WILLIAMS SETTLEMENT

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WILLIAMS SETTLEMENT

• Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
• January 27, 2005

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• Lawsuit Background
• ? In May 2000, the ACLU and other public interest
  advocates representing students across the state,
  filed a lawsuit against the State of California,
  the Superintendent of Public Instruction, State
  Board of Education and the California Department
  of Education.
• ? The lawsuit claimed that the State failed to
  provide poor and underprivileged students with
  equal educational opportunities.

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• Lawsuit Background
• Allegations included
• ? Inadequate facilities (e.g. lack of
  heating/air conditioning, unclean restrooms,
  vermin)
• ? Lack of sufficient educational tools (e.g.
  textbooks, instructional materials)
• ? Lack of credentialed teachers

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• Lawsuit Background
• The Williams settlement covers a broad scope of
• issues regarding
• a. Instructional materials
• b. Facilities maintenance
• c. Teacher credentialing/assignment monitoring
• d. Enhanced public reporting in the SARC
• e. Year round schools operating on the Concept 6
  Calendar

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• Settlement Legislation
• Settlement of the Williams lawsuit was
  implemented by
• enactment of a four-bill package.
• SB 550 COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
• Uniform Complaint Procedure Must now cover
  complaints related to insufficient textbooks,
  teacher vacancy or misassignments and emergency
  or urgent facilities conditions, particularly
  those that threaten health or safety.

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• Settlement Legislation
• SB 550 - INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
• (1) The Board of Education is now required to
  hold a public hearing at or before the 8th week
  of the school year to determine whether each
  student in the district has sufficient textbooks.
  If sufficient supplies do not exist, the Board
  must set forth the reasons why and take steps to
  address the problem.

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• Settlement Legislation
• SB 550 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
• (2) Sufficiency of instructional materials
  defined as 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.
  However, does not require two sets of textbooks
  or instructional materials for each pupil.
• (3) K-8 textbooks must be from latest
  state-approved list. 9-12 textbooks must be
  certified by local boards to be standards
  aligned.

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• Settlement Legislation
• SB 550 INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
• (4) If the District determines insufficiency the
  Boards textbook resolution must define (a)
  subjects in which instructional materials are
  sufficient/insufficient (b) the reason for the
  insufficiency (c) the action the district will
  take to ensure that each student has sufficient
  texts or materials.
• (5) The Board must provide textbook
  insufficiency information to teachers and to the
  public.
• (6) The District must remedy the insufficiency
  by the 8th
• week of the school year (2005) and on
  or within 2
• months of the time the determination of
  insufficiency
• was made.

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• Settlement Legislation
• SB 550 COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT
• ? Annual inspections and report on inspections
  for schools in deciles 1 to 3.
• ? Must determine whether each school has
  sufficient textbooks, condition of school
  facility, if data on the schools SARC is
  correct.
• ? Inspection findings reported to school
  district and SPI.
• ? If school district cannot remedy textbook
  situation, county superintendent must ask CDE to
  purchase textbooks or instructional materials
  with funds considered a loan that must be
  paid back.
• ? 25 of visits/inspections unannounced.

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• Settlement Legislation
• AB 3001 TEACHER QUALITY
• ? Teachers will be assigned to classrooms in
  accordance with their credential authorizations
  and the provisions of the Education Code.
• ? Teachers of classes with 20 or more ELL
  students must have the appropriate
  authorizations CLAD, BCLAD, SB 1969, etc.

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• Settlement Legislation
• AB 3001 TEACHER QUALITY
• ? The County Office of Education will
  investigate the Districts efforts to ensure
  that staff assignments are appropriate.
• ? Priority will be given to teacher assignments
  in deciles 1 to 3 schools.
• ? Decile 1 to 3 schools will be monitored
  annually, rather than on the previous four-year
  cycle.

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• Settlement Legislation
• SB 6 SCHOOL FACILITIES NEEDS ASSESSMENT
• ? Schools must be maintained in a manner that
  assures that it is clean, safe and functional as
  determined by an interim evaluation instrument
  developed by the OPSC.
• ? By January 1, 2005, districts must use the
  uniform compliant process to resolve complaints
  related to emergency or urgent facility
  conditions that pose a health or safety threat
  to students and staff.

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• Settlement Legislation
• SB 6 SCHOOL FACILITIES NEEDS ASSESSMENT
• ? The settlement legislation creates the School
  Facilities Needs Assessment Grant Program
  (SFERA) to provide for reimbursement of
  emergency repair costs to districts.
• ? Eligible schools for the SFERA funds are those
  that ranked in deciles 1 to 3.
• ? SFERA funding shall supplement not supplant
  existing funds for facility maintenance.

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• Settlement Legislation
• SB 6 SCHOOL FACILITIES NEEDS ASSESSMENT
• ? Emergency facilities needs eligible for
  reimbursement include, but are not limited to
• ? Gas leaks
• ? Nonfunctioning HVAC, fire sprinklers
• ? Electrical power failure
• ? Major sewer line stoppage
• ? Major pest or vermin infestation
• ? Broken windows or exterior doors and gates
• ? Abatement of hazardous materials
• ? Structural damage creating unsafe condition

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• Funding Textbooks/Instructional Materials
• Instructional materials for decile 1 to 3
  schools approximately 85 - 100 p/student for
  purchase of standards aligned instructional
  materials in the 4 core subjects.
• Textbooks for decile 3 schools available on a
  loan basis, must be repaid to CDE payment
  taken out of general appropriations, awarded on
  case-by-case basis.

