CUSD to Join California's War on Charter Schools

CUSD to Join California's War on Charter Schools

At the April 25, 2019 CUSD BOT meeting during Trustee comments, Trustee Amy Hanacek asked CUSD Staff to place a Resolution in Support of AB 1505 Charter schools: petitions on the next board meeting agenda.

AB 1505 (as Amended April 24, 2019) would:

Eliminate state approved charter schools:

• The bill would repeal those provisions authorizing the state board to approve a petition to establish a charter school.
• The bill would provide that charter schools operating under a charter approved by the state board may continue to operate under those charters only until the date on which the charter is up for renewal.

Would limit county boards authority to approve charter schools:

• The bill would specify that a petition to establish a charter school may be submitted only to the school district or county office of education the boundaries within which the charter school would be located, and would provide that, commencing January 1, 2020, a county board of education could approve a petition for a countywide charter only under specified conditions and pursuant to a specified procedure, including requiring the petitioner to obtain the approval from each of the school districts where the charter school petitioner proposes to operate a facility.
• The bill would authorize a county board of education to deny a petition for the establishment of a new charter school if it makes a written factual finding that the charter school would have a negative financial, academic, or facilities impact on neighborhood public schools, a school district, or the county office of education.

Would effectively place all approval authority over charter schools with the local school district board.

CUSD April 25, 2019 Board Meeting Audio

• at 19:07 Trustee Amy Hanacek Trustee Comment
• at 19:51 Trustee Amy Hanacek Comment re: AB 1505

Links are live at CUSDWatch: CUSD to Join California War on Charter Schools

Orange County Department of Education Board of Supervisors

April 10, 2019 Board Meeting Agenda Item #2 Resolution No. 08-19 In Opposition to Assembly Bill 1505

Board Audio at 41:05 Public Comments

Board Audio at 1 hour Board Discussion

Board Audio a 1:11:14 Vote Motion to Approve Resolution 08-19 In OPPOSITION to Assembly Bill 1505 passes 3-2

Voted to Oppose AB 1505: Ken Williams - John Bedell - Lisa Sparks

Voted to Support AB 1505: Rebecca Gomez - Mari Barke

The Orange County Department of Education voted to OPPOSE Assembly Bill 1505. OCDE Superintendent Al Mijares acted without OCDE Board Approval in requesting that OC school districts sign resolutions in SUPPORT of AB 1505.

Trustees Cannot Serve Two Masters...

Trustee Amy Hanacek was elected to the CUSD Board of Trustees because her seat was purchased by the Teachers Union. 97% of her donations came from CUEA.

No one even bothered to run for Trustee in the last election because the entire Board is controlled by public employee unions with the exception of Trustee Reardon who funded his own campaign and Trustee Bullockus who was appointed by the City of Mission Viejo when Trustee Lynn Hatton Hodson stepped down.

This is exactly how Legislation like the CA Healthy Youth Act was put into place without any Trustee, or public input. I was at the April 11, 2018 OCDE Board meeting where OCDE Trustees heard for the first time, about Teen Talk and the CA Healthy Youth Act Sex Education Law which went into effect January 1, 2016 (2 years earlier). CUSD voted to adopt a Teen Talk Pilot program on December 14, 2016 long before this matter was even brought to the attention of the Orange County Department of Education Board of Trustees.

District Staff and OCDE Superintendent Al Mijares work behind closed doors with CTA to undermine Parental choice.