Revised 10-Jul-2007
Subject: School Accountability Report Card (SARC): Proposed Template and Data Definitions for the 2007-08 School Year
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: Chief Business Officer Training Program – Approve Training Candidates for Fiscal Year 2007-08
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: Chief Business Officer Training Program – Approve Training Candidates for Fiscal Year 2006-07
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: Charter Schools: Determination of Funding Requests for 2006-07 (and beyond) for Nonclassroom-based Charter Schools
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: Assignment of Numbers for Charter School Petitions
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: Implementation of Assembly Bill 1802, Chapter 79, Statutes of 2006: Approve Release of Funds for Supplemental Materials for English Learners
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: High Priority Schools Grant Program: Approve Revised Application and Action Plan for One Cohort 2 School
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Approve Local Educational Agency Plans, Title 1, Section 1112
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: Consolidated Applications 2006-07: Approval
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program, Senate Bill 472 (Chapter 524, Statutes of 2006): Approval of Training Providers and Training Curricula
Type of Action: Action, Information
Subject: Mathematics and Reading Professional Development Program, Senate Bill 472 (Chapter 524, Statutes of 2006): Approve Reimbursement Requests and Applications from Local Educational Agencies
Type of Action: Action, Information
WAIVER REQUEST CONSENT MATTERS
The following agenda items include waivers and other administrative matters that California Department of Education (CDE) staff has identified as having no opposition and presenting no new or unusual issues requiring the State Board’s attention.
ADULT EDUCATION INNOVATION AND ALTERNATIVE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY PROGRAM
Subject: Request by Santa Clara Unified School District (USD) to waive Education Code (EC) Section 52522(b) to increase from 5 percent to 7 percent the proportion of their adult education state block entitlement that may be used to implement approved Adult Education Innovation and Alternative Instructional Delivery Programs.
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
Type of Action: Action
CARL D. PERKINS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT
Subject: Request by Butte Valley Unified School District for a renewal waiver of Section 131(c)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-270).
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
Type of Action: Action
Subject: Request by Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District for a renewal waiver of Section 131(c)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-270).
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
Type of Action: Action
Subject: Request by Heber Elementary School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 56362(c), allowing the caseload of the resource specialist to exceed the maximum caseload of 28 students by no more than 4 students (32 maximum). Jeannette Arzaga assigned at Heber Elementary.
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
Type of Action: Action
Subject: Request by El Segundo Unified School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 56362(c), allowing the caseload of the resource specialist to exceed the maximum caseload of 28 students by no more than 4 students (32 maximum). Beth Katz assigned at Richmond Elementary and Ramona Miller assigned at Center Street School.
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
Type of Action: Action
Subject: Request by Rocklin Unified School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 56362(c), allowing the caseload of the resource specialist to exceed the maximum caseload of 28 students by no more than 4 students (32 maximum). Deanna Torrington assigned at Twin Oaks Elementary School.
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
Type of Action: Action
Subject: Request by West Contra Costa SELPA to waive Education Code (EC) Section 56362 (c), allowing the caseload of the resource specialist to exceed the maximum caseload of 28 students by no more than 4 students (32 maximum). Michael Taylor assigned at DeJean Middle School.
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
Type of Action: Action
Subject: Request by Denair Unified School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 56362 (c), allowing the caseload of the resource specialist to exceed the maximum caseload of 28 students by no more than 4 students (32 maximum). Rhonda Bird assigned at Denair Middle School.
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
Type of Action: Action
STATE MEAL MANDATE (Saturday School Session)
Subject: Request by Chowchilla Union High School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 49550 the requirement that needy pupils must be provided a nutritionally adequate free or reduced-price meal during each school day (State Meal Mandate) during the Saturday School Session.
(Recommended for APPROVAL) EC 33051(c) will apply
Type of Action: Action
WAIVER REQUEST NON-CONSENT (ACTION)
The following agenda items include waivers and other administrative matters that CDE staff has identified as having opposition, being recommended for denial, or presenting new or unusual issues that should be considered by the State Board. On a case by case basis public testimony may be considered regarding the item, subject to the limits set by the Board President or the President’s designee; and action different from that recommended by CDE staff may be taken.
