School Site Councils

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School Site Councils

• Focus on School Improvement and Student
  Achievement
  

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The Subjects of this Workshop are

• Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities of the
  SSC
  
• Historical PerspectiveA Theme of Collaboration
• Orientation/Elections
• Council Composition (definitions)
• Duties of Officers/members
• Tools for a Successful SSC
• Areas Outside the Scope of the SSC
• Conducting the Meeting
• Linking Student Achievement and Expenditures
• Actions Required of the SSC
• Show Me the Money

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Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities of the SSC

• Develop a comprehensive Single Plan for Student
  Achievement
  
• Ensure that the school is continually engaged in
  identifying and implementing curriculum and
  instructional practices
  
• Develop a budget aligned to consolidated
  application funds and other categorical funds
  requiring decisions from the School Site Council

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Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities
of the SSC

• Recommend Single Plan for Student Achievement to
  local School Board
  
• Recommend plan for targeting use of other
  categorical or supplemental funds to local School
  Board
  
• Continuous planning, monitoring, and review of
  effectiveness
  
• Annual review and revision of plan

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Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities of the SSC

• The SPSA must be developed with the advice,
  review and certification of any applicable school
  advisory committees
  
• English Learner Advisory Committee
• State Compensatory Education Advisory Committee
• Special Education Advisory Committee
• Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Committee
• All required advisory committees have a
  responsibility to advise the school on the
  special needs of students and on ways the school
  may meet those needs

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Overview of the Roles/Responsibilities
of the SSC

• Review district policies
• Develop training program for SSC members
• Review meeting and operating procedures
• Develop annual meeting calendar
• Review bylaws annually

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Roles and Responsibilities of the SSC

• Legislative roleSSC writes plan/budget
• Executive roleprincipal/school staff implement
  school plan
  
• Judicial rolelocal governing board makes and
  interprets policy and approves plan
  
• Advisory committeesadvise the SSC

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Roles and Responsibilities of the SSC

• Function
• The SSC is not to be viewed as an advisory body
  whose advice may be accepted or rejected
  
• Instead, the actions of the SSC constitute the
  first step in a formal process for developing
  improvement strategies and for allocating
  resources to support these efforts

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Federal and State Improvement Efforts

• Whats Driving Improved Student Academic
  Achievement?
  
• Federal
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in Elementary
  Secondary Education Act (ESEA)/No Child Left
  Behind (NCLB)
  
• State
• Public School Accountability Act (PSAA)
• Assessment, Standards, Rewards and Sanctions
• Intermediate Intervention/Underperforming School
  Program (II/USP)
  
• High Priority School Grant Program (HPSGP)
• Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA)

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Historical PerspectiveA Theme of Collaboration
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School Site CouncilsAfter 2001
Consolidated Application
School Site Council Single Plan for Student Achie
vement (SPSA)
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Orientation/Elections
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Selection/Election of Teachers

• Notify teachers of the nomination process
• Allow teachers to nominate self/other teachers
• Place name(s) on a ballot
• Provide an opportunity for a write-in
  candidate
  
• Establish a process to assure that all teachers
  receive a ballot
  
• Utilize teachers or an election committee to
  count ballots
  
• Maintain ballots for 5 years

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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The Principal

• The law is very clear that the principal is an
  active, voting member of the council
  
• SSC attendance and responsibilities CANNOT be
  assigned to a vice principal or other designee
  
• He/she has no administrative authority over the
  council
  
• In addition, the principal may not veto a
  decision of the council or make plan or budget
  changes without SSC approval

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
Source other than CISI
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Definition of Other School Personnel

• INCLUDES
• Classified personnel (e.g., clerical,
  instructional, custodial and food services
  staff)
  
• Administrative personnel (e.g., vice principals,
  certificated administrative assistants)
  
• Certificated support staff-not assigned as a
  classroom teacher of record (e.g., counselors,
  resource teachers)
  
• Itinerant staff (e.g., translators, nurse,
  psychologist)

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Election of Parents

• School Site Council should reflect the school
  community, including all socio-economic, ethnic
  and program groups.

