Newsletter

After working at Georgia Charter Schools Association for more than a decade, Elisa A. Falcó, GCSA’s Executive Vice President of School Success, has decided to step down to fulfill her […]

GCSA congratulates the nine charter schools that made the 2022 Georgia Department of Education’s Advanced Placement (AP) Honors list. Schools were named to the list in eight categories that were based on the results of 2021 AP courses […]

Thanks to GCSA’s successful advocacy efforts, Georgia’s public charter schools will receive a significant increase in state facilities funding in FY23. State lawmakers delivered another victory for Georgia’s public charter […]

Get ready for National Charter Schools Week, May 8-14! Join GCSA virtually on Zoom as we map out statewide programming on Tuesday, April 12, at 12 p.m. On the call, […]

The U.S. Department of Education proposed new rules and regulations that would make it nearly impossible for community leaders to start new charter schools. And what’s the point of providing […]

May COP Topic: “Building and Advocacy Army” We are extending an invitation to communicators from every member charter school in Georgia to join our Communications Community of Practice. Our next […]

School leaders are invited to attend the upcoming “Charter Leaders Task Force” meeting on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 10 a.m. The Task Force is a forum for school leaders of GCSA Member Schools to share information, […]

WHEN:          Monday, May 8 – Friday, May 14  WHAT: Open House Events at Charter Schools Throughout Georgia ACTION STEPS: Select a date for an “open house” at your school. […]

Georgia Senate Approves Additional Facilities Funding for Charters A state budget proposal that would provide a significant funding boost for charter school facilities is nearly at the finish line. Thanks […]

The U.S. Department of Education is proposing new regulations that would disproportionately harm charter school students and leaders from Black, Brown, Native, and rural communities. Those communities make up most […]

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Thanks to GCSA’s successful advocacy efforts, Georgia charter schools are one step closer to receiving a significant increase in facilities funding this year. The Georgia Senate released its version of the state’s FY23 budget […]