The Colorado Charter School Institute is relevant to the D11 investigation because official D11 records support Fox Trail Academy's request for D11 to relinquish exclusive chartering authority so the school could pursue CSI authorization. Current CSI pages were also checked for direct current D11 actor-name matches in the expanded screen, with no match surfaced.
The 2026-04-24 current board capture adds a more precise board-roster layer. CSI lists nine board members: Andrew Karow, Brenda Bautsch Dickhoner, Deborah Hendrix, Damion LeeNatali, Liz Howell, Kenny Smith, Nicholas Hernandez, Ross Izard, and Nicholas Thompson.
The 2026-04-26 Weld RE-4 source cluster adds a separate authorizer-transfer example: Weld RE-4 board records support a January 2026 legal-advice and public-vote sequence around American Legacy Academy's transfer / conversion path to CSI. That record is direct for Weld board action and conditions, but not for CSI's final decision.
The 2026-04-29 direct-policy source cluster adds a statewide policy layer. CSI's current homepage describes a portfolio of 47 schools, 20k+ students, 24 towns / cities, and 17 educational models. SB25-223 provides direct enacted-law evidence of CSI mill-levy equalization changes in 2025. Initiative 279 provides direct initiative-review evidence of a proposed release-to-CSI mechanism after local charter application or renewal denial, but it is not a law or ballot-qualified measure in the retained source set.
The 2026-05-19 Academica Colorado source summary adds a reported John Adams Academy / CSI / Academica management lead. Retained reporting says Academica appears in JAA budget and CSI recommendation materials, but the repo still needs official CSI application, recommendation, budget, minutes, and contract records before treating the relationship as direct official-record evidence.
The 2026-06-06 refresh of the CSI transfer-contract source cluster adds direct authorizer-side records. CSI's April 21, 2026 minutes record unanimous approval of transfer applications for American Legacy Academy, Children's Kiva Montessori School, and Vista Charter School. CSI's May 19, 2026 minutes record unanimous approval of consent agenda items 6A-F, including transfer contracts for all three schools. This is direct for April transfer-application approval and May transfer-contract approval, but not for executed contract terms, signed resolutions, applications, staff reports, conditions, milestones, or implementation flows.
The May-June 2026 CSI layer also adds a part-time homeschool-enrichment contract-amendment lane. The May 19 minutes record approval of a John Adams Academy amendment to launch a part-time homeschool-enrichment program, and the June 9 agenda versions place a homeschool amendment before the board, later naming Wildflower Montessori and Resolution 26-06-02. The current evidence supports an authorizer-level contract-amendment and source-completion target, not the program funding basis, seat-time compliance, BOCES role, Academica role, or implementation flow.
26-06-02. Evidence strength: direct for agenda placement only; unresolved for final action and amendment terms.| source node | target node | tie type | time range | mechanism | possible flow type | observable effect | evidence strength | claim limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D11 board / Fox Trail Academy | Colorado Charter School Institute | charter oversight role / authorizer transfer path | 2026-04-01 |
Relinquishment of D11 exclusive chartering authority | Authorizer jurisdiction, charter governance authority | Fox Trail could pursue CSI authorization after D11 release action | direct for D11 release; unresolved for CSI approval | Does not prove final authorization, motive, or individual D11 actor preference |
| Weld RE-4 board / American Legacy Academy | Colorado Charter School Institute | charter oversight role / transfer or conversion path | 2026-01-08 to 2026-01-12 |
Legal-advice sequence and transfer-resolution amendment | Authorizer jurisdiction, local oversight conditions, campus permissions | Weld board approved a transfer-resolution path with conditions on conversion, second-campus location, relocation, and grade-level expansion | direct for Weld board action; unresolved for CSI approval | Does not prove final authorization, motive, sponsorship, or ALA contract terms |
| CSI board / American Legacy Academy | Colorado Charter School Institute | transfer application and contract-setting path | 2026-04-21 to 2026-05-19 |
Transfer-application approval followed by transfer-contract consent approval | Authorizer jurisdiction and contract governance; final implementation unresolved | CSI approved ALA's transfer application and then approved the ALA transfer contract on consent | direct for April approval and May consent approval | Does not prove executed contract terms, Weld-condition incorporation, motive, sponsorship, or post-transfer flow |
| CSI board / Children's Kiva Montessori and Vista Charter School | Colorado Charter School Institute | transfer application and contract-setting path | 2026-04-21 to 2026-05-19 |
Transfer-application approvals followed by transfer-contract consent approvals | Authorizer jurisdiction and contract governance; final implementation unresolved | CSI approved both transfer applications and then approved both transfer contracts on consent | direct for April approvals and May consent approval | Does not prove executed contract terms, motive, sponsorship, or post-transfer flows |
