The Governing Board desires to provide a variety of innovative educational programs to accommodate students' diverse learning needs and interests, foster student engagement in the schools, and enhance student achievement. Toward this end, the Board may establish and maintain alternative schools or programs of choice.
A district alternative school or program of choice may differ from the traditional educational program in its academic emphasis, sequence of curriculum, educational philosophy, instructional strategy, structure, setting, size, scheduling, targeted student population, decision-making process, and/or other components. All alternative schools or programs of choice shall offer enrolled students the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve district content standards in core academic subjects and shall provide access to the course of study required for high school graduation.
(cf. 6011 - Academic Standards)
(cf. 6143 - Courses of Study)
(cf. 6146.1 - High School Graduation Requirements)
(cf. 6158 - Independent Study)
(cf. 6172.1 - Concurrent Enrollment in College Classes)
(cf. 6178 - Career Technical Education)
The Superintendent or designee shall establish processes to ensure communication among staff in the alternative schools or programs of choice and staff in the regular educational program in order to share information and ideas.
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
35160.5 Intradistrict open enrollment
41505-41508 Pupil Retention Block Grant
48980 Parental notifications
52052 Academic Performance Index
58500-58512 Alternative schools and programs of choice
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
1068-1074 Alternative schools accountability model
11705 Charter schools as alternative schools
COURT DECISIONS
American Civil Rights Foundation v. Los Angeles Unified School District, (2008) 169 Cal.App.4th 436
Management Resources:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS
Creating and Sustaining Successful K-8 Magnet Schools, September 2008
Innovations in Education: Successful Magnet High Schools, September 2008
WEB SITES
California Department of Education, Alternative Schools of Choice: http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/eo/as
Foundation for California Community Colleges, Early College High School Initiative: http://www.foundationccc.org/ECHS
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement: http://www.ed.gov/about/ofices/list/oii
Policy SANTA CRUZ CITY SCHOOLS
adopted: February 23, 2011 Soquel, California