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PYLUSD board denies OCSCS material revision, citing governance, fiscal and insurance risks
Summary
After nearly four hours of public comment and legal presentations, the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Board of Education voted to deny a material revision to the Orange County School of Computer Science charter petition, citing concerns about a proposed 501(c)(3) governance change, district liability and fiscal impacts.
The Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District Board of Education voted Jan. 14 to deny a material revision to the Orange County School of Computer Science (OCSCS) charter petition after lengthy public comment and a legal presentation outlining possible legal and fiscal consequences.
The petition sought changes to the school’s governance and funding structure that, according to board counsel, would effectively make the dependent charter into an independent charter governed by a separate 501(c)(3) and a charter board selected by the founder. Board counsel Suki Oluwalia told trustees: "It is absolutely an independent charter school if you allow that governance structure," and described several downstream consequences including potential denial of district insurance coverage for claims, exposure of the district to liability…
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