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California Department of Education
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State of California
/Department of Education
Information memorandum
Date: / October 5, 2004TO: /
Members, STATE BOARD of EDucation
FROM: / Geno Flores, Deputy SuperintendentAssessment and Accountability Branch
SUBJECT: / School Accountability Report Cards: Proposed Changes Pursuant to Senate Bill 550 (Implementation of Settlement Agreement in Williams, et al. v. State of California, et al.)
The State Board of Education (SBE) annually approves the SARC report template and associated data definitions for school accountability report cards in accordance with the requirements of federal and state laws. The SBE last took such action in May 2004,
approving a report template and data definitions to be used for School Accountability Report Cards (SARCs) to be published during the 2004-05 school year.
On September 29, 2004, the Governor signed Senate Bill (SB) 550 (Chapter 900, Statutes of 2004). This urgency measure, which takes effect immediately, implements portions of the settlement agreement in the case of Williams, etal. v. State of California, et al. With respect to the SARCs to be published in the 2004-05 school year, SB 550 adds additional reporting requirements relating to (1) any needed maintenance to ensure “good repair” of school facilities, (2) the number of teacher “misassignments” and “vacant teacher positions,” and (3) the availability of “sufficient textbooks and other instructional materials.” The measure provides the following definitions for the terms “good repair,” “misassignment,“ “vacant teacher position,” and “sufficient textbooks or instructional materials”:
· “Good repair” means the facility is maintained in a manner that assures that it is clean, safe, and functional as determined pursuant to an interim evaluation instrument developed by the Office of Public School Construction. The instrument shall not require capital enhancements beyond the standards to which the facility was designed and constructed.
· “Misassignment” means the placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services position for which the employee does not hold a legally recognized certificate or credential or the placement of a certificated employee in a teaching or services position that the employee is not otherwise authorized by statute to hold.
· “Vacant teacher position” means a position to which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of the year for an entire year or, if the position is for a one-semester course, a position of which a single designated certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning of a semester for an entire semester.
· "Sufficient textbooks or instructional materials" means that each pupil, including English learners, has a textbook or instructional materials, or both, to use in class and to take home to complete required homework assignments. It does not require two sets of textbooks or instructional materials for each pupil. It does not include photocopied sheets from only a portion of a textbook or instructional materials copied to address a shortage.
Attachment 1 contains each section of the SARC affected by SB 550, the existing reporting requirement, and the additional reporting requirement under SB 550. A report template addendum and revised data definitions reflecting the provisions of SB 550 will be presented to the SBE for approval in November 2004. It is anticipated that the additional report card elements will be completed with either narrative or data provided by the local educational agency.
Attachment 1: Additional Reporting Requirements for the School Accountability Report Card under Senate Bill 550 (Williams Case Settlement) (1 Page)
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New Reporting Requirements …
Attachment 1
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New Reporting Requirements for the School Accountability Report Card
under Senate Bill 550 (Williams Case Settlement)
School Accountability
Report Card Section /Existing
Reporting Requirement
/ New Reporting RequirementUnder Senate Bill 550
(Williams Case Settlement)
II. School Safety and Climate for Learning—School Facilities / Safety, cleanliness, and adequacy of school facilities. / Any needed maintenance to ensure good repair as specified in Education Code sections 17014, 17032.5, 17070.75(a), 17089(b).
VI. Teacher and Staff Information—Teacher Credentials / The total number of the school's fully credentialed teachers, the number of teachers relying upon emergency credentials, the number of teachers working without credentials, and any assignment of teachers outside their subject areas of competence. / Misassignments, including misassignments of teachers of English learners, and the number of vacant teacher positions (“misassignment” and “vacant teacher position” are defined in the bill).
VII. Curriculum and Instruction—Quality and Currency of Textbooks and Other Instructional Materials / Quality and currency of textbooks and other instructional materials, including whether textbooks and other materials meet state standards and have been adopted by the State Board of Education for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and adopted by the governing boards of school districts for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, and the ratio of textbooks per pupil and the year the textbooks were adopted. / The availability of sufficient textbooks and other instructional materials, as defined in Education Code Section 60119, for each pupil, including English learners, in each of the following areas:
· The core curriculum areas of reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and history/social science.
· Foreign language and health.
· Science laboratory equipment for grades 9 to 12, inclusive, as appropriate.
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