One in 5 charter schools ‘illegally’ screens applicants, report says
KPCC’s Kyle Stokes on the release of “Unequal Access” a report by Public Advocates and the ACLU of Southern California. According to the report, one in five charter schools [...]
New Report Reveals Illegal Admissions Policies at Charter Schools
Over 20% percent of all charter schools in California have enrollment policies in place that violate state and federal law, according to a new report released today. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [...]
Report charges many charter schools exclude children in violation of the law
EdSource’s Louis Freedberg reports that over 1 in 5 of California’s charter schools have restrictive admissions requirements or other exclusionary practices that keep out many students with [...]
Best Practices for Parent Engagement in LCFF
Best Practices for Parent Engagement in Local Control Funding Formula best_practices_for_parent_engagement_-_lcff
Charging for Access: How California Charter Schools Exclude Vulnerable Students by Imposing Illegal Family Work Quotas
Public Advocates released this report on Nov. 20, 2014, documenting the extent of required “service hours” in California’s charter schools. The report explains why the practice is illegal and [...]
Local Control Accountability Plans
The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) law of 2013 fundamentally changed public school financing in California. Among other things, in order to provide greater transparency to local communities [...]
Williams Resources Page
Publications Williams complaint process brochure, in English, Español, 中文 – Chinese Your Schools, Your Rights, Your Power: A Grassroots Guide to Effective Williams Campaigns April 2009 A [...]
College and Career Readiness
The California Constitution guarantees every child in California a fundamental right to a meaningful education and an equal opportunity to attain that education. As interpreted by the California [...]
WCCUSD Parents file complaint to suspend spending by district in violation of state law
Project: California’s New School Finance Law: Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Date: March 28, 2016 Parents from the West Contra Costa Schools District filed a complaint today to [...]
Williams V. California
On May 17, 2000 — the 46th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education — the American Civil Liberties Union, Public Advocates, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and other [...]
