Charter Schools after COVID
State funding and growing enrollment will remain credit strengths.
This webinar will discuss current credit trends in the charter school sector, as well as new legislation impacting charter schools.
As the school year comes to a close and state legislative sessions wrap up, join us for a discussion on current trends and new legislation impacting the charter school sector. Charter school demand is growing and K-12 education has been a key priority in governors’ proposed budgets for fiscal 2024. Analysts will also discuss key financial and operational trends in the sector.
- Update on enrollment and student demand trends
- Expectations on financial performance as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds come to an end
- Update on the funding environment and new legislation impacting charter schools
- Management and other factors driving credit outcomes
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SpeakersTimothy Blake Managing Director, Public Finance Group Moody's Ratings
Dan Simpson Vice President/Senior Analyst Moody’s Ratings
Blake Cullimore Assistant Vice President/Analyst Moody's Investors Service
Kenneth Surgenor AVP-Analyst Moody's Investors Service
Alex Rawlings AVP-Analyst Moody’s Investors Service
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Tim Blake is a Managing Director in Moody’s Public Finance Group responsible for US state ratings as well as local government ratings in the Eastern region. He also oversees ratings for US transit systems and a specialist team on government pension analysis. Tim has thirty years of experience in the municipal market.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Tim was a credit risk manager and ratings advisor at Goldman Sachs, and a credit and liquidity facility specialist at NatWest Markets.
He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Albany.
Blake Cullimore is an Assistant Vice President for the New York Local Governments Ratings Team covering credits primarily in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Blake was in private wealth management as a buy side analyst at Bel Air Investment Advisors, as Director of Municipal Research and GWK Investment Advisors as a Municipal Bond Analyst. Previously, he was a Director with Standard & Poor’s, Town Planner with Plymouth, NH, Town Administrator, with Middleton, NH, and worked in the New Hampshire Legislative Budget Assistants office. Blake holds an MPA from Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University and a BS in Landscape Architecture from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
Ken Surgenor is an Analyst for the Dallas Local Governments Ratings Team covering credits primarily in Missouri, Kansas, Louisiana, and Texas. He is the lead analyst for Missouri local governments. Ken also serves on the Enterprise Risk Task Force.
Prior to joining Moody’s, Ken worked for the City of San Antonio in the Office of Management and Budget. Ken holds a Master’s of Public Service and Administration from Texas A&M University and a BS from the University of Texas at Dallas
Alex Rawlings is an Assistant Vice President – Analyst on the charter school ratings team, working out of the Dallas office and primarily covering charter schools located in the western United States. He’s previously worked as a local government ratings analyst at both Moody’s and S&P Global Ratings where he rated cities, counties, school districts, and special purpose districts. Alex holds a Master of Science in Applied Economics with Predictive Analytics, a Bachelor of Science in Economics with Finance Applications, and a Bachelor of Arts in Markets and Culture, all from Southern Methodist University.