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Selection/Election of Parents

• The term parent includes a guardian
• A parent CAN be an employee in the district,
  but CANNOT be employed at the school in any
  capacity (e.g., noon-duty, recreational
  assistant, substitute)
• A community member may serve in the parent
  position as long as the person has been selected
  by parents of children in the school
  
• Goal It is the hope of the legislature that the
  School Site Council reflect the school community,
  including all socioeconomic, ethnic, racial
  groups
• Make attempts to assure that parents of students
  participating in various programs are included

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
Source other than CISI
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Sample Election Process

• Each group utilizes an election committee
• Notify group of election process
• Allow group to nominate self/others
• Place name on ballot
• Provide opportunity for write-in candidate
• Establish process to assure that everyone in that
  group receives a ballot
  
• Election Committee counts the ballots
• Maintain ballots for 5 years

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CouncilCompositionSEE BULLETIN 4148 Advisory
committees and School Site Councils
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Composition of the SSCElementary

• Any school which has two or more grades in the
  K-6 grade span
  
• 10 member minimum
• One half staff and one half parents/community
  members
  
• Staff includes principal, majority of classroom
  teachers, other staff

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Elementary Configuration
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Other Elementary School Site Council Sizes
Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Composition of the SSCSecondary

• Any school which has two or more grades in the
  7-12 grade span
  
• 12 member minimum, if all categories are to be
  represented
  
• One half staff and one half parents/community and
  students elected by their peers
  
• Staff includes principal, majority of classroom
  teachers, other staff

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Other Secondary School Site Council Sizes
Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Middle Schools

• A School Site Council at the middle school level
  may, but is not required to, include pupil
  representation. EC, Section 33133(c)
  
• This permits local Boards of Education to choose
  whether a middle school follows the elementary or
  secondary composition requirements

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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School Site Council Composition

• Exceptions
• SPAN
• Span schools will form their councils based on
  the Districts classification of their school
  (elementary, middle, or high school).
  
• Special Education Centers
• Special education schools and centers with
  secondary students may use the same composition
  as elementary schools, or they may choose to
  follow the same composition as comprehensive high
  schools.
• Middle Schools
• Middle schools may, but are not required to,
  include student representatives.
  
• (Education Code Section 33133-c)

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School Site Council Composition

• Exceptions (continued)
• Continuation Schools
• In continuation schools, the membership of the
  SSC shall be no fewer then eight members and
  shall be constituted to ensure parity. Half the
  membership shall be (a) the principal, two
  teachers, and one other school personnel (staff
  side) and half shall be (b) two parents or
  community members elected by parents and two
  students representatives elected by the entire
  student body.

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Parent/Community Eligibility

• Parent is defined as the parent or guardian of a
  student at a school, unless that parent is a paid
  employee of the school district at that site
  
• Community is defined as any person having an
  interest in the local school process and is
  elected by parents to take one of their slots

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School Site Council Composition

• Other staff may include
• Assistant Principals
• School Nurse
• Counselors
• Clerical Staff
• Paraprofessionals
• Custodial Staff
• Food Service Staff
• Resource Teachers
• Coordinators
• Instructional Coaches
• Library Media Teachers
• Community Representatives
• Non-classroom teachers refers to those full-time
  employees whose classroom teaching assignment, if
  any, is fewer than three (3) periods per day in
  secondary, or less than half-time in elementary.

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The School Principal

• Is a voting member of the council.
• Provides information and leadership.
• Is responsible for staff and student elections of
  the SSC.
  
• Is responsible for the proper functioning and
  implementation of the SSC.
  
• Is responsible for any program and/or fiscal
  implications due to non-compliance with
  federal/state policies, rules, and regulations.
  
• Directs staff to implement the approved Student
  Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA) and monitors
  in conjunction with SSC.
  
• Note The principal may not delegate any of these
  responsibilities.
  
• (Refer to LAUSD Bulletin 4148)

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Duties of Officers/Members
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Duties of Officers/Members

• The council shall elect officers, including
• Chairperson to organize, convene, and lead
  meetings of the council
  
• Vice-Chairperson to serve in the absence of the
  chairperson
  
• Secretary to record events and actions taken at
  council meetings
  
• Parliamentarian to resolve questions of
  procedure, often with the help of Roberts Rules
  of Order or similar guide
  
• Other officers as needed to perform stated duties
  in support of the work of the council
  
• The principal may assign someone to take notes
  (in their absence) however that person may not
  vote or participate in the discussions unless it
  is to make a comment on an agenda item just as
  any other member of the public.

