Order
Welcome and Introductions (as necessary)
Review and Adoption of Meeting Notes
Organizational Matters (as necessary)
Review/Re-ordering of the Meeting Agenda (as necessary)
Public Comment*

The primary areas of focus of the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools at this meeting are anticipated to be as follows. The actual allocation of time and order of consideration will be decided at the meeting.

• State Board of Education (SBE) Charter School Appeals
  1. Lifeline Education Charter School
  2. Micro-Enterprise Charter Academy (MECA)
• SBE Revocation Appeals
  1. Junior Space Exploration Academy (#824)
  2. Space Exploration Academy (#825)
• Proposition 39 Facilities Requests: Statewide Form
• 2007-08 (and beyond) Determination of Funding Requests, including (if necessary) some second 2006-07 (and beyond) Determination of Funding Requests
• Updates, with action as deemed necessary
  1. Audits and Investigations of Charter Schools
  2. Status Reports
  • Conflict of Interest Regulations
  • Proposition 39 Regulations (unless covered above)
  • Statewide SELPA
• Other
  1. Special Education Primer Training (September)
  2. Special Ed workgroup update – new pilot update
  3. Proposed meeting dates for January through July 2008
  • Monday, January 14, 2008
  • Monday, March 17, 2008
  • Monday, April 21, 2008
  • Monday, May 19, 2008
  • Monday July 21, 2008

In addition to the above, the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools hereby provides notice that it reserves the right to consider and make recommendations at this meeting concerning other areas of the State Board of Education’s authority with respect to charter schools which include but are not limited to:

• Taking appropriate action, including, but not limited to, revocation with respect to State Board-granted and locally granted charters under specific circumstances set forth in statute.
• Jointly with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, approving district-wide charter petitions when those petitions are determined to be satisfactory.
• Developing and adopting regulations to implement various provisions of the Charter Schools Act of 1992 (Part 26.8 of the Education Code, commencing with Section 47600).
• Approving or denying requests to waive otherwise applicable provisions of law based upon requests submitted by charter schools and other local education agencies.
• Assigning numbers to charter school petitions to ensure that the statutory cap on the number of charter schools is not exceeded.

Future Meeting Schedule

Time(s) will be set aside for public comment at this meeting. Depending on the situation, and at the direction of the presiding officer, public comment may be entertained as appropriate at the beginning of, during, and/or at the end of the meeting. Reasonable limits will be placed on the amount of time allowed for individual comments.

THE ORDER OF BUSINESS MAY BE CHANGED WITHOUT NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the order of consideration of matters on this agenda may be changed without prior notice.
REASONABLE LIMITATIONS MAY BE PLACED ON PUBLIC TESTIMONY
The presiding officer of the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools reserves the right to impose reasonable time limits on public testimony to ensure that the agenda is completed.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS MAY BE MADE
Consistent with the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act, notice is hereby given that special presentations not mentioned in the agenda may be made at this meeting. However, any such presentation will be for information only.
REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY
Pursuant to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any individual with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to attend or participate in this meeting of the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools may request assistance by contacting the Charter Schools Division, California Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Room 5401, Sacramento, CA, 95814; telephone, 916-322-6029; fax 916-322-1465.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information concerning this agenda, please contact Ralph Burge, Charter School Division, California Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Room 5401, Sacramento, CA, 95814; telephone 916-322-6029; fax 916-322-1465; RBurge@cde.ca.gov. This notice appears on the California Department of Education’s Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/cc/cs/.

PLEASE NOTE

A specialized e-mail distribution list for the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools has been established. If you wish to receive future meeting notices/ agendas (and other materials) and are not already on the list, please contact: Ralph Burge, Charter Schools Division, California Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Room 5401, Sacramento, CA, 95814, telephone 916-322-6029, fax 916-322-1465, RBurge@cde.ca.gov.