School Site Council Training 20082009

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School Site Council Training 2008-2009

• Fresno Unified School District

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You Will Learn

• Importance of School Site Council
• Basic information about membership and election
  procedures
• Roles and responsibilities
• Successful meeting practices

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SSC and Ed Code

• Original law EC 52850-52863 (SBCP)
• Added laws.
• EC 52010-52039 (SPSA)
• EC 64000-64001 (SPSA)
• EC 18181(SPSA /IIUSP/HPSG and Library Plans)
• EC 41507(Block Grant/SIP/AB 65)
• EC 32280-32288 (School Safety Plans)
• EC 52010-52039 (Title I in SPSA)
• EC 63001 (Direct Services)

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Role of SSC

• SSC recommends Single Plan for Student
  Achievement (SPSA)
• Review annually
• Examine data
• Consult with ELAC and other parent groups on
  student needs
• Recommend to Board of Education for approval

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Additional Roles

• Develop or delegate the school safety plan and
  approve school safety plan using consultation
  with law enforcement (EC 32281)
• Review/amend SSC bylaws (BP 0420)
• Review Dress Code for students annually (BP 5132)

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Elections and Types of Members

• Members are elected by their peers
• Vacancies are filled according to bylaws
• Types of members
• Parent/Community
• Teachers
• Other Staff (includes everyone who is not a
  classroom teacher or the principal)
• Principal
• Students (secondary only)

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Parity- Elementary Level
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Parity - Secondary
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SSC Examines Data

• Data questions are foundation for the site plan.
• How well are all students achieving?
• How well are subgroups achieving?
• Do we have high expectations for all students?

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SSC and Parent Input

• SSC consults with parents of English Learners and
  the English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC)
• Plan to support English Learners is included in
  site plan
• SSC consults with Title I parents in the
  development of the plan for parent involvement
• ELAC and other parents are informed that they may
  provide a written objection to the SSC
  recommended SPSA, if they do not agree

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Budgets

• Activities in site plan must be supported by the
  budgets
• All categorical budgets have specific intent
• They never supplant or take the place of what
  the district is required to provide as baseline
• SSC recommends categorical budgets as part of
  site plan
• SSC consults with ELAC on LEP budget

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Budgets and the SPSA

• School and Library Improvement Block Grant
• Very flexible includes extra-curricular
  activities, security, etc.
• Title I
• Supplemental support in English Language Arts and
  Mathematics
• Supplemental counseling,
• Parent Involvement
• Professional development in ELA, Math
• Title I students receive everything that all
  other students receive first before Title I
  funds are used
• EIA SCE
• State version of Title I same guidelines
• Can support other core subject areas
• EIA-LEP
• Supplemental support for ELs to access core
  curriculum
• SSC must approve changes in budget
• Board must approve material changes 15 or
  more of a programmatic activity

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Appropriate Expenditures

• Proposed expenditures must
• Support improved student achievement
• Support actions in Board-approved site plan
• Be compliant with state and federal laws

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The Right Budget Questions

• Does the budget support student achievement
  priorities identified through review of student
  achievement data?
• Are the proposed expenditures directly related to
  the student needs assessment in the SPSA?
• Is this expenditure for a research-based, highly
  powerful way to improve student achievement?
• Are we using this years budget in a timely way
  to support students this year?

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The Wrong Budget Question

• Can we use this budget to pay for..?????
• This question is a red flag!
• Consider the following
• Is it in SPSA?
• Is there another budget that should pay for this?
• Does this support a need identified through a
  review of the data?
• Will this really increase student achievement?

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Open Meetings

• Ed Code 35147 a-d
• Post agenda 72 hours in advance of meeting
• Hold meeting in a place accessible to public
• State specific location, time, date in agenda
• State specific topics in agenda
• Vote only on items included in posted agenda
• Vote only if there is a quorum at the time of the
  vote

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Provisions for Emergencies

• EC 35147 (a-d)
• Emergency meetings follow same rules
• OK to vote if an item not on the agenda is
  unanimously determined to meet both criteria
• Be in need of immediate attention
• Issue was not known when agenda was developed
  became known after agenda was posted

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Minutes

• If it is not written it does not exist
• Minutes, agendas, sign in sheets, handouts,
  documents from SSC meetings and the SPSA are
  public record (GC6250-6270)
• Must be kept in a central location (SSC Binder)
• SSC approves minutes at following meeting as
  accurate and true

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Questions?