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Monthly Update

August 2012

In this issue:
  • section 504
  • charter school tools contributors
  • calendar of events
  • top downloaded tools
  • book of the month
  • quick links
Welcome to the latest news from Charter School Tools!

Charter School Tools would like to wish you the best as you kick off the 2012-13 school year!

Here are some tools to help you with a successful 2012-13 school year launch.

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SECTION 504 COMPLIANCE

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a national law that protects qualified individuals with disabilities from discrimination.

Charter School Tools August newsletter is featuring two new tools, contributed by Wesley Johnson, which focus on Section 504 compliance.

Beyond the Charter Application: Section 504 Compliance in Academic and Non-Academic/Extra-Curricular Settings

Ensuring Accomodations and Nondiscrimination in Extracurricular & Non-Academic Settings

Charter School Tools Contributors

Charter School Tool's contributor spotlight is on Wesley Johnson with Escamilla, Poneck, & Cruz LLP. Ms. Johnson focuses her practice in the area of preventive law advising clients in the areas of school law, employment law, and governance.

Ms. Johnson contributed the tools mentioned above on Section 504 compliance.

You can see more contributor's with Charter School Tools in our contributors section. The Charter School Tools contributors page is a listing of consultants, agencies, companies and organizations that have shared their knowledge with the entire charter school community through Charter School Tools.

If you are interested in being a contributor to Charter School Tools, please email us at info@charterschooltools.org or call us at 225.308.1778.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SEPTEMBER

09.20.12 - Indiana Charter Schools Conference & Expo
Indianapolis, Indiana

OCTOBER

10.03.12 - 2012 Missouri Charter Schools Conference
St. Louis, Missiouri
10.04.12 - Georgia Charter Schools Association Conference
Atlanta, Georgia
10.07.12 - Pennsylvania Charter School Conference
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
10.09.12 - Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools Conference
Columbus, Ohio
10.22.12 - National Association of Charter School Authorizers 2012 Leadership Conference
Memphis, Tennessee
10.29.12 - INCS Statewide Charter School Conference
Chicago, Illinois


The 2012 National Charter School conference just wrapped up in June. You can watch some of the inspirational stories from the conference from some of their great alumni or Hall of Fame winners.
The Next 20 years: Impact and Future of Public Charter Schools

TOP DOWNLOADED TOOLS

BOOK OF THE MONTH

Learning on the Job: When Business Takes On Public Schools
In Learning on the Job, industry insider Steven Wilson, the founder and CEO of Advantage Schools, looks back on the first tumultuous decade of this social experiment. Digging deep into the academic, financial, logistic, and political records of seven leading EMOs, including his own, he reveals the potential and pitfalls of their business and educational models, and their actual successes in the classrooms and the boardrooms.

QUICK LINKS

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