District Advisory Council DAC Orientation

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District Advisory Council(DAC) Orientation

• San Diego City Schools
• Planning and Accountability
• November 16, 2005

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DAC Orientation Agenda

• Purpose and Scope
• DAC Meeting Information
• School Site Council (SSC) Liaison
• Training and Reports
• The Consolidated Application

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DAC Purpose and Scope

• To ensure parent, community, and staff
  involvement in the use of compensatory education
  funds allocated to school districts.
• Advisory in nature only.
• Members are selected from individual school
  SSCs.
• Title I schools are allowed one voting member per
  school.
• Non-Title I schools are encouraged to participate.

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DAC Meetings

• 10 Meetings a school year September June
• DAC Year November October
• DAC Executive Board Meetings
• Held at the Ballard Parent Center
• Meeting Agendas include
• Chairpersons Report
• Executive Board Report
• District Report, Training and Collaboration

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The SSC Liaison
The DAC representative is considered a liaison
to the SSC.
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DAC Training and Reports

• Some of the Training and Reports that have been
  provided in the past include
• Testing Information
• Graduation Rates
• Groups funded through Title I
• Budgets District, Site, DAC
• SSC/SPSA/Categorical Budgets
• CACE
• Consolidated Application

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The Consolidated Application
California Department of Education requires
school districts to apply and distribute
categorical funds from state and federal
programs. Part I requires the school district
to document the participation of the programs
listed in the application Part II actual
district entitlements
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For More Information

• DAC in San Diego City Schools
• Webpages http//www.sandi.net/board/COMMITTEES/
  ACCEP/index.html
• and
• http//studata.sandi.net/accountability/DAC/index
  .asp
• Other DAC info
• www.sandi.net Fact Sheets, Standards,
  Assessment, and Accountability Web page
• Consolidated Application or other California
  Department of Education items
• www.cde.ca.gov
• California Association of Compensatory Education
  (CACE) www.comped.info

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Contact Information

• David Page, DAC Chairperson, 858-232-6246,
  somepages_at_netscape.net
• Planning and Accountability Department
• Terri Reed, Program Manager
• 858-496-4048
• Irene Hightower, Resource Teacher,
• 858-496-4057, ihightower_at_sandi.net
• Ballard Parent Center, Elneda Shannon,
• 619-293-4431