Report 2016-141 Recommendation 37 Responses
Report 2016-141: Charter Schools: Some School Districts Improperly Authorized and Inadequately Monitored Out‑of‑District Charter Schools (Release Date: October 2017)
Recommendation #37 To: New Jerusalem Elementary School District
To ensure that it has a method to hold charter schools accountable for their educational programs, New Jerusalem should, as a best practice, strengthen its authorization process by using the State Education Board's criteria for evaluating petitions.
6-Month Agency Response
The governing board has adopted policies which ensure utilization of the State Board of Education's criteria for evaluating charter petitions.
- Completion Date: April 2018
- Response Date: April 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented
New Jerusalem provided a copy of its revised board policy, which now requires the district to use the State Board of Education's criteria for evaluating petitions.
60-Day Agency Response
The district will revise its authorization matrix to include all the criteria which is used by the SBE for evaluating petitions.
- Estimated Completion Date: April 2018
- Response Date: February 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
Per New Jerusalem's response, its implementation of this recommendation is currently pending.
All Recommendations in 2016-141
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.