California Department of Education
Executive Office
SBE-006 Specific (REV.02/2014) / ITEM #08

CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

July 2017 AGENDA
Specific Waiver
SUBJECT
Requests by seven districts and one charter school under the authority of California Education Codesections 46206(a) and 47612.6(a), to waive Education Codesections 46200, 46201, and 47612.5, the audit penalties for offering insufficient instructional days or minutesduring the 2015–16 school year.
Waiver Numbers:
Central Union High School District 12-3-2017
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District 7-3-2017
Fullerton Joint Union High School District 6-2-2017
Lakeside Union Elementary School District 5-4-2017
Manzanita Charter Middle School 32-3-2017
Mariposa County Unified School District 8-3-2017
Napa Valley Unified School District 3-4-2017
Palo Verde Union Elementary School District 23-3-2017 /

Action

Consent

SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE(S)

The local educational agencies (LEAs) listed above are requesting that the California State Board of Education (SBE) waive the instructional time requirement audit penalty. The LEAswere short instructional days or minutes for the 2015–16 school year. Per Education Code (EC) sections 46206(a) and 47612.6(a), the SBE may waive the fiscal penalties set forth in ECsections 46200, 46201, and 47612.5 for a school district, county office of education, or charter school that fails to maintain the prescribed minimum length of instruction, upon the condition that the school or schools in which the days or minutes were lost maintain days or minutes of instruction equal to those lost, in addition to the minimum amount required, for twice the number of years that it failed to maintain the required minimum length of time.

Authority for Waiver:ECsections46206(a) and 47612.6(a)

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RECOMMENDATION

Approval Approval with conditions Denial

The California Department of Education (CDE) recommends that the SBE approve these waivers on the condition that the LEAs maintain increased instructional days or minutes of at least the amount required by law plus the number of days or minutes the LEAsfailed to offerfor a period of two years beginning in 2016–17 through 2017–18 as described in Attachment 2. As an additional condition of the waiver approval, the LEAsmust report the annual days of instruction and the annual instructional minutes offered in their annual audit reports.

In addition to the conditions listed above, Manzanita Charter Middle School must develop procedures and a method of tracking to ensure that all teachers are in possession of a current, valid teaching credential.

SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES

During the annual audit of instructional days and instructional minutes for 2015–16, it was discovered that the LEAs listed in Attachments 1 and 2 failed to offer the required number of instructional days or instructional minutes required.

The LEAs would like to use school years 2016–17 and 2017–18 to make up the shortfall of instructional days or instructional minutes at affected school sites.

The minimum number of required annual days of instruction in 2016–17 and 2017–18 is 180.

The minimum number of required annual instructional minutes in 2016–17 and 2017–18 for kindergarten is 36,000, grades one through three is 50,400, grades four through eight is 54,000, and grades nine through twelve is 64,800.

SUMMARY OF PREVIOUS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISCUSSION AND ACTION

The SBE has approved similar requests with conditions. ECsections 42606 and47612.6 authorize waivers to be granted for fiscal penalties due to a shortfall in instructional time. A waiver may be granted upon the condition that the school or schools, in which the days or minutes were lost, maintain days or minutes of instruction equal to those lost, in addition to the minimum amount required for twice the number of years that it failed to maintain the required minimum length of time.

Demographic Information:

Central Union High School District has a student population of 4,120 and is located in an urban area in Imperial County.

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Coalinga-Huron Unified School District has a student population of 4,446 and is located in a rural area in Fresno County.

Fullerton Joint Union High School District has a student population of 14,235 and is located in a suburban area in Orange County.

Lakeside Union Elementary School District has a student population of 5,028 and is located in a suburban area in San Diego County.

Manzanita Charter Middle School has a student population of 100 and is located in an urban area in Contra Costa County.

Mariposa County Unified School District has a student population of 1,871 and is located in a ruralarea in Mariposa County.

Napa Valley Unified School District has a student population of 17,841 and is located in a suburban area in Napa County.

