FULL BOARD
Public Session

AGENDA

May 7-8, 2003

All Items within the Agenda are Portable Document Format (PDF) Files. And you'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open them.

Schedule of Meeting and Closed Session Agenda (PDF; 170KB; 4pp.)

Wednesday, May 7, 2003 - 9:00 a.m.± (Upon adjournment of Closed Session if held)
California Department of Education, 1430 N Street, Room 1101, Sacramento , California

• Call to Order
• Salute to the Flag
• Approval of Minutes (April 2003 Meeting)
• Announcements
• Communications
• REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
• SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

Public notice is hereby given that special presentations for informational purposes may take place during this session.

ITEM 1
(PDF;
116KB;
6pp.)

STATE BOARD PROJECTS AND PRIORITIES.

Including, but not limited to, future meeting plans; agenda items; State Board office budget; staffing, appointments, and direction to staff; declaratory and commendatory resolutions; update on litigation; bylaw review and revision; review of the status of State Board-approved charter schools as necessary; and other matters of interest.

INFORMATION
ACTION

PUBLIC COMMENT.

Public Comment is invited on any matter not included on the printed agenda. Depending on the number of individuals wishing to address the State Board, the presiding officer may establish specific time limits on presentations.

INFORMATION

ITEM 3
(PDF;
202KB;
6pp.)

Seminar: High School Exit Exams in Other States.

INFORMATION

ITEM 4
(PDF;
71KB;
2pp.)

California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE): Including, but not limited to, Presentation of the Report Required by AB 1609.

• Last Min. (PDF; 269KB; 11pp.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 5
(PDF;
60KB;
1p.)

Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program: Including, but not limited to, STAR Program Update.

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 6
(PDF;
82KB;
1p.)

California English Language Development Test (CELDT): Including, but not limited to, Analysis of CELDT Sub-Group Results.

• Supplemental (PDF; 208KB; 16)
• Last Min. (PDF; 75KB; 1p.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 7
(PDF;
72;
1p.)

No Child Left Behind - Monthly Update.

• Supplemental (PDF; 873KB; 30pp.)
• Last Min. (PDF; 111KB; 3pp.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 8
(PDF;
67KB;
1p.)

Further discussion of the definition of Highly Qualified Teachers for the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.

INFORMATION

ITEM 9
(PDF;
66KB;
1p.)

Supplemental Educational Services Providers required by Section 1116(e) of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, including but not limited to, proposed regulations, annual notice to potential providers and revised provider application.

• Supplemental (PDF; 275KB; 17pp.)
• Last Min. (PDF; 238KB; 7pp.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 10
(PDF;
65KB;
1p.)

Reading First Grant Approval.

• Last Min. (PDF; 83KB; 3pp.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 11
(PDF;
85KB;
2pp.)

Review of the criteria for the selection of 2003-2004 School Assistance and Intervention Team (SAIT) providers.

INFORMATION

ITEM 12
(PDF;
77KB;
2pp.)

Request to approve expenditure plan to support Immediate Intervention for Underperforming Schools Programs (II/USP) corrective actions in four non-Title 1 "state-monitored" schools.

• Supplemental (PDF; 69KB; 2pp.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 13
(PDF;
72KB;
2pp.)

High Priority Schools Grant Program -New Implementation Grant Awards.

• Supplemental (PDF; 119KB; 3pp.)
• Last Min. (PDF; 71KB; 1p.)

ACTION

ITEM 14
(PDF;
70KB;
1p.)

Review of entry requirements for alternative schools participating in the Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM).

• Supplemental (PDF; 114KB; 4pp.)

INFORMATION

ITEM 15
(PDF;
78KB;
1p.)

Implementation of the AB 466 Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program (Chapter 737, Statutes of 2001): Including, but not limited to, Update on AB 466 Training and Approved Providers and Provider Evaluations in 2003-04.

• Last Min. (PDF; 82KB; 1p.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 16
(PDF;
101KB;
3pp.)

