Funding-Budget


 * FINANCE / FUNDING:**

California Charter School Finance in a Nutshell

National Resource Center on Charter School Finance and Governance

Finance/Funding

Charter School Funding Challenges

CDE Public Charter Schools Grant Program

New Schools Venture Fund

Broad Foundation and NewSchools

Pacific Charter School Development

Find the Best: Non-profit Organizations

CA Partnership Academies Funding

For Class Specific Projects: ClassWish

DigitalWish

DonorsChoose

Kickstarter.com

Grammy Foundation

LA SocialVenture Partners


 * POSSIBLE FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS:**

Joseph Campbell Foundation

Chefs to Schools Grants

www.google.org Megan Smith

www.citizenschools.org John Werner

Cold Play Manger - Music School

P.S. Arts CEO Kristi Paglia

Rhythm and Hughes CEO John Hughes

Carol Channing Foundation

Skoll Foundation

George Lucas Education Foundation (Edutopia)

Google search for funding

Google search for grants

(Maybe have students learn how to write grant proposals related to their programs/learning goals?)

Annie E. Casey Foundation

Doris and Donald Fisher Fund

New Schools Venture Fund

Walton Family Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation See: Fellows Program

Pew Charitable Trusts

Herb Alpert Foundation

Disney Friends for Change Grants

Dreamworks?

Yoko Ono?