Palo Verde Union Elementary School District has a student population of 575 and is located in a rural area in Tulare County.

FISCAL ANALYSIS (AS APPROPRIATE)

Refer to Attachment 1 for detailed calculations of the instructional day and minute penalty amounts for each waiver.

ATTACHMENT(s)

ATTACHMENT(S)

Attachment 1: Fiscal Analysis (2 pages)

Attachment 2:Summary Table (4 pages)

Attachment 3: Central Union High School District Specific Waiver Request

12-3-2017 (2 pages). (Original waiver request is signed and on file in the

Waiver Office).

Attachment 4: Coalinga-Huron Unified School District Specific Waiver Request

7-3-2017 (1 page). (Original waiver request is signed and on file in the

Waiver Office).

Attachment 5: Fullerton Joint Union High School District Specific Waiver Request

6-2-2017 (1 page). (Original waiver request is signed and on file in the

Waiver Office).

Attachment 6: Lakeside Union Elementary School District Specific Waiver Request

5-4-2017 (3 pages). (Original waiver request is signed and on file in the

Waiver Office).

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Attachment 7: Manzanita Charter Middle School Specific Waiver Request

32-3-2017 (3 pages). (Original waiver request is signed and on file in the

Waiver Office).

Attachment 8: Mariposa County Unified School District Specific Waiver Request

8-3-2017 (1 page). (Original waiver request is signed and on file in the

Waiver Office).

Attachment 9: Napa Valley Unified School District Specific Waiver Request

3-4-2017 (1 page). (Original waiver request is signed and on file in the

Waiver Office).

Attachment 10: Palo Verde Union Elementary School District Specific Waiver Request

23-3-2017 (1 page). (Original waiver request is signed and on file in the

Waiver Office).

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Fiscal Analysis

Instructional Day Penalty Calculation –Education Code Section 46200
School District (Waiver Number) / Fiscal Year of Penalty / Affected Grade level(s) / Affected Grade Level ADA / x / Transition or Target
LCFF Funding Rate / = / Affected Funding / Number of Days Required / Number of Days Short / Penalty Factor / Penalty Amount (Affected Funding x Days Short x Penalty Factor)
Fullerton Joint Union High School District (6-2-2017) / 2015–16 / Grades 9–12 / 13,588.79 / x / $8,381.48 / = / $114,032,550 / 180 / 1 / 0.0056 / $637,807
Napa Valley Unified School District (3-4-2017) / 2015–16 / Grades 9–12 / 5,733.77 / x / $8,072.50 / = / $114,032,550 / 180 / 1 / 0.0056 / $259,201
Palo Verde Union Elementary School District (23-3-2017) / 2015–16 / Grades K–3 / 227.01 / x / $8,718.22 / = / $1,979,123 / 180 / 1 / 0.0056 / $11,083
2015–16 / Grades 4–6 / 172.89 / x / $8,259.47 / = / $1,427,980 / 180 / 1 / 0.0056 / $7,997
2015–16 / Grades 7–8 / 112.31 / x / $8,415.05 / = / $945,094 / 180 / 1 / 0.0056 / $5,293
Palo Verde Elementary School District Total / $24,373
Instructional Minutes Penalty Calculation –Education Code sections 46201(a) and 47612.6(a)
School District (Waiver Number) / Fiscal Year of Penalty / Affected Grade level(s) / Affected Grade Level ADA / x / Transition or Target
LCFF Funding Rate / = / Affected Funding / Number of Minutes Short / ÷ / Number of Minutes Required / = / Percentage of Minutes Not Offered / Penalty Amount (Affected Funding x Percentage of Minutes Not Offered)
Central Union High School District (12-3-2017) / 2015–16 / Grade 9 / 1,138.85 / x / $9,380.21 / = / $10,682,652 / 3,150 / ÷ / 64,800 / = / 4.86% / $519,177
Coalinga-Huron Unified School District (7-3-2017) / 2015–16 / Grades
4–5 / 634.90 / x / $8,206.15 / = / $5,210,085 / 652 / ÷ / 54,000 / = / 1.21% / $63,042
Lakeside Union Elementary School District (5-4-2017) / 2015–16 / Grades
4–5 / 1042.41 / x / $6,980.28 / = / $7,276,314 / 835 / ÷ / 54,000 / = / 1.55% / $112,783
Manzanita Charter Middle School (32-3-2017) / 2015–16 / Grade 7 / 48.47 / x / $8,263.53 / = / $400,533 / 3,933 / ÷ / 54,000 / = / 7.28% / $29,159
2015–16 / Grade 8 / 44.31 / x / $8,263.53 / = / $366,157 / 4,593 / ÷ / 54,000 / = / 8.51% / $31,160
Manzanita Charter Middle School Total / $60,319
Mariposa County Unified School District (8-3-2017) / 2015–16 / Grades
9–12 / 530.82 / x / $8,162.06 / = / $4,332,585 / 1,265 / ÷ / 64,800 / = / 1.95% / $84,485

