Charter Schools: School Development

PRACTICE AREA
PRACTICE AREA

Forward-Thinking Legal Guidance: School Development

YM&C prides itself on providing the most experienced attorneys specializing in school development across the state. Their clientele spans from new charter school applicants to established schools seeking renewal, and schools aiming for expansion within and beyond state borders. They offer comprehensive support throughout the entire development and renewal process, which includes charter formulation, in-depth review, evaluation of relevant authorizer board policies, attendance at authorizer public hearings and decision meetings, and, if necessary, charter appeals. Their advice is tailored, accurate, and promptly delivered, drawing on extensive statewide insights coupled with finely honed local expertise; their proficiency in charter development is unparalleled.

School Defense

OUR SERVICES

  • Charter drafting
  • Business plan development
  • Facilities assistance
  • Charter review and revision
  • Evaluation of authorizer charter school board
  • Policies and administrative regulations for unique requirements
  • Strategizing a charter submission game plan
  • Evaluation of growth opportunities for existing charter schools seeking replication
  • Quarterbacking at authorizer board meetings
  • Tailored in-person advocacy during public hearings and school board decision meetings responding to findings for denial
  • Assembling appeal packages to a county office of education or the state board of education
  • Tailored advice and advocacy during an appeal, public hearings, and decision meetings
  • First-hand knowledge of school districts, county, and SBE board members, charter division staff, and unique expectations
  • Interpreting and advising on conditional approvals or renewals
  • Negotiating memoranda of understanding
  • Assistance with grant proposals
  • Addressing facilities grant requirements in the charter petition
  • Advising on signature requirements for charter petitions
  • Advising on legal requirements for the academic threshold requirements for charter renewal
  • Advising on compliance with public transparency laws

School Development Team Leaders

Meet the attorneys and team leaders who specialize in this practice area.