Golden Valley Charter School
A tuition-free California public charter serving LA County families, with enrichment funds spendable at approved vendors on classes, tutoring and materials.
- Enrichment funds
- Varies by grade, year to year; not published. Unverified third-party: $3,200 TK–5 / $3,400 6–8 / $4,000 9–12.
- Serves LA County
- Yes
- How a vendor gets approved
- An enrolled family must request the provider — the provider cannot apply on its own
- Approval timeline
- Two application windows a year only: August–September and December–January
- Billing
- Run by the school
- Payment terms
- Net-30 after the service is delivered, with a purchase order in hand first
Golden Valley Charter School does not publish its current amounts. The figures above come from third parties and may be out of date — call the school before you plan around them.
The narrowest application window of any charter here. Miss it and you wait roughly six months.
Golden Valley Charter School vendors in this directory
1 program we have recorded as approved at Golden Valley Charter School. Vendor lists change constantly — confirm with the school.
Run a program and want to get on this list?
Golden Valley Charter School will not accept your application directly. You need an enrolled family to request you — so start there, not with paperwork. The packet is nearly identical across all fifteen LA-serving charters.
The full charter vendor checklist →Golden Valley Charter School FAQs
- How much does Golden Valley Charter School give per student?
- Golden Valley Charter School does not publish current enrichment fund amounts on its own site. Varies by grade, year to year; not published. Unverified third-party: $3,200 TK–5 / $3,400 6–8 / $4,000 9–12. Confirm directly with the school — third-party figures in this space go stale quickly.
- How does a program become an approved vendor at Golden Valley Charter School?
- Golden Valley Charter School only begins vendor approval when an enrolled family requests the provider. A program cannot get onto the list by applying cold. The fastest route is finding one or two enrolled families willing to submit a request.
- Can Golden Valley Charter School funds pay for religious instruction?
- No. These are tuition-free public charter schools, so content must be non-sectarian. A divided Ninth Circuit upheld California's exclusion of religious curricula from parent-designed charter independent-study programs in March 2026.
Verified 2026-09-12. Golden Valley Charter School's own vendor page →