superintendent's recommendation regarding thomas edison charter academy. resolution -- to deny the renewal petition for thomas edison charterer academy. the state board of education is the charter authorizes for the thomas edison charterer academy, which is set to expire on june 15, 2011. pursuant to education code section 47605, section k three, they submitted a petition for renewal that was denied by the district board of education based on stuff written and factual findings. pursuant to education -- to the education code, the petitioner is submitted on march 30 of 2011 to the district their rise to try to recall petition for the renewal of the charter school petition. the board of education held a public hearing on april 12, 2011, as required by law. the board of vacation show consider the level of public support for the charter school and has reviewed the renewal petition and all information received with respect to the renewal petition, including its appendixes. in reviewing the decision, the board of education shall be guided by the intent of the cali

i am the finance minister, of edison charter academy. after reading the staff findings and recommendation, i have to respect to the say that i do not agree with the recommendations at all. i was regional controller for edison learning for five years. i provided assistance and services related to financial planning and budgeting to all the california and hawaii charterers schools. i taught budgeting courses in nba programs. -- mba programs. i do not agree there was a lack of budgetary assistance and engagement. i went back to review all of the reports we submitted. i could not find any discrepancy at all. unfortunately, i have not been given any opportunity from anyone to clarify any questions for the staff might be concerned. previous recommendations have been incorporated in the financial planning and budgeting. the planning assumption for the budget is covered in pages 61, 62, and 63. we provided information for how we select an independent auditor, the scope of the audit, and how we address exceptions in pages 37 through 38. the profil

i am the special director at edison charterer academy. tonight, i will speak on the committee recommendations based on student discipline. they stated that we make broad references to certain topics and that we lack a comprehensive plan on page 39. but if you are all able to review the entire charter, pages 4344 include details of all of the plants and the behavior matrix. it outlines responsibilities of staff members, what will happen for very specific infractions that students make, minor to severe. it outlines when parents are supposed to come in and meet with the executive director. on page 40, it specifically outlines all of the actions to take place for a student who is being recommended for suspension. we used the education code forms when notifying parents of a possible suspension. that is also included, page 42. when we are looking at the expulsion of the student, that is outlined and timelines are included on page 43. it is all there. when looking specifically at the discipline of a student with special needs, that is also outli

this is an authorization to grant or deny the renewal petition for thomas edison charter academy. the reading of the resolution, please. >> thank you. good evening, commissioners. i am the director of the division overseeing charter schools for the district. before i read the resolution into the record, i would request that board members hear a report of the budget and financial sections of the petition. as i explained before and sent communication to the board, because of the expedited nature, we will render a report. president mendoza: are other items in our pocket for this? >> just to note also in the stuff written factual findings -- staff-written factual findings in the back of your pink package, starting on page 4, it contains all findings inclusive of the budget and financial section. >> good evening, commissioners. my name is nancy wamack. i am the director of financial policy for the district. i am going to walk through comments based on the matrix for tractor renewal that we go through when we look at renewal for a charter petition. ms. richards has summarized the commen