Essential Charter School Policies: 2025-26 Edition
This popular annual session provides charter schools the (long and growing!) list of the policies charter schools need to have in place to be legally compliant. The presenters will cover a lot of material in a short session, highlighting recent changes and new requirements for the 2025-26 school year. All participants will receive the session's annual handout, which helps serve as a guide for school policy development and cross-checking.
The presenters will answer questions and point schools to sample policies and resources where available (including those of CSDC!) and will discuss best practices for school teams to organize and keep policies updated.
The presentation also covers annual notices charter schools must provide, and legal requirements for what policies and content must be posted to a school website. Join this jampacked session to cross-check policies and learn tips for developing great policies.
Presented by
Greta Proctor
Partner
Procopio
Greta Proctor is the leader of Procopio’s Education practice. Greta advises on a wide range of operational, governance, and ever-changing regulatory issues for classroom and non-classroom based charter schools. Greta has worked extensively on charter renewals, including appeals. She also counsels schools through special proceedings ranging from OCR complaints to FCMAT extraordinary audits. Greta provides frequent trainings on topics such as teacher credentialing, Board governance, the Brown Act, Public Records Act, avoiding conflicts of interest under the Political Reform Act and Government Code section 1090, and new legislation impacting her clients.
Merrick Wadsworth
Partner
Procopio
Merrick has worked for charter schools for more than a decade. He advises on a variety of operational issues, including charter renewals and material revisions, authorizer relations, student discipline, board policies and governance, contracts, facility issues, entity formation, government funding requirements, and many others. Merrick regularly provides trainings on Title IX, Brown Act, Public Records Act, avoiding conflicts under the Political Reform Act and Government Code section 1090, board governance, and new legislation impacting charter schools. He also has experience assisting with various phases of civil litigation and appeals. Prior to law school, Merrick worked as a substitute teacher in all grade levels at the Kings County, California, Office of Education.
