Proposed Formation of

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• Proposed Formation of
• Two New Unified School Districts
• from
• Grant Joint Union High School District
• in Sacramento County
• Presented to the State Board of Education
• November 8, 2006

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Grant Joint Union High School District
Current configuration

• Grant serves seventh through twelfth grades.
• Five elementary (K-6) component districts.

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Background

• Court invalidated initial voter petitions.
• County Committee on School District Organization
  incorporated petitions into its own unification
  recommendation.
• North Sacramento and Rio Linda districts support
  the unification proposal.
• Del Paso Heights, Elverta Joint, and Robla
  districts support proposal only if they are
  excluded from it.
• Grant JUHSD opposes the proposal.
• There are now three proposals for the
  reorganization of the area.

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Current Proposal Create Two Districts
Proposed configuration

• North unified with Elverta Joint, Rio Linda, and
  Robla.
• South unified with Del Paso Heights, North
  Sacramento.

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Grant JUHSD Unification Proposal
Proposed configuration

• One unified school district.
• Elverta Joint, Rio Linda, Robla, and North
  Sacramento would remain components.

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Collaborative Unification Proposal
Proposed configuration

• One unified school district.
• Elverta Joint and Robla would remain components.

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Collaborative Unification Proposal

• Initiated by resolutions from governing boards of
  affected districts.
• Resolutions state that the collaborative proposal
  is supported only if the current unification
  proposal is disapproved.
• Collaborative proposal is scheduled to be heard
  by the Sacramento County Committee on School
  District Organization in early December 2006.

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Current Proposal Create Two Districts
Proposed configuration

• North unified with Elverta Joint, Rio Linda, and
  Robla.
• South unified with Del Paso Heights, North
  Sacramento.

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Conditions Substantially Met

• Adequate size
• Substantial community identity
• Equitable division of assets/obligations
• No significant increased cost to State
• No significant increased cost for facilities
• Not designed to increase property values
• No significant negative fiscal effects

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Conditions Not Met

• Promotion of segregation
• Negative effects on educational program

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Promotion of Segregation

• Currently, Grant JUHSD area is 63.4 percent
  minority.
• Under the reorganization proposal, the North USD
  would be 54.1 percent minority and the South USD
  79.5 percent minority.
• Reorganization limits options to alleviate
  segregation.

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Reorganization concentrates students with
greater educational needs in South USD

Higher percentage of English Learner students in
the proposed South USD North USD 23.6 South
USD 39.3 County Average 19.6
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Reorganization concentrates students with
greater educational needs in South USD

Higher percentage of participants in the
Free/Reduced Price Meal program in the proposed
South USD North USD 62.8 South
USD 89.1 County Average 45.7
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Reorganization concentrates students with
greater educational needs in South USD

• Proposed South USD would have
• Schools with lower API scores
• Lower average household income
• Higher percentage of households in poverty
• Lower levels of adult education
• Higher rates of adults who are not citizens

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SBE Options

• The SBE must disapprove the proposal or return it
  to the CDE. Proposal cannot be approved until the
  CEQA process is completed.
• The SBE disapproval can be based upon both or
  either of the two CDE recommendations for
  disapproval.
• The SBE also can disapprove for other reasons.