Approve minutes from October 2022 Executive Committee Meeting. 

The SCSF staff recommend an emergency grant of $32,600 to Ivy Preparatory Academy in order to meet unexpected needs. Funds will be utilized to pay for counseling services for five weeks for students and teachers affected by a recent event on campus and to install physical barriers in front of the school to prevent vehicles from breaching the building. 

Ivy Preparatory Academy will be required to submit reports documenting appropriate expenditure of funds. This grant award is contingent upon the SCSF's receipt of funds for this prupose.

Phase I of the Replication and Expansion Cohort program is ending, and the six schools/networks are beginning technical assistance with the Georgia Charter Schools Association's Incubator and continuing work with GCSA's Facility Resource Center. The New School Leader Fellowship program continues, and plans are being made for the roadshow stops and roll out of FindaGaCharter.org.

The application window for eligible schools that are replicating, opening, or expanding Fall 2023 will open this week. Grant recommendations will be presented to the board in January, and the grant application will remain open until all grant funds are committed. We anticipate strong demand, exceeding fund availability.

SCSF staff, as well as partners in the Georgia Strategic Charter School Growth Initiative, recommend awarding planning grants in the amount of $50,000 to each of the following entities, utilizing GEER II grant funds intended for the purpose of making subgrants. These schools/networks have successfully completed Phase I of the Replication and Expansion Cohort Program and are preparing to implement the strategic plans that they have developed. Staff recommend approval contingent upon these subgrantees' completion of a program survey and budget approved by staff based on allowable uses of subgrant funds.

• DuBois Integrity Academy
• D.E.L.T.A. STEAM Academy
• Liberty Classical Schools
• Museum School
• Tybee Island Maritime Academy
• Utopian Academy for the Arts

A revised budget has been submitted to the U.S. Dept. of Education for the CSP grant. We are awaiting approval. A new checking account has been set up for this grant.

• Awarded $10,000 grant from Next Generation Foundation (Bradley-Turner Foundation) for book vending machines
• Awarded $5,000 grant from Georgia Power Foundation for book vending machines
• Requested $32,000 grant on behalf of Ivy Preparatory Academy for emergency needs
• First $10,000 installment of contract with SCSC for operational expenses received
• Donuts for Teachers fundraiser was a success and sponsors identified for art contest

Discuss and agree upon meeting dates and establish meeting norms.