DEADLINES FOR ALL LEAs (CHARTER SCHOOLS) Please see attached an important memo from Brooks Flemister concerning deadlines for funding sources.
THIRD ANNUAL TEXAS CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE Back by popular demand, Dr. Howard Fuller is confirmed as one of our keynote speakers for the Third Annual Texas Charter School Conference which will be held on Friday and Saturday, February 25 - 26, 2000 at the Corpus Christi Omni. Because we maxed-out the hotel for our conference this past April, we urge you to make your room reservations early by calling the Omni at 361-887-1600. Please let them know you are with the Charter School Conference so that you may qualify for the $70 room rate. Your credit card will not be billed until you check-in at the hotel.
URGENT MEMORANDUM TEA has determined that charter schools that have not provided evidence of their 501(c)(3) status of their sponsoring entities are not eligible for state funding. Please see attached memo from Brooks Flemister for more information.
REMINDER FROM THE DIVISION OF STATE FUNDING: The 1999-2000 estimate reports and calendars for all charter schools were due on Monday, August 2. If you haven't submitted this information please fax it to Nora Rainey at (512) 463-9238. Please make sure that your estimate reports indicate the name of the resident district(s). Additionally, please note that your calendar must be broken out into six approximately equal reporting periods. The total number days of instruction must be 180. The reporting periods should be approximately equal, but they do not have to be 30 days each. In other words, one reporting period of 28 days and one of 32 days is acceptable. A reporting period of 45 days and one of 15 days is not considered approximately equal, and is not acceptable.
SCHOOL CALENDAR Nora Rainey, from TEA, has attached a list of charter schools who are missing information on either their 1999-2000 calendar or 1999-2000 Estimate of State Aid. Please call Nora at 512-463-9238 on the designated day listed on the attachment.
CONGRATULATIONS Cedar Ridge Charter School will enroll four foreign exchange students from Albania as a part of Cedar Ridge's outreach and mission program. Congratulations to Ron Porter and Glen Walton.
ENGAGING LATINO COMMUNITIES (ENLACE) is inviting Texas Hispanic Serving Institutions (HIS) and others to apply for a planning grant due October 25, 1999. To learn more about the grant, click on http://www/thecb.state.tx.us/divisions/edpart/grantalert.htm and link to the Public and Private Grants Alert or call Rose Martinez at 512-483-6182.
DIRECTORS OF GUIDANCE/STUDENT SERVICES MEETING TEA encourages Directors of Guidance/Student Services to take advantage of this opportunity to receive information and discuss pertinent issues in the delivery of the developmental guidance and counseling programs for all students. A meeting will be held on September 12-13, 1999 at the Doubletree Hotel, 6505 IH 35 North in Austin. Registration will begin on Sunday, September 12th at 3:00 p.m. and the meeting will begin at 5:00 p.m. Dr. William Pollack, Professor, Harvard Medical School will be discussing the pressures boys' face in the 90's. Please call John Lucas or Yvette Henley at 512-463-9498 for registration information.
PEIMS PORTAL CONTRACT If you have not already done so, please fill out the enclosed PEIMS Portal Contract and fax to the Resource Center at 210-348-7899.
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