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• Funding Textbooks/Instructional Materials
• Supplemental materials for English learners
• ? 30 million one-time appropriation
• ? By March 15, 2005, districts submit intent to
  purchase specific materials and claim for
• reimbursement for purchase for number of EL
  students to be served to CDE
• ? No more than 25 p/English learner
• ? CDE determines which materials meet
  substantial correlation test after intent to
  purchase submitted

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• Funding Facilities
• SFERA funding for decile 1 to 3 schools State
  Allocation Board developing funding
  requirements.
• One-time facility needs assessment funding for
  decile 1 to 3 schools funded at 10 p/enrolled
  student with a minimum of 7,500 p/school site.
• LPHS 17,510 Sunset 7,500
• WOHS 14,210 Temple 7,500
• Sparks MS 10,780 Glenelder 7,500
• Sierra Vista 8,160 Workman Elm 7,500
• Del Valle 7,500 Wing Lane 7,500
• Sparks Elm 7,500 Grandview Elm 7,500

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• LACOE Pilot Project
• ? HLPUSD teaming with LACOE to pilot Williams
  Settlement requirements, procedures,
  visitations/inspections, etc.
• ? Grandview Elementary School selected for
  visit/inspection
• ? Pilot visit/inspection between February 10 to
  March 4

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• Hacienda La Puente USD
• ? Decile 1 Schools Wing Lane, Workman HS
• ? Decile 2 Schools Del Valle, Glenelder,
  Grandview Elm
• La Puente HS, Sierra Vista, Sparks Elm
• ? Decile 3 Schools Sparks MS, Sunset, Temple
• Workman Elm

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• HLPUSD-Williams Status Textbooks/Materials
• ? Held required textbook hearing on 10/28/04 to
  certify sufficient textbooks in ELA and math.
• - However, October resolution did not satisfy
  Williams requirements which adds quantities to
  allow taking textbooks home and additional
  subject areas.
• - District will hold second textbook hearing in
  February.
• - The Boards textbook resolution will define
  (a) subjects in which instructional materials
  are sufficient/insufficient (b) the reason for
  the insufficiency (c) the action the District
  will take to ensure that each student has
  sufficient textbooks or materials.

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• HLPUSD-Williams Status Textbooks/Materials
• ? The Board must provide textbook insufficiency
  information to teachers and the public.
• ? Materials that are not sufficient to comply
  with Williams definition are History-Social
  Science K-8, English 11, English 12.
• ? HLPUSD does not teach health as a separate
  class no sufficiency statement needed.
• ? Foreign language textbooks are sufficient.
• ? Definition of sufficiency for science lab
  materials is being developed, thus, no
  determination of sufficiency at this time.

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• HLPUSD-Williams Status Textbooks/Materials
• ? K-5 science textbook insufficiency
• - District adopted a kit-based science program
  that addresses all K-5 science standards.
• - Students learn science standards and concepts
  from application and inquiry, not from
  textbooks.
• ? K-5 history-social science textbook
  insufficiency
• - Prior to the 1991 social science adoption, K-2
  teachers had requested activity-based materials
  instead of textbooks.
• - In 1999 so few changes had been made in grade
  3-5 textbooks that a purchase was not pursued.
• - In 2002 the District implemented new K-5
  standards-based series in both language and
  math.
• - Textbooks must now be purchased to be Williams
  compliant.

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• HLPUSD-Williams Status Textbooks/Materials
• ? Grades 6-8 history-social science textbook
  insufficiency
• In summer of 2002 middle school social science
  teachers reviewed books on the state approved
  list and determined that
• a. No book on the 1999 state approved list was a
  
• significant improvement over books
  currently in use.
• b. The quality of books available did not
  justify the expense.
• c. The District should wait until the next state
  adoption cycle.
• The CDE postponed the state adoption process for
  social studies for 2 years (now scheduled for
  2005).
• Textbooks must be purchased to become Williams
  compliant when the new state approved textbook
  list is available in November 2005.

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• HLPUSD-Williams Status Textbooks/Materials
• ? English grades 11 12 textbook insufficiency
• - Grade 11 Holt series class sets purchased for
  literature and grammar.
• - The adoption committee intended that the
  Interactive Reader would be available to use at
  home for homework.
• - District has now purchased the literature
  textbook for every student.
• - Grade 12 materials consist of novels and
  grammar instruction keyed to content standards.
• - District has now purchased textbooks for every
  student in addition to the novel and grammar
  textbooks.

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• HLPUSD-Williams Status Textbooks/Materials
• ? Immediate course of action on instructional
  material items
• 1. Conduct public hearing and pass Board
  resolution stating insufficiency, as defined by
  Williams legislation.
• 2. Purchase core textbooks needed by January 30,
  2005.
• 3. Prepare schools and compliance documents for
  LACOE. visit.
• 4. Submit intent to purchase and reimbursement
  claim for ELD materials for focus schools by
  March 15, 2005.
• 5. Provide training for principals.

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• HLPUSD-Williams Status Facilities
• Notices posted in each classroom stating
  facilities must be clean, safe and in good repair
  and the procedures for filing a complaint .
• OPSC has prepared an interim facilities
  evaluation instrument.
• Department of Facilities is using the interim
  evaluation instrument as an outline for
  establishing LACOEs inspection format.
• State Allocation Board adopted regulations at
  their January 26, 2005, meeting for grants to
  schools in deciles 1 to 3 for required facility
  assessment.
• - District will now begin the process for
  selection of consultant to do facilities
  assessments.

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• HLPUSD-Williams Status Facilities
• Department of Facilities staff have begun
  identifying possible potential required repairs.
• Once identified and verified by the LACOE pilot
  inspection, District will begin making repairs on
  emergency items and submit required reimbursement
  claim to OPSC.
• - Historical facilities data regarding repairs,
  construction plans, etc. for schools in deciles 1
  to 3 has been assembled and submitted to LACOE in
  preparation for their pilot inspection process.

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