Piru Charter School’s Charter has been appealed to the State Board of Education (SBE) after having been denied by both the Fillmore Unified School District and the Ventura County Board of Education. The Charter’s appeal will be heard first by the SBE’s Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS). The ACCS will conduct a public hearing on the Piru Charter School appeal on April 6, 2010, in Sacramento at the California Department of Education’s offices. At that time, parents and community members, as well as other stakeholders, will have the opportunity to speak and the ACCS will then make a non-binding recommendation to the SBE. As part of the appeal process, the California Department of Education is recommending that the ACCS recommend conditional approval of the PCS Charter, only after specified modifications are made to the Charter. The State Board of Education will not make its decision regarding denial or approval of the PCS Charter until the SBE’s meeting on May 5-7, 2010.