Thank you to the following 2013 sponsors:

Renaissance Learning™ is a leading provider of cloud-based assessment and teaching and learning solutions that fit the K12 classroom, raise the level of school performance, and accelerate learning for all. With the Universal Screener and progress monitoring in the STAR Enterprise assessment, Renaissance Learning enables educators to deliver highly differentiated and timely instruction while driving personalized student practice in reading, writing, and math every day. Renaissance Learning leverages top researchers, educators, content-area experts, data scientists, and technologists within a rigorous development and calibration process to deliver and continuously improve its offerings for subscribers in over one-third of U.S. schools and more than 60 countries around the world.

Our Piece of the Pie®, Inc. (OPP®) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping 14 to 24 year-old urban youth become
economically independent adults. OPP’s unique model is centered around the intense and consistent relationship developed between each youth and a caring, committed and proactive adult staff member. That relationship helps participants identify and overcome barriers, access support services and programs and achieve the goals of high school graduation, college degree and/or vocational certification and rewarding post-education employment.

Procopio’s experience and expertise in charter school, public agency, and nonprofit corporation law is unsurpassed. Since
1994 when we began representing charter schools, our attorneys have supported the growth of the movement and worked to
achieve their operational and educ ational objectives in a cost-effective manner. We offer the expertise of a full-service law
firm, but with specialization in the particular needs and nuances of charter schools.

Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell provides litigation and counseling services in a wide range of civil practice areas and has been representing school boards and charter schools throughout Florida for more than twenty years. We  represent schools and administrators in cases involving Title VII, discrimination claims based on race, religion, gender, national origin and pregnancy, cases brought under the Age Discrimination and Employment Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Florida Civil Rights Act, and Chapter 760O. Offices are located in Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Tallahassee and Birmingham, Alabama.

Charter School Capital - Investing in education starts here. By funding charter schools, we’re empowering you. We give you access to working capital and facilities financing options you need to stay focused on education, so every student has the opportunity to become someone incredible. 

We help charter schools grow and expand their educational opportunities. And, we help solve charter schools’ cash flow needs where state budget shortfalls and delays threaten the delivery of quality education.

For more than 35 years, School Services of California, Inc., (SSC) has served most of California’s school districts, county offices, and community colleges in meeting their management, governance, and fiscal  responsibilities. The effective administration of California’s public schools has always been the firm’s primary mission and the company has played an integral role in the development and implementation of education policy
at both state and local levels. Whether assisting school agencies in handling a fiscal or collective bargaining crisis, interpreting complicated laws and regulations, or developing, cost-effective tools to meet management needs, SSC’s combination of result-oriented services empowers school leaders to make educated decisions.

Founded in 1909, Barney & Barney, LLC is a risk management and insurance brokerage firm providing solutions, services and products in employee benefits, commercial property and casualty insurance, workers compensation, compensation consulting, retirement and wealth planning, and surety. Barney & Barney’s employee benefits consulting services help schools and educators determine a vision and strategy for their benefit
programs with support from in-house actuarial, communications and compliance resources. Barney & Barney is an independent, privately owned firm, headquartered in San Diego, with offices in Orange County, San Francisco, and Oakland.

Stutz Artiano has extensive experience representing a wide variety of public entities including cities, counties, school districts, and community colleges. The firm serves as both general counsel and litigation counsel, providing litigation defense and guidance all legal issues facing California public entities. The firm’s litigation team is skilled and experienced in all of the types of claims that confront public entities, and can handle the largest, most protected claims as well as smaller, more defined cases. Prevention and education are keys to avoiding costly litigation, consequently, the firm’s attorneys provide training for our clients.