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Roles and Responsibilities of SSC Members

• Regularly attend SSC meetings
• Become knowledgeable of state and local
  educational issues related to assessment,
  curriculum and instruction
  
• Communicate SSC business internally and
  externally
  
• May appoint committees to perform tasks to assist
  the council in developing, monitoring, or
  evaluating the SPSA

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Roles and Responsibilities of SSC Members (cont.
)

• Review district policies
• Develop training program for SSC members
• Review meeting and operating procedures
• Develop annual meeting calendar
• Review bylaws annually

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Tools for a Successful SSC

• Member roster and phone numbers/email addresses
• Copy of School Site Plan
• Copy of most recent Categorical Program
  Monitoring (CPM) or Western Association of
  Schools and Colleges (WASC)
  
• Copy of School Site Council budget
• List of all revenue sources and expenditures
• Student achievement data (STAR, API scores,
  Reading and Math benchmark assessment result,
  CELDT result, attendance rates, suspension rates,
  etc.).

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Tools for a Successful SSC

• Knowledge of the implementation of the various
  components of the SPSA.
  
• Information regarding the effectiveness of the
  strategies contained within the SPSA and an
  understanding of the SSCs ability to make
  modifications as needed.
• Local board policies.
• State and federal requirements.
• The core instructional program.
• The SPSA Budget including proposed expenditures.

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Tools for a Successful SSC

• Access to state content/performance standards,
  state frameworks, CDE publications Its
  Elementary Taking Center Stage Aiming High
  
• Student achievement data
• District assessments
• State assessments
• API and AYP results
• Attendance
• Grades

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Areas Outside the Scope of School Site Councils

• A school management committee
• A policy-making body
• A political organization
• A personnel committee

• A grievance committee
• A fund-raising organization
• An extension of the PTSA
• A social group

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Conducting the School Site Council Meeting
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MeetingRequirements

• Be open to the public
• Allow the public to address the council on any
  matter within the jurisdiction of the council
  
• Post a meeting notice 72 hours in advance,
  specifying date, time and location, and agenda
  describing each item of business
  
• Make any meeting materials available to the
  public upon request
  

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Conducting the Meeting

• Create a sign-in sheet for all who attend. The
  sign-in sheet should designate the various
  constituencies (admin, teacher, classified,
  parent/community)
• Provide copies of agenda and all materials to SSC
  members and the public

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Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Conducting the Meeting

• Notify alternates for members that they may not
  vote and are not counted toward a quorum, unless
  the voting member is no longer able to serve on
  the SSC
• Follow the posted agenda

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Conducting the Meeting

• Use an agreed upon procedure (e.g., Roberts
  Rules of Order-10th edition) for conducting
  business
  
• Provide opportunities for discussion of items on
  agenda
  
• Maintain minutes, agendas and sign-ins of the
  meeting for 5 years

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Conducting the Meeting(Greene Act)

• The council cannot act on any item that was not
  included on the posted agenda
  
• Exception If an action is needed and was not
  known at the time the agenda was posted, the SSC
  may, by unanimous vote, add the item on the
  agenda for action
• Questions and brief statements for clarification
  may be made as long as there is no impact on
  students or staff
  
• If these procedures are violated, upon demand of
  any person, the council must reconsider the item
  at its next meeting after allowing for public
  comment on the item

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Bylaws

• Are not required by law however, are recommended
  for all committees and councils per Bulletin
  4148.
  
• Can serve as a guide for the councils actions
• Should be reviewed annually by a Bylaws
  subcommittee acting on behalf of the SSC
  
• The Bylaws subcommittee should bring the
  recommended changes to the SSC

Source California Institute for School
Improvement (CISI)
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Content of Bylaws

• Name of Organization
• Role of the Council Purpose roles of council
  (job description)
  
• Members Size of council, procedures, for
  election of members, terms of office, filling
  vacancies, termination transfer of membership.
  