Approval of Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) and Consortia applications for funding under The Principal Training Program (AB 75).

ACTION

ITEM 17
(PDF;
67KB;
7pp.)

Title 5 Regulations to Implement the Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program.

• Supplemental (PDF; 89KB; 2pp.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 18
(PDF;
87KB;
2pp.)

Approval of 2002-2003 Consolidated Applications.

ACTION

ITEM 19
(PDF;
393KB;
45pp.)

California's K-12 Education Technology Master Plan.

ACTION

ITEM 20
(PDF;
323KB;
45pp.)

California Technology Assistance Project.

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 21
(PDF;
167KB;
17pp.)

Title 5 Regulations on Administration of Medication to Pupils at Public Schools.

ACTION

ITEM 22
(PDF;
77KB;
1p.)

Appointments to Child Nutrition Advisory Council and, if necessary, Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission.

• Supplemental (PDF; 110KB; 2pp.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 23
(PDF;
88KB;
3pp.)

2002-03 (and beyond) determination of funding requests from charter schools pursuant to Senate Bill 740 (Chapter 892, Statutes of 2001), specifically Education Code Sections 47612.5 and 47634.2.

ACTION

ITEM 24
(PDF;
113KB;
3pp.)

Assignment of Numbers for Charter School Petitions.

• Last Min. (PDF; 63KB; 2pp.)

ACTION

ITEM 25
(PDF;
71KB;
1p.)

Request by the New West Charter Middle School Petitioners To Establish New Deadlines for Meeting State Board of Education Conditions of Approval to Open.

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 26
(PDF;
143KB;
7p.)

Permanent Regulations Regarding Claims for Average Daily Attendance for Pupils Over the Age of 19 by Charter Schools and Charter Granting Entities.

ACTION

ITEM 27
(PDF;
72KB;
2pp.)

Permanent Regulations Pertaining to Annual Financial Reporting for all K-12 Local Educational Agencies, including Charter Schools, as Required by Assembly Bill 1994 (Chapter 1058, Statutes of 2002).

• Supplemental (PDF; 188KB; 15pp.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM 28
(PDF;
63KB;
1p.)

Legislative Update: Including, but not limited to, information on legislation.

• Supplemental (PDF; 190KB; 9pp.)

INFORMATION
ACTION

ITEM WC-1
(PDF;
105KB;
2pp.)

Request by North Cow Creek Elementary School District (NCCESD) to waive Title 5 Section 3945, to withdraw from Shasta County Cooperative (SCC) for the purposes of the Consolidated Application and Funding.
CDSIS-24-1-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL) EC 33051(c) will apply

ACTION

ITEM WC-2
(PDF;
107KB;
4pp.)

Request by eight school districts for a retroactive waiver of Education Code (EC) Section 60119 regarding Annual Public Hearing on the availability of textbooks or instructional materials. These districts have audit findings for fiscal year 2001-2002 that they 1) failed to hold the public hearing, or 2) failed to properly notice (10 days) the public hearing and/or 3) failed to post the notice in the required three public places.
CDSIS-01-04-2003 - Antelope Elementary School District
CDSIS-13-12-2003 - Blochman Union School District
CDSIS-172-3-2003 - Lennox School District
CDSIS-13-04-2003 - Loomis Union School District
CDSIS-02-04-2003 - Roseland School District
CDSIS-08-04-2003 - Soledad Unified School District
CDSIS-52-03-2003 - San Lorenzo Unified School District
CDSIS-56-03-2003 - San Lucas Union School District
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM WC-3
(PDF;
101KB;
1p.)

Request by the Los Angeles Unified School District Education Code (EC) Section 56366.1(g), the August 1 through October 31 timeline requirement on annual certification renewals for Aviva High School.
CDSIS-20-2-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM WC-4
(PDF;
100KB;
1p.)