ADMINISTRATIVE CREDENTIAL REQUIREMENT
Subject: Request by Riverside County Office of Education to waive Education Code (EC) sections 1206 and 1208, the requirement that a county superintendent must possess an administrative credential as a condition of holding the superintendent position.
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
ALGEBRA 1 (students with disabilities)
Subject: Request by Saddleback Valley Unified School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 51224.5(b), the requirement that all students graduating in the 2006-07 school year be required to complete a course in Algebra I (or equivalent) to be given a diploma of graduation for one special education student based on EC Section 56101, the special education waiver authority.
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Subject: Request by Bassett Unified School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 15270, to allow the district to exceed its bonding limit of 2.5 percent of the taxable assessed value of property. (Requesting 2.84 percent)
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
CLASSIFIED SENIOR MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
Subject: Request by the Lassen Union High School District under the authority of Education Code (EC) Section 45107.8 to waive EC 45108.5(b)(1) to increase permanently the number of classified senior management positions in the district. Current: allowed 2 positions. Proposed: 3 permanent positions.
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
CHARTER SCHOOL GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
Subject: Request by the Twin Ridges Elementary School District (TRESD), located in Nevada County, to waive portions of Education Code (EC) sections 47605, 47605.1, and 47607 to allow Maria Montessori Charter Academy, a charter school located in the Rocklin Unified School District in Placer County, to continue to be authorized by the TRESD through June 30, 2008.
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
DISTRICT REORGANIZATION (120 day timelines)
Subject: Request by the Contra Costa County Office of Education for a waiver of portions of Education Code (EC) Section 35706 regarding the 120-day timelines between the first public hearing and approval or disapproval of the petition by the Contra Costa County Committee on School District Organization regarding the transfer of acreage from Knightsen Elementary School District to Oakley Union Elementary School District.
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR
Subject: Request by Stockton Unified School District to waive California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 5, Section 3043(d) which requires a minimum of 20 school days of attendance (with varied minutes depending on grade level of students) for an extended school year (summer school) for special education students.
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FUNDING REALIGNMENT PROGRAM (IMFRP)
Subject: Request by Lake Tahoe Unified School District to purchase specified non-adopted instructional materials (Everyday Mathematics, c. 2001 for grades kindergarten through three and c. 2002 for grades four through six) using Instructional Materials Funding Realignment Program (IMFRP) monies for the 2007-08 school year.
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS (24 month rule)
Subject: Request by Garden Grove Unified School District under the authority of Education Code (EC) Section 60422(c) to waive EC Section 60422(a), the “24 month rule” for purchase of instructional materials after the adoption of a new list by the State Board of Education. Request is to delay the adoption of History–Social Science at the kindergarten through grade six level only for an additional six months.
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
INSTRUCTIONAL TIME PENALTY
Subject: Request by Cloverdale Unified School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 6201(d), the Longer Day Incentive Program audit penalty for offering less instructional time in the 2005-2006 fiscal year than the state minimums set 1986-87 at Cloverdale High School by 345 minutes for students in grades 9-12.
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
Subject: Request by Paradise Unified School District to waive Education Code (EC) Section 46202(b), the Longer Day Incentive Program audit penalty for offering less instructional time in the 2005-2006 fiscal year than what the district offered in 1982-1983 at Paradise Intermediate School by 790 minutes for students in grades 7-8.
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
OUT OF STATE TRAVEL
Subject: Request by Alpine County Unified School District to waive a portion of Education Code (EC) Section 35330(d) to authorize expenditure of school district funds for eighth grade students to travel to Washington, D.C., which is part of their study of American History and Government.
(Recommended for APPROVAL) EC 33051(c) will apply
SCHOOL SITE COUNCIL
Subject: Request by Palm Springs Unified School District on behalf of a small alternative school for a waiver of Education Code (EC) Section 52852, to allow a reduction in the number of members required for a school site council (SSC).
(Recommended for APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS)
STATE TESTING
Subject: Request by Vallejo City Unified School District to waive the State Testing Apportionment Information Report deadline of December 31st in the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 5, Section 11517.5(b)(1)(A) regarding the California English Language Development Test (CELDT).
(Recommended for APPROVAL)