• Officers Methods for officer nomination, voting,
  election, filling officer vacancies, terms of
  office and duties

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Content of Bylaws (contd)

• CommitteesDescription of standing or special
  committee
  
• MeetingsDescription of date, time place of
  meetings
  
• Conduct of the Meeting/Parliamentary
  AuthorityDescribes the procedures for conducting
  the meeting
  
• Amendment of BylawsDescribe the procedures for
  amending the bylaws

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Bylaws

• A copy of the SSC bylaws should be provided to
  all members
  
• The Chairperson of the SSC should annually review
  the bylaws with the council members
  
• Each member of the council should take time to
  review the bylaws
  
• Any material provided to a school site council
  should be made available to any member of the
  public who requests the materials pursuant to the
  California Public Records Act Chapter 3.5
  (commencing with section 6250) of Division 7 of
  Title I

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Check Bylaws First

• Schools are encouraged to have procedures for the
  selection/election of members written into the
  SSCs bylaws.
  
• The following are suggested provisions.
• Means of electing members and officers
• Terms of office of members and officers
• Notice of elections for each peer group
• Responsibilities of the council
• A policy on non-discrimination
• Note Schools may elect non-voting alternate
  members who become voting members in the event of
  a mid-year vacancy.

Refer to LAUSD Bulletin 4148 Advisory Committees
and School Site Councils
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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS

• Be respectful every member will have an
  opportunity to speak at an appropriate time
  
• Disagreement and respectful debate between
  Committee members at Committee meetings is
  appropriate personalized disagreement can be
  divisive and damaging

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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS

• Remember that you and every other Committee
  member generally owe a duty to act in the best
  interest of the entire community
  
• If you have a point that you wish to make to one
  or more Committee members, address the point to
  the Committee chairperson

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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN
COMMITTEE MEMBERS

• Dont let personality conflicts or prior policy
  disagreements spill over into Committee meetings
  or public comments
  
• Address the issues

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TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE PUBLIC

• When possible, deal with persons making comments
  that the Committee finds inappropriate or
  offensive by simply letting the person have their
  say, within a reasonable time limit
• Do not use communications with the public or
  school district as a means of communicating with
  other Committee members that is the role of a
  public meeting
• Be respectful of Committee decisions if you
  disagree with the position taken by the
  Committee, the time to express that opinion is
  prior to when that position is adopted

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Holding the Gavel What it Means to be
Committee Chairperson

• The Committee elects a chairperson from among its
  members to provide leadership on behalf of the
  Committee and the community it serves
  

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Running an Effective Meeting

• Call the meeting to order at the appointed time
• Announce the business to come before the
  Committee in its proper order
  
• Enforce the Committees policies relating to the
  conduct of meetings and help ensure compliance
  with the Bylaws
  
• Recognize people who desire to speak, and protect
  the speaker who has the floor from disturbance or
  interference
  
• Explain what the effect of a motion would be if
  it is not clear to every member
  
• Restrict discussion to the question when a motion
  is before the Committee

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Running an Effective Meeting, cont

• Rule on issues of parliamentary procedure
• Put motions to a vote, and state clearly the
  results of the vote
  
• Be responsible for the orderly conduct of all
  Committee meetings
  
• Always have antennae out, be aware of the
  dynamics of the Committee, audience and staff

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Sticking Together Through Good Times and Bad

• Committees take collective responsibility for
  their performance
  
• If you vote in favor of an action that passes,
  you consent to that action, and are expected to
  support it
  
• If you vote against an action that nevertheless
  passes, you are expected to support the majority
  and not attempt to sabotage or subvert the
  action
• Committees operate by consensus
• If you are not in the room when the vote is
  taken, you nevertheless consent to the action
  

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Roberts Rules of Order Parliamentary Procedure
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Quorum

• Number of members that must be present to legally
  transact business
  
• Why? We dont want small unrepresentative groups
  making decisions for entire body
  

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Right of Minority

• Right to be heard and to voice their dissent
• Right to have their dissent noted in the record
• But, once dissent is given and vote taken, it is
  the decision of the collective body, even those
  who objected
  

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Individual Member Rights

• To receive notice and attend all meetings
• To introduce and second motions
• To speak on agenda items after first seeking
  recognition of chair
  
• To vote

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Call to Order

• Before the presiding officer calls the meeting to
  order it is his duty to determine if quorum is
  established,.
  
• If a quorum is not present, the chair waits
  until there is one, or until after a reasonable
  time, there appears to be no prospect that a
  quorum will assemble
• If quorum cannot be obtained, the chair calls the
  meeting to order, announces the absence of a
  quorum and entertains a motion to adjourn or
  recess.

