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LAUSD updates Prop 39 colocation process; staff reports 37 requests and 16 alternative agreements in 2026–27 cycle
Summary
LAUSD staff summarized the Prop 39 colocation timeline for 2026–27, reporting 37 facilities requests (33 active), 41 proposed colocations and 16 potential alternative agreements; final, legally binding offers will go out by April 1 and charters must accept or decline by May 1.
Jeanette Borden, charter schools operations manager, told the Charter Schools Committee that the district received 37 Prop 39 facilities requests for the 2026–27 school year and is finalizing allocations and alternative agreements ahead of statutory deadlines.
Borden said 33 requests remain active after one withdrawal and three denials for ineligibility or legal insufficiency; those 33 requests produce 41 proposed colocations because eight charter operators would be multisite. "We issued 18 preliminary proposals on February 1," she said, and staff are preparing the legally binding final offers that the district must send by April 1.
Why it matters: Prop 39 requires school districts to offer reasonably equivalent facilities to charter schools when space is available, using average daily attendance (ADA) projections as the allocation basis. Borden said the process includes an…
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