BOARD TRAINING

The North Hills Charter School and the Charter School Resource Center are pleased to host our state-approved board training in four metropolitan areas this summer, at no cost to charter school board members and one administrator per charter. Twelve hours of state-mandated board training will be offered in each city - four/five hours late on Friday afternoon/evening and seven/eight hours on Saturday. See attached registration form and agendas for four cities. Registration is required -- no walk-ins.

Many charter school board members and administrators attended up to six hours of board training at the charter school conference in Austin on May 5-6. (Those topics with an * on the following pages were offered at the conference.) Board members and/or administrators do not have to repeat any of the board training that they received at the charter school conference. Each charter that had an attendee participating in this board training received one copy of PACE I (Governance Manual) and PACE II (Board Policy Manual). Please bring those manuals with you to the remainder of the board training. A charter, that has not yet received a set of the manuals, will receive one set per charter at the training.

DALLAS	July 18 & 19 North Hills School 606 East Royal Lane Irving 972-501-0645
SAN ANTONIO	July 25 & 26 La Escuela de las Americas 2300 W. Commerce, Suite 200 210-978-0562
CORPUS CHRISTI	August 1 & 2 M.L. Garza Charter School 4129 Greenwood 361-881-9988
HOUSTON	August 8 & 9 KIPP Academy 10711 KIPP Way 832-328-1051

BOARD TRAINING WORKSHOPS

Download the PDF version of the Registration Form. Please duplicate this form if necessary. You must register to attend - no walk-ins.

Friday 4:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Sections 1-4)

1. Open Meetings* (Conference Board Training Part V)	Bob Schulman
2. Open Records* (Conference Board Training Part VI)	Bob Schulman
Supper
3. Health, Safety, and Discipline* (Conference Board Training Part IV)	Bob Schulman
4. Q and A on Sections 1, 2, & 3	Rosemary Perlmeter Bob Schulman Patsy O'Neill, Moderator

Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. (Sections 5-12)

5. School Law A* (Conference Board Training Part I) Staying Out of Court	Bob Schulman
6. School Law B* (Conference Board Training Part II) Nepotism, Conflicts of Interest	Bob Schulman
7. School Law C* (Conference Board Training Part III) Special Education	Bob Schulman
8. School Finance A Public funds and property, audits, student attendance accounting, federal funds, property management, grant administration	David Greak
Lunch
9. Accountability Statewide assessments, PEIMS, dropout reporting, student performance	Susan Barnes/Ertha Patrick
10. School Finance B Bank depository contracts, capital financing, liabilities/duties of the board	David Greak
11. School Finance C Second half of Module 10	David Greak
12. Q and A on Sections 8, 9, 10, & 11	Susan Barnes/Ertha Patrick David Greak Rosemary Perlmeter, Moderator Patsy O'Neill, Moderator
* Topics covered at our conference in Austin on May 5 - 6 have an asterisk.

Friday 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. (Sections 8-12)

8. School Finance A* Public funds and property, audits, student attendance accounting, federal funds, property management, grant administration	David Greak
9. Accountability Statewide assessments, PEIMS, dropout reporting, student performance	Susan Barnes
Supper
10. School Finance B Bank depository contracts, capital financing, liabilities/duties of the board	David Greak
11. School Finance C Second half of Section 10	David Greak
12. Q and A on Sections 8, 9, 10, & 11	Susan Barnes David Greak Patsy O'Neill, Moderator

Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Sections 1-7)

5. School Law A* (Conference Board Training Part I) Staying Out of Court	Bob Schulman
6. School Law B* (Conference Board Training Part II) Nepotism, Conflicts of Interest	Bob Schulman
7. School Law C* (Conference Board Training Part III) Special Education	Bob Schulman
Lunch
1. Open Meetings * (Conference Board Training Part V)	Bob Schulman
2. Open Records * (Conference Board Training Part VI)	Bob Schulman
3. Health, Safety, and Discipline * (Conference Board Training Part IV)	Bob Schulman
4. Q and A on Sections 1, 2, & 3	Bob Schulman Patsy O'Neill, Moderator
* Topics covered at our conference in Austin on May 5 - 6 have an asterisk.

CHIEF DEPUTY COMMISSIONER APPOINTED Robert Scott, Senior Public Education Advisor for Governor Rick Perry, has been appointed as Chief Deputy Commissioner for the Texas Education Agency. Scott will fill the position until the Governor appoints a new commissioner. As announced on Friday, June 20, Commissioner Felipe Alanis has tendered his resignation, effective at the end of July.

READING WORKSHOPS TEA's Office of Statewide Initiatives is pleased to host two days of Professional Development Training for all K-2 charter school teachers at no cost. The Center for Academic and Reading Skills (CARS) will provide this training for TEA. Registration is required by calling Laura Powell at 713-500-3727. See attached flyer for dates and locations in three different cities.

IMPORTANT NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND FEDERAL FUNDING REMINDER Charter schools must submit their Charter School Data Request Form for Federal Funding on or before the July 15, 2003 deadline date to the Division of Student Support Programs of the Texas Education Agency if they wish to be included in the Agency's determination of a charter school's eligibility and planning amounts for the following NCLB federal programs in the upcoming 2003-2004 school year:

• Title I, Part A - Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Educational Agencies
• Title II, Part A - Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting Fund
• Title II, Part D - Enhancing Education Through Technology
• Title IV, Part A - Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
• Title V, Part A - Innovative Programs

Charter schools that miss the July 15, 2003 deadline date for Charter School Data Request Form for Federal Funding are automatically ineligible for NCLB funding in the 2003-2004 school year. No exceptions to the deadline date are granted.

This form is not available on the Agency web-site. To request an additional copy of this form (original was sent by certified mail on April 18th, 2003), e-mail: dhernan1@tea.state.tx.us and provide the name of your charter school and county district number. A charter school may also e-mail this address if they would like to know if the Division of Student Support Programs is in receipt of the charter school's Charter School Data Request Form for Federal Funding.

GENERATION 7 & 8 GRANT APPLICANTS All Generations 7 and 8 eGrant applications are due Tuesday, July 1, 2003. For questions contact Linda Freeman in the Charter Schools Division at 512-936-9279.