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The Right to Move a Motion

• Matters considered one at a time
• To be in order, the motion must be directly
  related to the question under consideration
  
• Frivolous, vague, incoherent, and duplicative
  motions are out of order (ruling by chair)

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The Right to Move a Motion cont

• Subsidiary motions, i.e., motions to postpone,
  refer to committee, table, etc. must directly
  relate to the main motion
  
• All motions need a second
• If no second, then the motion fails from lack of
  support
  
• After a motions first reading, Chair should
  inquire, Is there any discussion?
  
• Maker of a motion has the first right to speak
  and to amend it

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Amending Motions

• Amendment must be germane to main question
• Must be offered before, not after, vote
• Includes adding words or phrases striking out
  words or phrases and substituting words or
  phrases

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Point of Order

• To correct a breach in the rules
• Only used for major infractions
• Made at the time of the infraction
• Second not required
• Not debatable
• Ruled upon by the chair

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Voting

• Voting
• Chair should announce minority votes, i.e.,
  Hearing one nay and no others.
  
• If vote requires more than a majority, Chair
  should announce before the vote the supermajority
  that is required
  
• Tie vote is a lost vote because no majority was
  obtained

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Meeting Minutes

• Contents
• A record of what was done at the meeting, not
  what was said by the members. Should never
  reflect the secretarys opinion, on anything said
  or done
• Important motions a) the wording in which each
  motion was adopted or disposed of, whether motion
  was debated or amended b) the disposition of the
  motion, any primary or secondary amendments
• The name of the seconder of the motion should not
  be entered in the minutes unless ordered by the
  assembly
  
• When a count is taken or ordered, the number of
  votes on each side should be entered
  
• If vote is by roll call, the names of those
  voting on each side and those answering present
  should be entered
  
• All notices of motions instance of bylaw
  amendments,
  
• All points of order and appeals
• The name and subject of a guest speaker can be
  given, but no effort should be made to summarize
  his remarks
  
• The hour of adjournment
• The signature minutes should be signed by the
  secretary and can also be signed, if the assembly
  wishes, by the president. The words Respectfully
  submitted although occasionally used-represent
  an older practice that is not essential in
  signing the minutes
• Access
• Any member has a right to examine the minutes of
  the society at a reasonable time and place. The
  same principle applies to the minutes of boards
  of a committee

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Linking Student Achievement and Expenditures
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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

• The intent of the Single Plan for Student
  Achievement (SPSA) is to create a cycle of
  continuous improvement of student performance,
  and to ensure that all students succeed in
  reaching state academic standards.

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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

• The school plan serves as an official document
  in audits to determine appropriate expenditures
  of categorical funds, including equipment
  purchases, and personnel responsible to complete
  multifunded and semiannual certifications.

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Requirements for the Single Plan for Student
Achievement

• School districts must assure that Site Councils
  have developed and approved a Single Plan for
  Student Achievement for schools participating in
  programs funded through the consolidated
  application process, and any other school program
  they choose to include . . .
• EC, Section 64001(a)

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Requirements for the Single Plan for Student Ach
ievement

• Must be developed with the review, certification
  and advice of any applicable school advisory
  committees . . . EC, Section 64001(a)
  
• Plans required to be consolidated into a single
  plan
  
• Consolidated Application
• School and Library Improvement Block Grant
• Pupil Retention Block Grant
• ESEA/NCLB Program Improvement

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Requirements for the Single Plan for Student Ach
ievement

• Must be aligned with school goals for improving
  student achievement
  
• Must be based upon an analysis of verifiable
  state data, including the API, ELD . . . and may
  include any data voluntarily developed by
  districts to measure student achievement . . .
  
• EC, Section 64001(d)

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Requirements for the Single Plan for Student
Achievement

• Must address how funds will be used to improve
  the academic performance of all students to the
  level of the performance goals, as established by
  the API index . . . EC, Section 64001(d)
• Must be reviewed annually and updated
• Must be reviewed and approved by the governing
  board

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Integrating Plans

• Most categorical programs have planning
  requirements
  
• Integrating or merging two or more planning
  processes does not eliminate any of these
  requirements
  
• The combined process must include the
  requirements of all the programs involved

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Integrating Plans

• Immediate Intervention for Underperforming
  Schools Program (II/USP)
  
• High Priority School Grant Program (HPSG)
• Program Improvement (PI)
• Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA)
• Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

