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Submitted by hcsao on Thu, 2007-03-01 14:24. Risk Management Forms

State Insurance Program forms distributed at Directors' Meeting on February 20, 2007 

The Charter School Administrative Office (CSAO) met with Kerry Yoneshige and Julie Ugalde of the Department of Accounting and General Services  - Risk Management Section to review the State Insurance Program (Program).  The Program includes Property, Automobile, Crime, and Liability Insurance.  

If your charter school would like to participate in the State Insurance Program, please complete the attached forms. 

Submitted by hcsao on Thu, 2007-02-15 15:12. Memo: Title IIa and Drug Free Monies Application and Procedures

Note: This is an abbreviated  version of this memo. Download a PDF the complete memo: here.

Date: February 15, 2007
To: Charter School Administrators and Curriculum Coordinators
From: Maunalei Love, CSAO Interim Executive Director
Subject: Title IIa and Drug Free Monies Application Forms and Procedures

At our Administrator's Conference in December, we discussed several concerns during our Title IIa and Drug Free Monies session.  We set some parameters and highlighted priorities with those of you attending and reached these basic understandings for the use of Title IIa and Safe and Drug-free funds. See detailed directions and application procedures for these items, which follow the Budget breakdown.  As much as possible, please submit all applications electronically.

Submitted by hcsao on Tue, 2007-02-13 17:05. CSAO Report to BOE -- February 1, 2007

Topics covered:

• Charter School Review Panel
• Administrative Rules
• Internal Review
• Clarification of CSAO Operating Budget

Submitted by hcsao on Thu, 2006-12-14 13:02. CSAO Report to the BOE -- December 14, 2006

Topics Covered:

• Follow up to December 7th BOE general business meeting
• Site Visits
• Federal Charter Schools Program Project Directors Conference

Submitted by hcsao on Wed, 2006-11-08 12:46. CSAO Report to BOE -- November 2, 2006

NOTE: The November 2nd BOE meeting was cancelled due to bad weather on Molokai

Topics Covered:

• Report on NACSA Conference

Submitted by hcsao on Mon, 2006-09-18 10:40. 2007-09 Biennium Budget Approved by BOE

  UPDATE: full BOE approves budget proposal from budget committee

DOWNLOAD>>Budget Proposal Attachement A, approved by full board on October 19, 2006

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UPDATE: BOE budget committee passed out to the full board an adjusted budget

The CSAO presented a revised 2007-09 biennium budget proposal to the BOE Committee on Budget and Fiscal Accountability on October 18, 2006.

DOWNLOAD>> Memo to the BOE budget committee: DISCUSSION/RECOMMENDATION FOR BOARD ACTION ON THE CHARTER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OPERATING BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL BIENNIUM 2007-09, October 18, 2006

Submitted by hcsao on Fri, 2006-09-08 11:37. CSAO Report to the BOE - September 7, 2006

Topics Covered:

• History of CS Annual Self-Evaluation Reports (attachment)
• Preliminary Reports on the Multi-Year Site Visits

Submitted by hcsao on Mon, 2006-08-28 10:42. CSAO Memo: 2006-07 Facilities Allocation Spending Guidelines and Accounting Requirements, August 28, 2006

In 2006-07 for the first time, start-up charter schools in Hawai'i will receive some facilities funding 

Adressed to the start-up charter schools, this memo from CSAO Executive Director Jim Shon and CFO Bob Roberts provides guidance on how the $686.12 per-pupil facilities should be accounted for and what types of expenses are considered appropriate for these moneys (i.e., related to facilities).

DOWNLOAD>> CSAO Memo: 2006-07 Facilities Allocation Spending Guidelines and Accounting Requirements, August 28, 2006

Submitted by hcsao on Mon, 2006-08-21 10:39. Memo to BOE - Report on Administrative Rules - August 21, 2006

August 21, 2006 

Dear Mr. Yee, Members of the Board,

Attached please find a copy of draft proposed rules for implementation of the new charter school law. The scope of these rules is limited to several important aspects of charter school operations: the application and approval process for new charter schools; the process for amending the detailed implementation plans of existing charter schools; the duties and responsibilities of the charter school administrative office; the evaluation system for ensuring the accountability of charter schools; the process for placing a charter school on probation; and the process for revoking the charter of a charter school. The new charter school law, Act 298, created significant changes in each of these statutory areas. 

Submitted by hcsao on Thu, 2006-08-10 17:16. DOE Memo: Charter School Inventory, August 8, 2006

Summary:

Memo dated August 8, 2006 from Superintendent Hamamoto to State Comptroller Saito. States that the CSAO is responsible for reporting charter school inventories loss claims to the DAGS Risk Management Office.

State of Hawai'i - Data Requirements - Property form is attached to the memo.