Foresthill Union ESD | BP 0520.2 Philosophy, Goals, Objectives and Comprehensive Plans
Title I Program Improvement Schools
The Board of Trustees is committed to enabling all district students to meet state academic achievement standards and to narrowing the achievement gap among student groups. To that end, the district shall provide support and assistance to increase student achievement in any school that receives federal Title I funding and has been identified by the California Department of Education as a program improvement (PI) school.
(cf. 6011 - Academic Standards)
(cf. 6162.5 - Student Assessment)
(cf. 6162.51 - State Academic Achievement Tests)
(cf. 6171 - Title I Programs)
The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that school improvement strategies developed for a PI school are coordinated, aligned, and effectively implemented in accordance with administrative regulation and the Board-approved school improvement plan.
(cf. 0420 - School Plans/Site Councils)
(cf. 0460 - Local Control and Accountability Plan)
(cf. 5116.1 - Intradistrict Open Enrollment)
(cf. 6179 - Supplemental Instruction)
As necessary, the Board shall determine corrective actions for the school in Year 3 of PI and/or restructuring options for the school in Year 4 of PI or beyond.
Whenever the school is identified for Year 4 PI but is not identified as a "persistently lowest achieving school" pursuant to Education Code 53201, the parents/guardians of students attending the school may petition the Board to implement an intervention for the purpose of improving academic achievement or student safety, provided that the state limit on the number of such schools has not yet been reached. To be considered by the Board, the petition shall contain all required content and signatures and specify one of four intervention models (i.e., turnaround model, restart model, school closure, or transformation model) or an alternative governance arrangement, as described in 5 CCR 4803-4807. The district shall implement the option requested by the parents/guardians unless, at a regularly scheduled public hearing, the Board makes a finding in writing stating the reason it cannot implement the recommended option and instead designates one of the other options to be implemented. (Education Code 53300-53303; 5 CCR 4800-4808)
Program Evaluation
The Superintendent or designee shall develop an annual report card that includes the information specified in 20 USC 6311 for the school and for the district as a whole. The required information may be incorporated into the school's school accountability report card. (20 USC 6311)
(cf. 0510 - School Accountability Report Card)
(cf. 6190 - Evaluation of the Instructional Program)
The report card shall be concise, presented in an understandable and uniform format and, to the extent practicable, in a language that parents/guardians can understand. It shall be made accessible to the public on the district's web site. (20 USC 6311)
(cf. 1113 - District and School Web Sites)
As necessary based on the results of this evaluation, the Board may require the Superintendent or designee to review and revise any of the school's reform plans, including the school's Single Plan for Student Achievement, allocate additional resources toward the implementation of the plan, and/or require more frequent monitoring of the school's progress in order to raise student achievement.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
35256 School accountability report card
53200-53203 Persistently lowest achieving schools
53300-53303 Parent Empowerment Act
64000 Categorical programs included in consolidated application
64001 Single school plan for student achievement, consolidated application programs
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
4800-4808 Parent Empowerment petitions
11992-11994 Persistently dangerous schools, definition
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
1232g Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
6301 Title I program purpose
6311 State plan; state and local educational agency report cards
6312 Local educational agency plan
6313 Eligibility of schools and school attendance areas; funding allocation
7912 Persistently dangerous schools
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 29
794 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, TITLE 34
99.1-99.67 Family Educational Rights and Privacy
200.49-200.51 State responsibilities
200.52-200.53 District improvement
Management Resources:
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Every Student Succeeds Act 2016-17 School Year Transition Plan, April 2016
FEDERAL REGISTER
Final Rule and Supplementary Information, October 29, 2008. Vol. 73, No. 210, pages 64436-64513
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Transitioning to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Frequently Asked Questions, rev. May 4, 2016
WEB SITES
CSBA: http://www.csba.org
California Department of Education, Program Improvement: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/programimprov.asp
U.S. Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov
Policy FORESTHILL UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: August 14, 2017 Foresthill, California