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Ed Sklar

Partner and Co-Chair of the Charter Schools Practice Group at Lozano Smith, advising California public schools on charter school oversight, student discipline, Title IX, and governance.

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PODCASTS

Aug 11, 2026

Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast

Let’s Talk - Lozano Smith Podcast

E105 AB 126: A New Era of Charter School Oversight

Aug 11 · 23m

Sloan SimmonsHOST

1:21

So Ed, why don't we start with some background about how and why this statute came about?

1:29

Sure.

1:31

What this statute does is it implements a lot of oversight for charter schools.

1:37

And this all stemmed from over the years, there have been a few high profile fraud scandals in regard to charter schools.

1:47

Probably the most high profile being and what prompted a lot of response from the state was what we call the A3 case.

1:56

A3 was a charter school network that in 2019 It was determined that they had built the state out of $400 million.

2:07

And that was all through manipulating school attendance processes.

11 MINS LATER

Sloan SimmonsHOST

13:12

And as we look ahead to July 1, 2027, what comes into play then?