DIRECTORY OF TEXAS OPEN ENROLLMENT CHARTERS The Resource Center is updating it's Charter School Directory that is widely distributed. Please call Sara at the Resource Center, 210-348-7890, with any corrections or additions, particularly to enrollment figures. Thank you.
GRANT AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT TEA has announced a grant for charters that is available for restructuring and accountability for schools and can be up to $40k for Professional Development, Parent and Community Training on Standards, etc.. If you have not received forms in the mail, they are available at this website: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/sii/icfg/index.html. The closing date is Tuesday, September 28, 1999 at 5:00 p.m., Central Time.
408R FEDERAL STARTUP GRANT The SAS grant referred to in last week's memo from TEA is your 408R Federal Start-Up grant that was originally for $30,000. The deadline for getting these amendments in is August 30, 1999. See attached memo.
MEMO FROM DIVISION OF STATE FUNDING Please see attached memo from Nora Rainey at TEA concerning charters that have not turned in their 1999-2000 student estimates and calendars.
The Charter School Resource Center is in the process of hiring a lead developer and several additional full time computer consultants to improve and enhance our PEIMS
Portal© Software and to service the schools. Amanda Stanton, 214-417-6626, and Carol Thorne, 214-417-1170, are continuing to work diligently to assist you as we continue to add to their team.
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.
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