Created by California Department of Education

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Summary Table

Waiver Number / District / Period of Request / District’s Request / CDE Recommendation / Bargaining Unit Representatives Consulted Date, and Position / Local Board and Public Hearing Approval Date / Potential Annual Penalty Without Waiver
12-3-2017 / Central Union High School District / Requested:
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2016
Recommended:
7/1/2015 to
6/30/2016 / District requests waiving EC Section 46201(a) to avoid the audit penalty in exchange for offering increased instructional minutes in 2016–17 and 2017–18, consistent with EC Section 46206. / Approval of waiver, consistent with EC Section 46206 with the following conditions:
District: (1) maintains increased instructional minutes at Phoenix Rising High School for grade nine of at least the amount required by law plus 3,150 minutes, for a period of two years beginning in 2016–17 through 2017–18, and (2) reports the annual instructional minutes offered in grade nine in its annual audit report. / El Centro Secondary Teachers Association,
Catherine Drew President
2/28/2017
Support
Classified School Employees Association,
Bea Mora
President
3/01/2017
Support / 3/14/2017 / $519,177
7-3-2017 / Coalinga-Huron Unified School District / Requested:
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2016
Recommended:
7/1/2015 to
6/30/2016 / District requests waiving EC Section 46201(a) to avoid the audit penalty in exchange for offering increased instructional minutes in 2016–17 and 2017–18, consistent with EC Section 46206. / Approval of waiver, consistent with EC Section 46206 with the following conditions:
District: (1) maintains increased instructional minutes at Sunset Elementary and Huron Elementary for grades four and five of at least the amount required by law plus 652 minutes, for a period of two years beginning in 2016–17 through 2017–18, and (2) reports the annual instructional minutes offered in grades four and five in its annual audit report. / Coalinga-Huron Teacher Association,
Jason McFarlin
Chief Negotiator
10/14/2016 and 05/09/2017
Support / 2/28/2017 and 5/09/2017 / $63,042

Revised: 6/30/2017 10:58 AM

Waiver Number / District / Period of Request / District’s Request / CDE Recommendation / Bargaining Unit Representatives Consulted Date, and Position / Local Board and Public Hearing Approval Date / Potential Annual Penalty Without Waiver
6-2-2017 / Fullerton Joint Union High School District / Requested:
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2016
Recommended:
7/1/2015 to
6/30/2016 / District requests waiving EC Section 46200 to avoid the audit penalty in exchange for offering increased days of instruction in 2016–17 and
2017–18, consistent with EC Section 46206. / Approval of waiver, consistent with EC Section 46206 with the following conditions:
District: (1) maintains increased days of instruction at La Vista High School and La Sierra High School for grades nine through twelve of at least the amount required by law plus one day, for a period of two years beginning in 2016–17 through 2017–18, and (2) reports the annual days of instruction offered in grades nine through twelve in its annual audit report. / Fullerton Secondary Teachers Association,
John Marvin
President
9/16/2016
Support / 2/7/2017 / $637,807
5-4-2017 / Lakeside Union Elementary School District / Requested:
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2016
Recommended:
7/1/2015 to
6/30/2016 / District requests waiving EC Section 46201(a) to avoid the audit penalty in exchange for offering increased instructional minutes in 2016–17 and 2017–18, consistent with EC Section 46206. / Approval of waiver, consistent with EC Section 46206 with the following conditions:
District: (1) maintains increased instructional minutes at Lakeview Elementary for grades four and five of at least the amount required by law plus 835 minutes and maintains increased instructional minutes for grades four and five at Lakeside Farms Elementary of at least the amount required by law plus 240 minutes, for a period of two years beginning in 2016–17 through 2017–18, and (2) reports the annual instructional minutes offered in grades four and five in its annual audit report. / Lakeside Teachers Association,
Cathy Sprecco
President
3/28/2017
Neutral
CSEA Chapter 240,
Lisa Ford
President
3/28/2017
Support / 4/6/2017 / $112,783

