Best Board Meeting Ever: 2026 Edition
Lights, camera, governance! Our fan-favorite mock board meeting is back for 2026, with a new script highlighting what’s new for charter school board meetings. Join our lively cast of attorneys and charter school leaders at “Procopio High” as they tackle the thorniest Brown Act situations in real time: teleconferencing twists, closed-session curveballs, Brown Act and board training requirements, disruptive audience members, key policies that should be going to your board, and more. This session is a chance to dive into the Brown Act without snoozing through a lecture.
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Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP
Greta is the leader of Procopio’s Education practice group. She provides legal counsel to both classroom and nonclassroom-based charter schools on a wide variety of issues. Greta advises on new charters, renewals, material revisions, changes in the law, school policies, contracts, independent study, authorizer relations, Brown Act, Public Records Act, conflicts of interest, funding, student matters, admissions, and more. Greta represents schools of all sizes, and has worked with numerous charter networks on strategic partnerships, resource sharing, and governance. She provides regular trainings on charter school topics, and is actively engaged in school issues and policy.
VP Legal Advocacy/E.D. Charter Schools LDF
California Charter Schools Association
Julie Ashby Umansky serves as the California Charter Schools Association VP of Legal Advocacy. In that capacity, she manages CCSA’s legal advocacy efforts and funding programs, and advises on various collective legal advocacy strategies statewide. Prior to joining CCSA, Julie worked as a senior counsel at the national law firm Foley & Lardner. Julie advised charter schools, school districts and charter school management organizations on the variety of issues facing the charter school movement. Julie served eight years on the board of the High Tech High charter schools.
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Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP
Kevin helps charter schools build and restructure their organizations and governance, navigate corporate compliance regulations and tax-exemption requirements, and protect their rights to facilities through lease negotiations and Proposition 39. Kevin also helps schools with charter petitions and renewals, as well as special education and other student matters.
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Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP
Merrick has worked for charter schools for more than a decade. He advises on a variety of issues, including charter renewals and material revisions, authorizer relations, student discipline, board policies and governance, contracts, facility issues, and many others. Merrick regularly provides trainings on Title IX, Brown Act, Public Records Act, avoiding conflicts under the Political Reform Act and Government Code section 1090, and new legislation impacting clients in the education sector. Prior to law school, Merrick worked as a substitute teacher in all grade levels at the Kings County Office of Education.
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