| CSI board / John Adams Academy | Colorado Charter School Institute | part-time homeschool-enrichment contract-amendment approval | 2026-05-19 |
Contract amendment to launch part-time homeschool-enrichment program | Program authorization; possible public-funding / seat-time / oversight flow unresolved | CSI minutes record amendment approval and more than 50 interested students |
direct for amendment approval | Does not prove amendment text, funding basis, provider role, Academica role, seat-time compliance, or implementation |
| CSI board / Wildflower Montessori | Colorado Charter School Institute | homeschool contract-amendment agenda item | 2026-06-09 |
Agenda placement for homeschool amendment | Program authorization possible; final action unresolved | June 9 agenda version names Wildflower Montessori Homeschool Contract Amendment, Resolution 26-06-02 |
direct for agenda placement only | Does not prove approval, terms, funding, seat-time, BOCES role, or implementation |
| John Adams Academy / Academica | Colorado Charter School Institute | reported management / operational-support references | retained reporting captured 2026-04-11 |
Budget and recommendation references naming Academica | Financial operations, construction, and operational support, reported | Retained reporting says Academica appears in JAA budget and CSI recommendation materials | reported relationship; official record not retained | Does not prove official terms, contract scope, payment flow, or CSI decision rationale |
| Current D11 leadership screen | Colorado Charter School Institute current pages | unresolved adjacency / negative current-page check | captured 2026-04-22 |
Name search across current CSI board, team, transfer, and conversion pages | None observed in current pages | No current actor-name match found | weak negative evidence | Does not rule out historical roles, archived pages, filings, or CSI packet records |
| Deborah Hendrix / Parents Challenge | Colorado Charter School Institute | board service / executive-director cross-over | captured 2026-04-24 |
CSI board page and profile; existing Parents Challenge source layer | People, school-choice legitimacy, governance context | Hendrix appears in both CSI and Parents Challenge first-party evidence | direct | Does not prove CSI action tied to Parents Challenge, Legacy, or D11 campaigns |
| Ross Izard / Xiphos Strategies | Colorado Charter School Institute | board service / lobbying-firm cross-over | captured 2026-04-24 |
CSI profile and existing SOS lobbying records | People, policy advocacy context | Izard appears as CSI board member and Xiphos founder / principal | direct | No direct D11 / Xiphos record found |
| Brenda Bautsch Dickhoner / Ready Colorado | Colorado Charter School Institute | board-chair / advocacy-organization cross-over | captured 2026-04-24 |
CSI profile and existing Ready Colorado page | People, education-policy advocacy context | CSI profile lists Dickhoner as President / CEO of Ready Colorado | direct | Does not prove Ready Colorado influence over CSI decisions |
| Initiative 279 proponents / proposed measure | Colorado Charter School Institute | proposed statewide charter-release pathway | 2026-03 review-and-comment materials |
Proposed initiative text and Legislative Council review memo | Authorizer jurisdiction / charter application route | Apparent intent to require release to CSI after local application or renewal denial when no appeal is filed | direct for proposed text / review memo | Not a law or ballot-qualified measure in current source set; no school-specific effect proved |
wiki/summaries/education/colorado-charter-school-institute-transfer-contract-source-cluster-2026.md: CSI April-May 2026 transfer-application and transfer-contract source cluster.wiki/summaries/education/weld-re4-american-legacy-academy-csi-transfer-source-cluster-2026.md: Weld RE-4 / American Legacy Academy / CSI transfer-resolution source cluster.wiki/summaries/claim-checks/d11-expanded-charter-choice-innovation-affiliation-screen-2026-04-22.md: expanded current-actor screen.wiki/summaries/elections-finance/d11-charter-labor-campaign-finance-and-governance-source-cluster-2019-2026.md: D11 charter-governance source cluster.raw/articles/2026-04-22T151445-0600-csi-board.html, raw/articles/2026-04-22T151450-0600-csi-team.html, raw/articles/2026-04-22T151455-0600-csi-transfer-applicants.html, and raw/articles/2026-04-22T151500-0600-csi-conversions.html: current CSI page captures used for institutional context and negative current-name checks.raw/board-materials/colorado-springs-school-district-11/2026-04-01/71439.txt: D11 April 1, 2026 minutes sidecar supporting the Fox Trail / CSI release path.raw/articles/parents-challenge-csi-board-rosters-2026-04-24/source-note.md and wiki/summaries/education/parents-challenge-csi-board-roster-source-cluster-2026-04-24.md: current CSI board roster and repo comparison.wiki/summaries/education/colorado-charter-and-csi-direct-policy-records-source-cluster-2024-2026.md: direct-source policy cluster covering HB24-1363, SB25-223, Initiative 279, and current CSI scale.wiki/summaries/education/academica-colorado-registered-agent-and-charter-management-source-cluster-2026.md: adds the reported JAA / CSI / Academica management lead and keeps official CSI records as the next required source class.26-05-05, 26-05-06, and 26-05-07 say?education deserts proposal become a filed bill or amendment separate from Initiative 279, or did it remain only a reported proposal in the retained source set?