HOW INDEPENDENT IS CCSA’S “INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE FOR RODRIGUEZ AND DID HIS STUDENTS FOOT THE BILL?
Los Angeles – According to its website, membership in the California Charter School Association (CCSA) is five dollars ($5.00) per child per year. The Partnership to Uplift Communities (PUC) is a charter chain opened in 1999 by Dr. Ref Rodriguez.
In 2014 alone, PUC schools contributed over $21,000.00 to CCSA, with more anticipated in 2015 as two new PUC schools were opened. Assuming each PUC school joined CCSA in a timely manner, and that dues have been consistent and paid, PUC charter schools have given about $140,000.00 to CCSA over the years.
Are tax dollars meant for student learning flowing to the charter lobby group from PUC classrooms? Or, is the $20,000.00 per year paid to CCSA considered a tax-deductible contribution from Rodriguez similar to a business association or a 501c3?
Furthermore, Rodriguez currently sits on CCSA’s Board of Trustees according to PUC’s website (2/25/15).
So, again, one must ask, how independent is CCSA’s “Independent Expenditure” on Rodriguez?
| PUC School | Year Opened | 2014 | Cumulative Dollars |
| | | |
| PUC CALS | 2000 | $1530 | $19,335 |
| PUC CALS HS | 2003 | $1165 | $12,400 |
| PUC Early College | 2004 | $2200 | $16,895 |
| PUC ES Community | 1999 | $0 | $600 |
PUC Community Middle
PUC ECALS
PUC Excel
PUC Inspire
PUC Lakeview
PUC Lakeview HS
PUC Milagro
PUC Nueva Esperanza
PUC Santa Rosa
PUC Triumph
PUC Triumph HS | 1999
2011
2006
2014
2004
2010
2004
2009
2010
2007
2010 | $1740
$2060
$1595
$0
$1765
$1560
$1440
$1730
$1065
$1730
$1460
| $21,905
$4,805
$10,900
$600
$11,895
$4,545
$11,230
$6,475
$4,975
$9,970
$3,655 |
| | | Over $140,000.00 |
Sources: http://www.calcharters.org/services/membership/school.html, the California Department of Education http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ and PUC’s websitehttp://www.pucschools.org/about/founders.php)### Paid for by Re-Elect Bennett Kayser for School Board 2015 – 419 North Larchmont Blvd., #37, Los Angeles, CA 90004 – ID #1361502 – Additional information is available at Ethics.lacity.org – Bennett2015.com – (323) 283-5574 |
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