Revised: 6/30/2017 10:58 AM

Waiver Number / District / Period of Request / District’s Request / CDE Recommendation / Bargaining Unit Representatives Consulted Date, and Position / Local Board and Public Hearing Approval Date / Potential Annual Penalty Without Waiver
32-3-2017 / Manzanita Charter Middle School / Requested:
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2016
Recommended:
7/1/2015 to
6/30/2016 / District requests waiving EC Section 47612.5(c) to avoid the audit penalty in exchange for offering increased instructional minutes in 2016–17 and 2017–18, consistent with EC Section 47612.6(a). / Approval of waiver, consistent with EC Section 47612.6(a) with the following conditions:
Charter School: (1) maintains increased instructional minutes for grade seven of at least the amount required by law plus 3,933 minutes and increased instructional minutes for grade eight of at least the amount required by law plus 4,593 minutes, for a period of two years beginning in 2016–17 through 2017–18, (2) reports the annual instructional minutes offered in grades seven and eight in its annual audit report, and (3) develops procedures a method of tracking to ensure all teachers are in possession of a current, valid teaching credential. / No bargaining unit / 3/14/2017 / $61,319
8-3-2017 / Mariposa County Unified School District / Requested:
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2016
Recommended:
7/1/2015 to
6/30/2016 / District requests waiving EC Section 46201(a) to avoid the audit penalty in exchange for offering increased instructional minutes in 2016–17 and 2017–18, consistent with EC Section 46206. / Approval of waiver, consistent with EC Section 46206 with the following conditions:
District: (1) maintains increased instructional minutes at Coulterville High School for grades nine through twelve of at least the amount required by law plus 1,265 minutes, for a period of two years beginning in 2016–17 through 2017–18, and (2) reports the annual instructional minutes offered in grades nine through twelve in its annual audit report. / Mariposa County Teachers Association,
Alex Keeton
President
1/10/2017
Support / 1/15/2017 / $84,485

Revised: 6/30/2017 10:58 AM

Waiver Number / District / Period of Request / District’s Request / CDE Recommendation / Bargaining Unit Representatives Consulted Date, and Position / Local Board and Public Hearing Approval Date / Potential Annual Penalty Without Waiver
3-4-2017 / Napa Valley Unified School District / Requested:
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2016
Recommended:
7/1/2015 to
6/30/2016 / District requests waiving EC Section 46200 to avoid the audit penalty in exchange for offering increased days of instruction in 2016–17 and
2017–18, consistent with EC Section 46206. / Approval of waiver, consistent with EC Section 46206 with the following conditions:
District: (1) maintains increased days of instructionat New Technology High School for grades nine through twelve of at least the amount required by law plus one day, for a period of two years beginning in 2016–17 through 2017–18, and (2) reports the annual instructional days offered in grades nine through twelve in its annual audit report. / Napa Valley Educator’s Association,
Gayle Young
President
3/10/2017
Support / 4/6/2017 / $259,201
23-3-2017 / Palo Verde Union Elementary School District / Requested:
7/1/2015 to 6/30/2016
Recommended:
7/1/2015 to
6/30/2016 / District requests waiving EC Section 46200 to avoid the audit penalty in exchange for offering increased days of instruction in 2016–17 and
2017–18, consistent with EC Section 46206. / Approval of waiver, consistent with EC Section 46206 with the following conditions:
District: (1) maintains increased days of instruction for grades kindergarten through eight of at least the amount required by law plus one day, for a period of two years beginning in 2016–17 through 2017–18, and (2) reports the annual days of instruction offered in grades kindergarten through eight in its annual audit report. / No bargaining unit / 2/8/2017 / $24,373

