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California Department of Education
Executive Office
SBE-003 (REV.09/2011)
dsib-iad-jan16item01 / ITEM #21
/ CALIFORNIA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
JANUARY 2016AGENDA

SUBJECT

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: No Child Left Behind: Approval of Local Educational Agency Plans, Title I, Section 1112. / Action
Information
Public Hearing

SUMMARY OF THE ISSUE(S)

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) provides federal funding that may be available to local educational agencies (LEAs) (defined as districts, county offices of education, and direct-funded charter schools) for a variety of programs.Currently,sixdirect-funded charter schools submittedan LEA Plan as part of the application for ESEA funding. California Department of Education (CDE) program staff review LEA Plans for compliance with the requirements of ESEA before recommending approval to the State Board of Education (SBE).

While the ESEA has been reauthorized as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and signed into law by President Obama on December 10, 2015, most of the provisions of the ESSA will not take effect until the 2017–18 school year.

RECOMMENDATION

The CDE recommends that the SBEapprove the sixdirect-funded charter school LEA Plans listed in Attachment 1.

BRIEF HISTORY OF KEY ISSUES

The federal ESEA Section 1112(e)(2) states that the state educational agency (SEA) shall approve an LEA Plan if the SEA determines that the LEA Plan is designed to enable the LEA’s schools to substantially help children meet the academic standards expected for all children. As a requirement for receiving federal funding sub-grants for ESEA programs, the local governing board and the SBE must approve the original LEA Plan. Subsequent approval of revisions to LEA Plans is made by the local governing board and kept on file with the original LEA Plan. The LEA Plan includes specific descriptions and assurances as outlined in the provisions included in the ESEA.

The purpose of the LEA Plan is to develop an integrated, coordinated set of actions that LEAs will take to meet certain programmatic requirements, including student academic services designed to increase student achievement and performance, coordination of services, needs assessments, consultations, school choice, supplemental services, services to homeless students, and others as required.

CDE program staff review LEA Plans for compliance with the requirements of the ESEA including evaluation of goals and activities designed to improve student performance in reading and mathematics; improve programs for English learner students; improve professional development and ensure the provision of highly qualified teachers; and promote efforts regarding graduation rates, dropout prevention, and advanced placement. If an LEA Plan lacks the required information, CDE program staff work with the LEA to ensure the necessary information is included in the LEA Plan before recommending approval.

Following initial CDE review and SBE approval, all LEAs are expected to annually review their LEA Plan and update the LEA Plan as necessary. Any changes to an LEA Plan must be approved by the LEA’s local governing board.

SUMMARYOF PREVIOUS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION DISCUSSION AND ACTION

Since the current LEA Plan process was developed in July 2003 as a requirement of the ESEA, the SBE has approved 1,818 LEA Plans.

FISCAL ANALYSIS (AS APPROPRIATE)

There is no fiscal impact to state operations.

ATTACHMENT(S)

Attachment 1:Direct-Funded Charter Schools Recommended for State Board of Education Approval (1 Page)

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Attachment 1

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Direct-Funded Charter Schools Recommended

for State Board of Education Approval

Local Educational Agency
Name / County-District-School
Code / Academic Performance
Data
Aspire Richmond California College Preparatory Academy / 07 61796 0132100 / None available; opened in August 2015.
Aspire Richmond Technology Academy / 07 61796 0132118 / None available; opened in August 2015.
KIPP Ignite Academy / 19 64733 0131771 / None available; opened in August 2015.
KIPP Promesa Prep / 19 64733 0131797 / None available; opened in August 2015.
Pathways Community School / 19 64733 0127878 / None available; opened in August 2014.
Today’s Fresh Start Charter Compton / 19 73437 0132845 / None available; opened in September 2015.

For 2014, only high schools and high school local educational agencies (LEAs) that enrolled students in grades nine, ten, eleven, and/or twelve on Fall Census Day in October 2013 received an Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Report.

Because students in grades three through eight participated in the Smarter Balanced Field Test during the 2013–14 academic year, the U.S. Department of Education approved a determination waiver for California which exempts elementary schools, middle schools, elementary school districts, and unified school districts from receiving a 2014 AYP Report.

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