Request by the South East Consortium to waive Education Code (EC) Section 56366.1(g), the August 1 through October 31 timeline requirement on annual certification renewals for nonpublic, nonsectarian schools/agencies. Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE) - NPS
CDSIS-129-3-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM WC-5
(PDF;
84KB;
2pp.)

Request by Los Angeles Unified School District for a renewal waiver of Education Code (EC) Section 53314.6(a) regarding the 3% limit on enrollment of students under the age of 16, in the Regional Occupational Program (ROP).
CDSIS-38-3-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
Education Code Section 33051(c) will apply

ACTION

ITEM WC-6
(PDF;
87KB;
2pp.)

Original request by Golden Valley Unified School District to waive Education Code Section 49550, the State Meal Mandate during the summer school session.
CDSIS-23-2-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM WC-7
(PDF;
87KB;
2pp.)

Renewal requests by 24 school districts to waive Education Code Section 49550, the State Meal Mandate during the summer school session.
CDSIS # various
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM WC-8
(PDF;
121KB;
4pp.)

Request by Inyo County Office of Education to waive Education Code (EC) Section 52522(b) to increase their adult education state block entitlement of 5 percent to 7 percent for implementation of approved programs (Adult Education Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program).
CDSIS-4-2-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM WC-9
(PDF;
81KB;
2pp.)

Request by Orange Center Elementary School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 56362 (c), which allows the district to exceed the maximum caseload of 28 students (but not more than 32) for Resource Specialist Susan Carlock assigned at Orange Center.
CDSIS-54-3-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM W-1
(PDF;
94KB;
2pp.)

McFarland Unified School District requests a waiver of Title 5 CCR Section 1032(d)(5) which would in effect allow McFarland High School to receive a valid API for the 2002 base and growth targets with "less than 85%" of students taking the mathematics portion of the California Standards Test.
CDSIS-82-3-2003
(Recommended for DENIAL)
Per Education Code Section 33051(a)(1)

• Last Min. (PDF; 81KB; 1p.)

ACTION

ITEM W-2
(PDF;
128KB;
4pp.)

Request by Los Angeles Unified School District for a renewal to waive Education Code (EC) Section 52522(b) to increase their adult education state block entitlement of 5 percent to 7 percent for implementation of approved programs (Adult Education Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Program).
CDSIS-39-3-2003
(CDE Recommendation will follow in SBE Supplemental)

• Supplemental (PDF; 128KB; 6pp.)

ACTION

ITEM W-3
(PDF;
97KB;
2pp.)

Request by Windsor School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 76001(h)(i), the five percent ( 5%) limit on the number of high school students a principal may recommend for summer school enrollment in a community college. The request is to go up to 12%.
CDSIS-37-3-2003
(CDE Recommendation will follow in SBE Supplemental Mailing)

• Supplemental (PDF; 113KB; 4pp.)

ACTION

ITEM W-4
(PDF;
94KB;
2pp.)

Request by Jefferson Elementary School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 37202, the equity length of time requirement for the kindergarten pupils at Roosevelt School, Garden Village, Westlake, Cloma, M.H. Tobias, and Edison Elementary School.
CDSIS-128-3-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)

ACTION

ITEM W-5
(PDF;
104KB;
2pp.)

Request by Orcutt Union School District for a retroactive waiver of Education Code (EC) Section 60119 regarding Annual Public Hearing on the availability of textbooks or instructional materials. The district had an audit finding for fiscal year 2001-2002 that they failed to hold the public hearing, and also had insufficient texts, and has developed a plan to remedy this situation.
CDSIS-13-3-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM W-6
(PDF;
96KB;
2pp.)

Request by Wilsona School District for a retroactive waiver of Education Code (EC) Section 60119 regarding Annual Public Hearing on the availability of textbooks or instructional materials. The district had an audit finding for fiscal year 2001-2002 that they failed to hold the public hearing.
CDSIS-11-2-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

• Supplemental (PDF; 95KB; 2pp.)

ACTION

ITEM W-7
(PDF;
103KB;
2pp.)