Created by California Department of Education

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Revised: 6/30/2017 10:58 AM

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California Department of Education

WAIVER SUBMISSION - Specific

CD Code: 1363115Waiver Number: 12-3-2017Active Year: 2017

Date In: 3/15/2017 2:45:57 PM

Local Education Agency: Central Union High

Address: 351 Ross Avenue

El Centro, CA92243

Start: 8/17/2015End: 6/2/2016

Waiver Renewal: N

Previous Waiver Number: Previous SBE Approval Date:

Waiver Topic: Instructional Time Requirement Audit Penalty

Ed Code Title: Longer Day and Year - District

Ed Code Section: 46201

Ed Code Authority: 46206

Ed Code or CCR to Waive: 46201.

(a) For each school district that received an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, as it read on January 1, 2013, and that reduces the amount of instructional time offered below the minimum amounts specified in subdivision (b), the Superintendent shall withhold from the school district’s local control funding formula grant apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, for the average daily attendance of each affected grade level, the sum of that apportionment multiplied by the percentage of the minimum offered minutes at that grade level that the school district failed to offer.

(b) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year:

(4) Sixty-four thousand eight hundred minutes in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.

Outcome Rationale: Upon audit review for the 2015-16 Fiscal Year, Phoenix Rising High School did not offer the required minimum annual instructional minutes for grade 9 in accordance with Education Code Section 46201. The calculated shortfall was 3,150 minutes for the school year.

The Central Union High School District has implemented a process whereby all school site bell schedules are reviewed annually through the Business & Support Services office. All school site bell schedules are reviewed prior to the beginning of the school year in order to ensure that all schools meet or exceed the required daily and annual minutes. School site bell schedules are then approved and sent to school site administration to implement for the upcoming school year. Principals have been directed not to make any modifications to the schedules unless previously approved by the Assistant Superintendent of Business and Support Services.

The District has modified and corrected said exception regarding Phoenix Rising High School for the 2016-17 school year. For 2016-17, the Phoenix Rising High School, based on the new modified bell schedule, will generate 70,338 minutes for the year. This is 5,538 minutes above the minimum 64,800 minutes required for grades 9-12. The District will implement this same bell schedule for the 2017-18 school year and beyond for which the Phoenix Rising High School will continue to exceed the annual minimum minutes by 5,538.

Student Population: 4120

City Type: Urban

Local Board Approval Date: 3/14/2017

Audit Penalty YN: Y

Categorical Program Monitoring: N

Submitted by: Mr.ArnoldPreciado

Position: Assistant Superintendent, Business Services

E-mail:

Telephone: 760-336-4506

Fax: 760-352-2134

Bargaining Unit Date: 03/01/2017

Name: Classified School Employees' Association Ch. #726

Representative: Bea Mora

Title: CSEA President

Position: Support

Comments:

Bargaining Unit Date: 02/28/2017

Name: El Centro Secondary Teachers' Association

Representative: Catherine Drew

Title: ECSTA President

Position: Support

Comments:

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California Department of Education

WAIVER SUBMISSION - Specific

CD Code: 1062125Waiver Number: 7-3-2017Active Year: 2017

Date In: 3/13/2017 9:28:41 AM

Local Education Agency: Coalinga-Huron Unified

Address: 657 Sunset St.

Coalinga, CA93210

Start: 7/1/2015End: 6/30/2016