CASI October 2025 Charter Chat Resource Page

Charter Chat Topics

1. Legislative Updates by Santa Clara County Office of Education
2. Program Hot Topics
3. Fiscal Hot Topics
4. California Department of Education and State Board of Education Updates
5. Upcoming CASI Events

Disclaimer

The information contained on this page is provided as a reference only. Charter schools and chartering authorities are encouraged to review the laws and regulations and consult with their own legal counsel regarding the application to their specific situations.

Legislative Updates by Santa Clara County Office of Education

Charter Oversight and Authorizing Bills

• AB 84 (Muratsuchi) —School accountability: Office of the Education Inspector General: school financial and performance audits: charter school authorization, oversight, funding, operations, networks, and contracting: data systems: local educational agency contractor background checks and contracting
• SB 414 (Ashby) —School accountability: Office of the Education Inspector General: school financial and performance audits: charter school authorization, oversight, funding, operations, and networks: flex-based instruction: local educational agency contracting
  • Governor Newsom’s October 13, 2025, veto message on SB 414 (PDF)
  • Recording of October 14, 2025 CCAP Legislative Update Webinar: What’s Next After the Veto of SB 414

Other Bills Vetoed

• AB 1224 (Valencia) —Teacher credentialing: substitute teachers: days of service
• AB 1348 (Bains) —Average daily attendance: emergencies: immigration enforcement
  • Governor Newsom’s October 13, 2025, veto message on AB 1348 (PDF)

Bills Enacted

• AB 49 (Muratsuchi) —Schoolsites: immigration enforcement
• AB 419 (Connolly) —Educational equity: immigration enforcement
• AB 461 (Ahrens) —Truancy
• AB 560 (Addis) —Special education: resource specialists: special classes
  
• AB 640 (Muratsuchi) —Local educational agencies: governance training
• AB 715 (Zbur, Addis) —Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention
• AB 1264 (Gabriel) —Pupil nutrition: restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern: prohibition
• AB 1286 (Boerner) —Political Reform Act of 1974: prospective employment
• SB 98 (Pérez) —Elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education: immigration enforcement: notification
• SB 707 (Durazo) —Open meetings: meeting and teleconference requirements
• SB 827 (Gonzalez) —Local agency officials: training

To follow current legislation at the California Legislative Information website:

• Under "Quick Bill Search," select either "Bill Number" or "Keyword(s)"
• Enter the bill number or keyword, respectively
• Once the desired bill is located, click "Add to My Favorites." This will prompt the user to create a profile and receive email updates on the status of the desired bill.

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Program Hot Topics

• California Statewide Assignment Accountability System (CalSAAS)
  The CalSAAS monitoring timeline began on August 7, 2025, and ends on November 14, 2025. It reviews vacancies, local assignment options, and core settings. Additional information can be found at CalSAAS Local Assignment Options Chart .
• Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) Authorizer Posting Requirements
  Pursuant to California Education Code (EC) Section 47604.33, each charter school’s LCAP is to be updated annually, approved by the charter school’s governing board, and submitted by July 1 of each year to the authorizing district and to the county office of education (COE), or only to the COE if the COE is its authorizer. Pursuant to EC Section 52065(a)(2), the superintendent of a school district shall “prominently post all local control and accountability plans submitted by charter schools that were authorized by the school district, or links to those plans, and any updates, revisions, or addenda, including those to comply with federal law, on the internet website of the school district.” Pursuant to EC Section 52065(b)(2), the county superintendent of schools shall “prominently post all local control and accountability plans submitted by school districts and charter schools, or links to those plans, on the internet website of the county office of education.” Additional guidance related to LCAP preparation and review can be found at the California Department of Education (CDE) CASI June 2025 Charter Chat Resource Page.
• LCAP Dashboard Posting Requirements
  In October 2023, SB 609 amended EC Section 52065(c)(1) to require that all local educational agencies (LEAs) upload their most recent LCAP to the California School Dashboard (Dashboard), beginning with the 2025 Dashboard.
  
  Specifically, Charter schools must upload a PDF of the charter school’s LCAP that was adopted by the governing body of the charter school and submitted to its chartering authority and the COE, or only to the COE if the COE is the chartering authority. The components of the LCAP for the 2025–26 LCAP year must be posted as one document assembled in the following order:
  • LCFF Budget Overview for Parents
  • Plan Summary
  • Engaging Educational Partners
  • Goals and Actions
  • Increased or Improved Services for Foster Youth, English Learners, and Low-income students
  • Action Tables
  • Instruction
  
  The CDE will be opening the submission window for Dashboard Coordinators to upload a PDF of the LEA’s 2025–26 LCAP to the myCDEconnect unified system. The LCAP upload submission window will be open from October 14 through November 1, 2025.
  
  For further information regarding Dashboard Coordinators or the LCAP upload, please contact the Local Agency Systems Support Office by email at LCFF@cde.ca.gov.
• Charter School Use of District Facilities (Proposition 39) Process Begins
  EC Section 47614 requires that school districts make available to all charter schools operating in their school district with projections of at least 80 units of average daily attendance facilities that will sufficiently accommodate all of the charter’s in-district students, and that the facilities be “reasonably equivalent” to other classrooms, buildings, or facilities, in the district. By November 1, charter schools must submit their request for facilities to the school district(s) in which they are serving students. The district must provide a final offer and acceptance by May 30.
• 2024–25 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) and English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) Assessment Results and Public Release
  The 2024–25 CAASPP and ELPAC data results are now available at CAASPP Test Results for California’s Assessments .

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Fiscal Hot Topics

• California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS) Census Day Data
  The official submission window for CALPADS Census Day Data is October 2 through December 12, 2025. As a reminder, Fall 1 attendance data is used to calculate unduplicated counts for the purpose of Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) concentration and supplemental grant funding. Additional information can be found at CDE CALPADS Calendar.
• Charter 20 Day Attendance Report (Charter 20 Day)
  Pursuant to EC Section 47652, charter schools that submitted a 2025–26 Pupil Estimates for New or Significantly Expanding Charters (PENSEC) report must also complete the Charter 20 Day Attendance Report to receive Charter School Special Advance apportionment. The fiscal year (FY) 2024–25 Charter 20 Day Attendance Report and the signed certification are both due to the CDE by October 31, 2025. Additional information can be found at CDE Charter 20 Day Instructions, FY 2025–26.
  
• First Interim
  Pursuant to EC Section 47604.33(a)(3), the First Interim Report is due to the chartering authority and the COE by no later than December 15 for the reporting period ending October 31.
• Audit Report
  Pursuant to EC Section 47605(m), a charter school shall transmit a copy of its annual independent financial audit report to the CDE, the State Controller’s Office, the local County Superintendent of Schools and, if applicable, the chartering entity, by December 15 of each year. If the audit of the charter school is encompassed in the audit of the chartering authority, EC Section 41020 will apply.
  

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California Department of Education and State Board of Education Updates

• The next State Board of Education meeting will be held on November 5–6, 2025.
• The October Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) meeting was canceled. The next ACCS meeting will be held on December 9, 2025.

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