How could DJUSD keep the charter from being approved?
The District can deny a charter under two sets of circumstances, one substantive, and one technical: Substantive reasons: 1. The educational program of the charter is unsound and poorly crafted. 2. The people seeking the charter are not likely to be able to provide the services detailed in it. Technical reasons: 1. There is an insufficient number of signatures on the charter. 2. The elements of the charter are not comprehensively described, or that it does not make affirmations regarding compliance with the law in regard to discrimination, not charging tuition, not being sectarian, etc. Given the track record of Valley Oak in its historic, numbers-validated provision of services to the Valley Oak neighborhood, any denial of the charter by DJUSD would very likely be overturned by the State Board of Education, in the opinion of our advisor from CTA.
