About Charter School Oversight

The Charter Schools Division conducts ongoing oversight of the charter schools authorized by the LAUSD.  LAUSD’s oversight procedures are intended to balance a charter school’s autonomy of operation with its accountability to the public. LAUSD utilizes a holistic, performance-based approach to evaluate all charter schools, guided principally by making decisions in the best interest of students. 

Education Code Section 47604.32 identifies the duties of a charter authorizing entity.  Specifically, the charter authorizing entity must:

• Identify at least one staff member as the contact person for the charter school;
• Visit each charter school at least annually;
• Ensure the charter school complies with all reports required of charters by law, including the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) and LCAP annual update;
• Monitor the fiscal condition of each charter school; and
• Provide timely notification to the California Department of Education (CDE) of a charter’s renewal status (granted or denied), when a charter is revoked, or when a charter school ceases operation for any reason.