Today's Fresh Start Charter Sch. v. Inglewood Unified Sch. Dist.

*279 Under the Education Code, in order to add a new charter location, an established charter school must obtain approval in the form of a material revision from the authority that granted its charter. ( Ed. Code, § 47605, subd. (a)(4).) 1 Today's Fresh *858 Start Charter School (Today's Fresh *280 Start), the appellant in this appeal, sought both this approval and renewal of its charter in the same petition to the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD), respondent. We conclude that a petition for renewal is governed by different procedures than a petition seeking to add an additional location, and that IUSD was correct in treating them separately. The trial court properly denied the mandate relief sought by Today's Fresh Start.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

Appellant operates a public charter school authorized by IUSD. Its original charter was authorized in 2009 for a location on West Imperial Highway in Inglewood; this charter was renewed in 2012.

On November 5, 2015, Today's Fresh Start submitted a document to IUSD entitled "Renewal and Material Revision of the Today's Fresh Start Charter School Petition." It sought renewal of the charter for the period from July 1, 2015…