San Jose Charter Academy

San Jose Charter Academy, doing business as San Jose Charter School Academy, is a tax-exempt nonprofit corporate entity located in West Covina, California, that has been registered to receive federal awards since March 2022. The organization operates as a charter school serving high-poverty communities and functions as a subrecipient of federal education grants, delivering academic instruction, teacher professional development, and student support services to at-risk student populations.

San Jose Charter Academy's federal grant funding history demonstrates a sustained commitment to educational improvement and school safety initiatives. The organization has received a prime federal grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) in the amount of $479,578 under the School Violence Prevention Program (CFDA 16.071), awarded October 1, 2025, with a completion date of September 30, 2028. This funding supports the implementation of evidence-based school security programs, including coordination with local law enforcement, officer training, installation of security technologies such as metal detectors, and emergency notification systems. Additionally, San Jose Charter Academy has received multiple sub-grant awards from the California Department of Education, the prime grantee, spanning from September 2021 through October 2024. These sub-awards address critical educational needs, including federal funding designated to improve teaching and learning in high-poverty schools for at-risk students (awarded in September 2023 and October 2024), initiatives to increase teacher and principal quality and the number of highly qualified teachers in the classroom (awarded in June 2023 and October 2024), and COVID-19 pandemic response and prevention efforts (awarded in September 2021, October 2021, November 2022, January 2023, and multiple awards in October 2022). Through these varied federal grant programs, San Jose Charter Academy has demonstrated operational capacity to manage federal funds while addressing both immediate school safety priorities and longer-term educational quality improvements.