One-to-One Institute

InnerCity Arts Funders List

Create a CommonKindness profile

FAQs.org Tax-Exempt Organizations

FirstGiving Fundraising website

Lumina Foundation

W. K. Kellogg Foundation

Park Foundation

Wallace Foundation

Andre Agassi Foundation

Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation 1060 Park Avenue, Suite 1F New York, NY 10128  212 534 6620 TELEPHONE  William and Flora Hewlett Foundation  The Spencer Foundation  InnerCity Arts  **State Funding for Special Ed.** CA Ed Code 56836.06-56836.15  code (e) For a charter school deemed a local educational agency for the purposes of special **education**, an amount equal to the amount computed pursuant to Section 56836.08 for the special **education** local plan area in which the charter school is included shall be apportioned by the State Department of **Education** pursuant to the local allocation plan developed pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 56195.7 or 56836.05, or both. If the charter school is a participant in a local plan which only includes other charter schools pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 56195.1, the amount computed pursuant to Section 56836.11, as adjusted for any amount for which the special **education** local plan area is eligible pursuant to the incidence multiplier set forth in Section 56836.155, shall be apportioned by the department pursuant for each unit of average daily attendance reported pursuant to subdivision (a). code code (m) A **charter** school shall transmit a copy of its annual, independent financial audit report for the preceding fiscal year, as described in subparagraph (I) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (b), to its chartering entity, the Controller, the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the **charter** school is sited, unless the county board of **education** of the county in which the **charter** school is sited is the chartering entity, and the department by December 15 of each year. This subdivision does not apply if the audit of the **charter** school is encompassed in the audit of the chartering entity pursuant to Section 41020. code code 47604.33. (a) Each **charter** school shall annually prepare and submit the following reports to its chartering authority and the county superintendent of schools, or only to the county superintendent of schools if the county board of **education** is the chartering authority: (1) On or before July 1, a preliminary budget. For a **charter** school in its first year of operation, the information submitted pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 47605 satisfies this requirement. (2) On or before December 15, an interim financial report. This report shall reflect changes through October 31. (3) On or before March 15, a second interim financial report. This report shall reflect changes through January 31. (4) On or before September 15, a final unaudited report for the full prior year. (b) The chartering authority shall use any financial information it obtains from the **charter** school, including, but not limited to, the reports required by this section, to assess the fiscal condition of the **charter** school pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 47604.32.  (c) The cost of performing the duties required by this section shall be funded with supervisorial oversight fees collected pursuant to Section 47613. code code 47613. (a) Except as set forth in subdivision (b), a chartering authority may charge for the actual costs of supervisorial oversight of a **charter** school not to exceed 1 percent of the revenue of the (b) A chartering authority may charge for the actual costs of supervisorial oversight of a **charter** school not to exceed 3 percent of the revenue of the **charter** school if the **charter** school is able to obtain substantially rent free facilities from the chartering authority. (c) A local agency that is given the responsibility for supervisorial oversight of a **charter** school, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of Section 47605, may charge for the actual costs of supervisorial oversight, and administrative costs necessary to secure **charter** school funding. A **charter** school that is charged for costs under this subdivision may not be charged pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b). (d) This section does not prevent the **charter** school from separately purchasing administrative or other services from the chartering authority or any other source. (e) For purposes of this section, a chartering authority means a school district, county board of **education**, or the state board, that granted the **charter** to the **charter** school. (f) For purposes of this section, "revenue of the **charter** school" means the general purpose entitlement and categorical block grant, as defined in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 47632. (g) (1) The California Research Bureau of the California State Library shall prepare and submit to the Legislature on or before January 8, 2009, a report on the key elements and actual costs of shall define fiscal and academic oversight and shall include any financial relationship between a **charter** school and its chartering authority that has the effect of furthering the operations of the following issues: (A) The range of annual activities that entities providing supervisorial oversight of **charter** schools are expected to perform. (B) Staff time spent on reviewing **charter** petitions measured by the size of school districts and the number of **charter** petitions reviewed. (C) Staff time spent on oversight responsibilities measured by the size of school districts and the number of **charter** schools. (D) Best practices for **charter** school oversight measured by efficiency and effectiveness. A cost analysis of those best practices after being measured by efficiency and effectiveness. (E) Comparison of school district costs and revenues attributable to **charter** school oversight. (F) Administrative services provided to a **charter** school by a chartering authority, such as human resources, that may be useful in the oversight of the **charter** school and chartering authority revenues attributable to those services. (G) Length of time required to review a single **charter** petition. (H) Recommendations for structuring **charter** school oversight and accountability in California, including an assessment of whether or not the associated costs specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) and subparagraph (F) are adequate to support appropriate supervisorial oversight. (2) In preparing its report, the California Research Bureau shall consult with an advisory panel to ensure technical accuracy. code code 47651. (a) A **charter** school may receive the state aid portion of the **charter** school's total general-purpose entitlement and categorical block grant directly or through the local educational agency that either grants its **charter** or was designated by the State Board of **Education**. (1) In the case of a **charter** school that elects to receive its funding directly, the warrant shall be drawn in favor of the superintendent of schools of the county in which the local educational agency that approved the **charter** or was designated by the State Board of **Education** as the oversight agency pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of Section 47605 is located, for deposit to the appropriate funds or accounts of the **charter** school in the county treasury. The county superintendent of schools is authorized to establish appropriate funds or accounts in the county treasury for each **charter** school. (2) In the case of a **charter** school that does not elect to receive its funding directly pursuant to Section 47651, the warrant shall be drawn in favor of the superintendent of schools of the county in which the local educational agency that granted the **charter** is located or was designated the oversight agency by the board pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of Section 47605, for deposit to the appropriate funds or accounts of the local educational agency. (3) In the case of a **charter** school, the **charter** of which was granted by the State Board of **Education**, but for which the board has not delegated oversight responsibilities pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of Section 47605, the warrant shall be drawn in favor of the superintendent of schools in the county where the local educational agency is located that initially denied the **charter** that was later approved by the board. The county superintendent of schools is authorized to establish appropriate funds or accounts in the county treasury for each **charter** school. (b) On or before June 1 of each year, a **charter** school electing to receive its funding directly shall so notify the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the local educational agency that granted the **charter** is located or, in the case of charters for which the State Board of **Education** has designated an oversight agency pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (k) of Section 47605, the county superintendent of schools of the county in which the designated oversight agency is located. An election to receive funding directly shall apply to all funding that the **charter** school is eligible to receive including, but not limited to, the **charter** general-purpose entitlements and the categorical block grant computed pursuant to Sections 47633 and 47634, other state and federal categorical aid, and lottery funds. code code 47652. (a) Notwithstanding Section 41330, a **charter** school in its first year of operation shall be eligible to receive funding for the advance apportionment based on an estimate of average daily attendance for the current fiscal year, as approved by the local educational agency that granted its **charter** and the county office of attendance shall be submitted directly to, and approved by, the department. Not later than five business days following the end of the first 20 schooldays, a **charter** school receiving funding pursuant to this section shall report to the department its actual average daily attendance for that first month, and the Superintendent shall adjust immediately, but not later than 45 days, the amount of its advance apportionment accordingly. (b) In addition to funding received pursuant to Section 41330, a eligible to receive an advance apportionment pursuant to the process and conditions described in subdivision (a) in any year in which the attendance funded for a new grade level shall not exceed the portion of the certified average daily attendance at the second principal apportionment for the prior year that was attributable to pupils in the highest grade served by the **charter** school. (c) A **charter** school in its first year of operation may only commence instruction within the first three months of the fiscal year beginning July 1 of that year. A **charter** school shall not be eligible for an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a), or any other apportionment for a fiscal year in which instruction commenced after September 30 of that fiscal year. code
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