Overcoming Challenges for 2020-2021

CAM Can Help You With

State Aid Deferrals – View Informational Brochure (PDF)
Per-Pupil Funding Reductions
ADA / Enrollment Level Freezes
General Financial Challenges due to Recession

Focused on Charter Schools

CAM is in the business of helping charter schools and charter school networks to overcome their funding challenges. Our programs are designed to assist schools through per-pupil funding reductions, state aid deferrals, and ADA growth freezes.

Proven Track Record from Last Recession

Charter schools are facing similar challenges today to those present following the Great Recession. As before, charter schools have limited options to manage state aid deferrals and important points of differentiation exist between the funding options that are available.

Contact CAM today to learn more about your options, including our state aid receivables factoring program. We have provided over $700 million nationwide since our founding and remain committed to the charter school space.

CAM is a national leader in charter school funding.

Solution One: Receivables Factoring

Our deferral funding plans are fully customizable. Our solution is designed to accommodate your funding needs as long as they exist, with the option to roll off at any time without penalty. CAM is pleased to provide schools with multi-installment factoring plans to solve working capital constraints stemming from state aid deferrals. CAM funds at fair and reasonable cost.

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Solution Two: California State Deferral Financing Program

The California State Deferral Financing Program is a partnership with Stifel designed to be a one-stop funding solution for state deferrals in California and beyond. Your school can pre-qualify for the program now and will have a choice between factoring and Revenue Anticipation Notes (RANS) issued via a conduit issuer.

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Deferral Funding with Charter Asset Management Download

Here are some resources to help you stay informed.

www.Edsource.org
www.FCMAT.org
www.Sscal.com – School Services of CA, requires subscription
www.CCSA.org
CSDC (www.chartercenter.org), requires subscription
Senate Assembly Committee on Budget https://sbud.senate.ca.gov/
Assembly Committee on Budget https://abgt.assembly.ca.gov/
https://www.publiccharters.org/

Funding Programs

Factoring

Factoring is a short-term financing tool where CAM purchases your school’s future state-aid and advances the capital to you now. Factoring is great to fuel enrollment growth, mitigate state-aid deferrals, and bridge cash gaps. Although factoring is fast and reliable, we recommend using it for urgent situations and as a last resort.

Revolving Line of Credit

This is CAM’s flagship program. A line of credit is a revolving loan that runs between 1 to 5 years. Once the line is open, your school can drawdown at any time. The school makes monthly payments based on an average outstanding balance. Our revolving line of credit is low-cost, flexible, and ideal for general working capital purposes.

Term Loans

In a term loan, the full loan amount is funded upfront. The school makes fixed monthly payments amortized over the duration of the loan. Term loans are between 1 and 5 years and are ideal for capital projects like tenant improvements and other expansion purposes.

Start-up Capital

Start-up capital is for new charters seeking seed money before launch. It is funded in the spring of the year zero. Start-up capital can be factoring or small term loans.

Pre-Bond Financing

Pre-bond financing is a medium-term financing tool that helps bridge to a bond issuance. CAM loans your school the funds you need for pre-development and other bond issuance related costs. The bond then takes out CAM’s loan.

Revenue Anticipation Notes

For charters with a proven track-record, the school can issue RANS via a public authority. CAM then buys the notes and funds your school. This is a medium to long term solution with the best rates.