Latest News and Comment from Education

Thursday, February 26, 2015

solidaridad: HOW INDEPENDENT IS CCSA’S “INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE FOR RODRIGUEZ AND DID HIS STUDENTS FOOT THE BILL?

solidaridad: HOW INDEPENDENT IS CCSA’S “INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE FOR RODRIGUEZ AND DID HIS STUDENTS FOOT THE BILL?:



HOW INDEPENDENT IS CCSA’S “INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE FOR RODRIGUEZ AND DID HIS STUDENTS FOOT THE BILL?




Contact: Dan Nyaradi
Cell: 541-480-4948
2/23/15


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 SchoolYear Opened2014Cumulative Dollars
PUC CALS2000$1530$19,335
PUC CALS HS2003$1165$12,400
PUC Early College2004$2200$16,895
PUC ES Community1999$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.htmlthe 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