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Actions Required of the SSC
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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
Steps for Developing the Single Plan for Student
Achievement The graphic represents the cycle of a
ctions required by the SSC in the development,
implementation and revision of the SPSA.
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Developing The Single Plan for Student
Achievement (SPSA)

• Step 1 Measure the Effectiveness of Current
  Improvement Strategies
  
• Analyze Student Performance
• Analyze the Instructional Program
• Education Code Section 64001(g)

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Certification of Advisory Committee Input

• Step 2 Seek Input from School Advisory
  Committees
  
• Compensatory Education Advisory Committee (CEAC)
• English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)
• Gifted Talented Education Program Advisory
  Committee
  
• The SSC must document the following actions
• Written recommendations from advisory
  committee(s)
  
• Consideration of recommendations at SSC meeting
• Dissemination of information regarding the SPSA
  to advisory committee(s)
  
• Share final draft with advisory committee(s)
• Recommendation for approval of the SPSA to Local
  District
  
• Note If the SSC chairperson refuses to certify
  input, the minutes and sign-in sheets from the
  meeting where the approval was granted must be
  submitted with the SPSA. The local district
  superintendent or designee will decide whether to
  approve or send SPSA back to SSC for revision.

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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

• Step 3 Reaffirm or Revise School Goals
• School goals must be based on comprehensive
  assessment of student academic achievement, using
  multiple measures of student performance.
  
• Step 4 Revise Improvement Strategies and
  Expenditures
  
• The SSC will adopt specific actions to reach
  each goal, specify dates by which actions are to
  be started and completed, identify expenditures
  needed to implement the action, and identify the
  funding source.

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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

• Step 5 Approve and Recommend the SPSA to the
  Governing Board
  
• After appropriate advisory committees have
  reviewed the proposed SPSA, the SSC must approve
  it at a meeting for which a public notice has
  been posted.
• The Board of Education has delegated to the
  general superintendent and the local district
  superintendents responsibility for budget and
  program decisions related to SBIX and Title I
  Program Improvement schools, which includes
  schools in corrective action and restructuring.
• Restructuring Plans must be approved by the local
  district superintendent before implementation.
  
• Note For schools identified as Program
  Improvement (PI), the SSC remains in place.

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The Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

• Step 6 Monitor Implementation
• Once the plan is approved, the responsibility of
  the SSC is to monitor the effectiveness of
  planned activities and modify those that prove
  ineffective.
• Monitoring should follow the calendar of events
  established by the SPSA to verify timely
  implementation and achievement of objectives
  critical to the success of the plan.

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SHOW ME THE MONEY2008-09 Is Not Business As
Usual with the
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Budget Highlights 2008-09

• COLA 5.66
• Growth Funded
• Categoricals -6.50
• Growth Funded

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State Programs Under the Purview of the SSC
Reported in the Consolidated Application

• State-funded Programs
• Economic Impact Aid
• Limited English Proficient (LEP)
• State Compensatory Education (SCE)

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Federal Programs Under the Purview of the SSC
Reported in the Consolidated Application

• Federally-funded NCLB Programs
• Title I, Part A - Basic and Neglected
• Title III, Part A LEP Students

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Federal Funding Source School Services of
CA
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Other Grants Under the Purview of the SSC

• QEIA Quality Education Investment Act
• School Library Improvement Block Grant

• Gifted Talented
• HPSG/SAIT High Priority
  Schools Grant/School Assistance and Intervention
  Team

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Allowable Expenditures for the SSC

• District guidelines for the expenditure of
  supplemental funds
  
• Must supplement, not supplant District resources
• Must meet intent of the funding source
• Must be data driven and intended to serve the
  population that generated the funds
  
• Must be reasonable and appropriate to the school
  plan and program
  
• Must be specified in the SPSA

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Allowable Expenditures - Item Numbers

• Resources pre-approved by the appropriate
  categorical program staff
  
• Focus on direct services to students
• Non-item number resources must be approved by the
  appropriate categorical program administrator

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Approval Process

• The school plan and budget must be
• developed by the School Site Council with the
  appropriate input from the applicable advisory
  committees
  
• approved by the Board of Education, who has
  delegated authority to approve each schools SPSA
  to the Associate Superintendent of Federal
  State Educational Programs, after review and
  recommendation for approval by the Local District
  Superintendent, Language Acquisition Branch and
  other appropriate categorical staff

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