T. Lowden joined the meeting remotely at 10:15 a.m.

• Interns- We’re excited to welcome our Fall Interns to the SCSC and introduce them to our commissioners and honored guests:
  • Taylor Young: Taylor serves as our legal intern. She is currently in her second year at John Marshall School of Law and brings valuable experience and perspective as a former classroom teacher.
  • Grace Woods: Grace is majoring in Political Science at Spelman College.
  • Kathryn Wise: Kathryn is currently a Senior at Agnes Scott College, majoring in Psychology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and has gained several skills through both her education and extracurricular experiences that would be valuable to our team.
• State Board Retreat:  This afternoon, the SCSC staff will present to the SBOE Charter Committee for the affirmation votes on Movement Atlanta School, Simple Vue Academy, and The Wright Community School.

Additionally, we've been invited to present at the SBOE Board Retreat (September 30 - October 2 in Brasstown Valley). The SCSC is looking forward to facilitating a "Charter Schools 101" session, discussing changes to the commission structure, providing updates on HB 318 and HB 409, and Chairman Dudgeon will present the annual SCSC update to the SBOE, as required each year.

The Academic Evaluation Analyst presented the 2023-24 Milestones Summary Results.

The Director of Research & Evaluation presented proposed Academic CPF updates and renewal guidelines and announced the CPF Webinar scheduled for August 29, 2024.

The Senior Director of Finance provided a Financial Accountability update to include:

FY24 Financial DE46 final upload with Superintendent sign-off due September 30, 2024.

FY25 Budget DE46 final upload with Superintendent sign-off due October 31, 2024.

DE46 reports are submitted to GADOE using its portal system. These reports are required, and schools are encouraged to ensure submission by the deadline to avoid losing points on the Comprehensive Performance Framework for the 2024-2025 school year. 

Any remaining ESSER dollars are still available to schools and can be used through September 30, 2024.

Federal FY 2024 ends September 30, and FY 2025 starts October 1.

The Senior Associate General Counsel gave a monitoring announcement:  

The FY25 monitoring cycle opened on August 20, 2024. The SCSC Administrative Portal will remain open for Operations and Fiscal monitoring submissions until 11:59 p.m., October 1, 2024. Schools receiving health and safety facility visits received notice last week; those visits will occur in September and October. Monitoring resources are available from the SCSC Operations Accountability webpage and in the SCSC Administrative Portal. Contact for Questions: Operations Monitoring—Tiffany Leach, Fiscal Monitoring—Carmen Freemire, and Health & Safety Visits—Robert Watts.