Report 2016-141 Recommendation 41 Responses

Report 2016-141: Charter Schools: Some School Districts Improperly Authorized and Inadequately Monitored Out‑of‑District Charter Schools (Release Date: October 2017)

Recommendation #41 To: New Jerusalem Elementary School District

To ensure compliance with state law, New Jerusalem should immediately track its actual costs for providing oversight and verify that its oversight fees do not exceed legal limits.

1-Year Agency Response

Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the District is tracking its actual costs of oversight, including the value of staff time spent on oversight, and will verify at the end of the school year that the annual oversight fees do not exceed the actual costs of oversight.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

New Jerusalem provided examples of documents that it is using to track actual costs of oversight, such as a spreadsheet that tracks the time district representatives attend charter school board meetings. It also stated that it will conduct a review of email exchanges and invoices toward the end of the school year to identify other resources devoted to charter school oversight.

6-Month Agency Response

The district will begin to track its actual costs for providing oversight and verify that its oversight fees do not exceed legal limits begin with Fiscal year 2018/2019.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending

Per New Jerusalem's response, its implementation of this recommendation is currently pending.

60-Day Agency Response

The district will begin tracking actual costs for providing oversight to ensure they do not exceed legal limits.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

Per New Jerusalem's response, its implementation of this recommendation is currently pending.

All Recommendations in 2016-141

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.