NOTICE to all听NEW听Governing Board Members of听Locally-Approved Charter Schools ONLY
[NOTE that this email does NOT apply to College and Career Academy governing boards, State Charter School governing boards, Charter System Local School Governance Teams, or Local Boards of Education.]
Per State Board Rule, the three (3) hours of Financial Governance Training that new charter school board members must receive within their first year of service (the 12 months beginning on their first day as a charter school board member) can only be delivered by the Finance and Budget Office of the Georgia Department of Education. New governing board members have the following options for receiving this training.
- The Department of Education offers the required Financial Governance Training in late September each year at the Georgia Department of Education, 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE,听Atlanta, GA 30334. This session is especially geared to local charter school governing board members.听There is no cost for this training.听
- The date and time for our 2019 Financial Governance Training Session is Wednesday, September 25, 2019, from 8:00-11:00 a.m.听in听Training Rooms A-C on the 10th floor of the West Tower and also by webinar.
- If you would like to sign up to attend our September 25th听session either in person听or by webinar,听please enter all requested information in the attached sign-up sheet and email it to Latoya Satterwhite at听lsatterwhite@doe.k12.ga.us.
- The Georgia School Boards Association (GSBA) also offers the required Financial Governance Training as part of the New Board Member Orientation it presents twice each year for new local Board of Education members.
- The GSBA Fall 2019 session of听GSBA鈥檚听New Board Member Orientation听is tentatively set for November 19-20, 2019. Registration will open soon. Please check at听 for more information when it becomes available.
- Please note that you need attend only the Financial Governance Training portion of GSBA鈥檚 two-day session to meet your legal obligation. GSBA has a听special reduced rate听for charter school governing board members who attend only the Financial Governance Training session.
- Ms. Martha White at GSBA can help you with registration听once it opens up.听Her email address is听mwhite@gsba.com.
Please note that these are the only opportunities for new charter school board members to receive their mandatory FBO-provided financial governance training; please also note that this training requirement cannot be waived.
