Charter Development
EdTec draws on its extensive charter development experience in assisting your development team to draft a strong, compliant petition to increase the likelihood of authorizer approval.
Charter Petition Narrative Assistance
- Review any existing petition draft or material provided by school developers that can be leveraged for the petition (design team backgrounds, governance structure, vision for the school, etc.)
- Review and advise on curriculum components
- Draft a petition to demonstrate compliance with charter law requirements, incorporating curriculum components provided to EdTec by design team
Charter Petition Budget Development
- Collaborate with developer team on school design and projected revenue / expense assumptions for all elements of the proposed school, including:
- Location and facilities costs
- Grade levels to be served
- Programs to be offered
- Salary and staffing considerations
- Develop a multi-year budget for the school in standardized format that includes all government revenues the school can expect to receive
- Consult with the school's developers on key budget planning issues
- Develop cash-flow projections
- Provide budget support for the charter petition at key authorizer meetings
- Revisions to the budget as needed
- Service includes a budget revision for the Walton Business Plan
Charter Petition Advocacy
- Advise the school on strategies for successfully advocating the petition
- Support your development team at authorizer hearings and staff review meetings