Petition request under Education Code Section 60421(d) and 60200(g) by East Whittier City Elementary School District to purchase Instructional Resources ( Everyday Mathematics , Grades K-3, c. 2001, and Grades 4 - 6, c. 2002 ) using Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program (IMFRP) monies.
CDSIS-21-2-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)

ACTION

ITEM W-8
(PDF;
91KB;
2pp.)

Petition request under Education Code Section 60421(d) and 60200(g) by Pleasant Valley School District to purchase Instructional Resources ( Everyday Mathematics, Grades K-5 ) using Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program (IMFRP) monies for one of their eleven schools, Los Senderos Open School .
CDSIS-125-3-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)

ACTION

ITEM W-9
(PDF;
102KB;
2pp.)

Request by Planada Elementary School District to waive Education Code Section 46201, the longer day instructional time penalty for the 2000-2001 school year for Planada Elementary School.
CDSIS-3-3-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)

ACTION

ITEM W-10
(PDF;
102KB;
2pp.)

Request by Victor Valley Union High School District for fiscal year 2001-2002 to waive Education Code ( EC ) Section 46202, the penalty for offering less time than what the district offered in 1982-1983, at the seventh through eighth grades at Hook Junior High School and at Victor Valley Junior High School.
CDSIS-10-2-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)

ACTION

ITEM W-11
(PDF;
100KB;
1p.)

Request by Konocti Unified School District (KUSD) to waive Education Code (EC) Section 56366.1(a), certification requirements for an uncertified nonpublic agency to provide Occupational Therapy Services to 16 special needs students.
Jeanette T. Gallegos, The Mountain O.T.R
CDSIS-2-7-2002
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM W-12
(PDF;
86KB;
2pp.)

Request by Hart-Ransom Union School District to waive Education Code (EC) 56362(c), which allows the district to exceed the maximum caseload of 28 students (but not more than 32) for Resource Specialist Susan Mead assigned at Hart-Ransom School.
CDSIS-35-2-2003
(Recommended for APPROVAL)

ACTION

ITEM W-13
(PDF;
88KB;
2pp.)

Request by Dunsmuir Joint Union High School District for a General Waiver of Education Code (EC) Section 49550, the State Meal Mandate and E.C. 49548 (the waiver process for the summer school meal program) during the summer school this year.
CDSIS-26-4-2003
(Recommendation will be provided in the supplemental mailing)

• Supplemental (PDF; 88KB; 3pp.)

ACTION

ITEM W-14
(PDF;
95KB;
2pp.)

Renewal request by Bishop Joint Union High School District to waive Education Code Section 49550, the State Meal Mandate during the summer school session.
CDSIS-30-3-2003
(Recommended for DENIAL)

ACTION

ITEM W-15
(PDF;
184KB;
4pp.)

Original request by Brea Olinda Unified School District to waive Education Code Section 49550, the State Meal Mandate during the summer school session.
CDSIS-12-3-2003
(Recommended for Partial APPROVAL)

• Supplemental (PDF; 115KB; 4pp.)

ACTION

ITEM W-16
(PDF;
107KB;
1p.)

Request by numerous districts (see list in last minute memorandum) to waive Education Code Section 51451, regarding the method of qualifying this years high school seniors (as listed) for a Golden State Seal Merit Diploma.
CDSIS: See numbers in last minute memorandum.
(Recommendation to be provided in the last minute memorandum.)

• Last Min. (PDF; 111KB; 4pp.)

ACTION

ITEM 29
(PDF;
150KB;
10pp.)

Environmental Effect of Proposed Formation of Dixie-Terra Linda Unified School District from Dixie Elementary School District and a Portion of San Rafael City High School District in Marin County.

PUBLIC HEARING
ACTION

ITEM 30
(PDF;
268KB;
31pp.)

Proposed Formation of Dixie-Terra Linda Unified School District from Dixie Elementary School District and a Portion of San Rafael City High School District in Marin County.

PUBLIC HEARING
ACTION

ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING