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Proposition
98 Approved
by California voters on November 8, 1988:
Senate
Bill 1665
Effective January 1, 1995
EC Section 33126 was amended [Chapter 824, Statutes
of 1994] to add the total number of instructional minutes
offered in the school year to the list of conditions to be
assessed in each SARC.
Assembly Bill 572
Effective January 1, 1998
EC Section 33126 was amended [Chapter 912, Statutes
of 1997] to add the following required items to each SARC:
Assembly Bill 568
Effective January 1, 1998
EC Section 33126 was amended [Chapter 918, Statutes
of 1997] to require each school district that is connected
to the Internet to make the information contained in the SARC
accessible on the Internet on or before July 1, 1998, and
to update the SARC information annually.
Senate Bill 1632
Effective September 30, 2000
EC Section 33126 was amended and EC Section
33126.1 was added [Chapter 996, Statutes of 2000] to require
the California Department of Education to:
Public Law 107-110 Section 1111(h)(2)
Effective September 1, 2002
The federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act established new
requirements for reporting accountability data related to
schools and local educational agencies.
Senate Bill 550
Effective September 29, 2004
This urgency measure, which took effect immediately, implemented
portions of the settlement agreement in the case of Williams,
et al. v. State of California, et al. that
impact the SARC.
1. (A) Pupil
Achievement by grade level, as measured by the standardized
testing and reporting programs pursuant
to Article 4 (commencing with Section 60640) of Chapter
5 of Part 33. The percentage of students not tested.
Data are disaggregated for specific subgroups (if they
are numerically significant at the level being reported).
These subgroups are : gender, race/ethnicity, English
learner, economically disadvantaged status, students
with disabilities status (as defined by STAR), and program
participation in Migrant Education.
(B) Pupil
achievement in and progress toward meeting reading,
writing, arithmetic, and other academic goals, including
results by grade level from the assessment tool used
by the school district using percentiles when available
for the most recent three-year period.
(C) After the state develops a statewide assessment system
pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with section 60600)
and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 60800) of Part
33, pupil achievement by grade level, as measured by
the results of the statewide assessment. Data are
provided for each content area for which the State
Board of Education has established performance levels.
Data are reported as the percentage of students achieving
at each proficiency level. Data are disaggregated for
specific subgroups (if they are numerically significant
at the level being reported). These subgroups are:
gender, race/ethnicity, English learner, economically
disadvantaged status, students with disabilities status
(as defined by STAR), and program participation in
Migrant Education.
(D) Secondary
schools with high school seniors shall list both the
average verbal and math Scholastic Assessment Test
scores to the extent provided to the school and the
percentage of seniors taking that exam for the most
recent three-year period.
(2) Progress
toward reducing drop out rates,
including the one-year dropout rate listed in the California
Basic Education Data System or any successor data system
for the school site over the most recent three-year
period, and the graduation
rate, as defined by the State Board of Education, over
the most recent three-year period when available pursuant
to Section 52052.
(3) Estimated expenditures per pupil and types
of services funded.
(4) Progress
toward reducing class size and teaching loads,
including the distribution of class sizes at the school
site by grade level, the average class size, and, if
applicable, the percentage of pupils in kindergarten and grades 1
to 3, inclusive, participating in the Class Size Reduction
Program established pursuant to Chapter 6.10 (commencing
with Section 52120) of Part 28, using California Basic
Education Data System or
any successor data system
information for the most recent three-year period.
(5) The total number of the school’s fully credentialed teachers,
the number of teachers relying upon emergency credentials,
the number of teachers working without credentials,
and any assignment
of teachers outside their subject areas of competence
for the most recent three-year period. SB 550 defined "Misassignment" means the placement
of a certificated employee in a teaching or services
position for which the employee does not hold a legally
recognized certificate or credential or the placement
of a certificated employee in a teaching or services
position that the employee is not otherwise authorized
by statute to hold.
"Vacant teacher position" means
a position to which a single designated certificated
employee has not been assigned at the beginning of the
year for an entire year or, if the position is for a
one-semester course, a position to which a single designated
certificated employee has not been assigned at the beginning
of a semester for an entire semester.
(6) Quality and currency
of textbooks and other instructional materials, including whether textbooks and other materials meet state
standards and have been adopted by the State Board of Education for kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and adopted
by the governing boards of school district for grades
9 to 12, inclusive, and th4e ratio of textbooks per
pupil and the year textbooks were adopted. SB 550 defined "Sufficient textbooks or instructional materials"
means that each pupil, including English learners, has a textbook or instructional materials, or both, to
use in class and to take home to complete required
homework assignments. It does not require two sets
of textbooks or instructional materials for each pupil.
It does not include photocopied sheets from only a
portion of a textbook or instructional materials copied
to address a shortage.
(7) The
availability of qualified personnel to provide counseling
and other pupil support services, including
the ratio of academic counselors per pupil.
(8) Availability of qualified
substitute teachers
(9) Safety, cleanliness,
and adequacy of school facilities. SB 550 defined "Good repair"
means the facility is maintained in a manner that assures
that it is clean, safe, and functional as determined pursuant
to an interim evaluation instrument developed by the Office
of Public School Construction. The instrument shall not
require capital enhancements beyond the standards to which
the facility was designed and constructed.
(10) Adequacy
of teacher evaluations and opportunities for professional
improvement, including the annual number of schooldays dedicated to
staff development for the most recent three-year period.
(11) Classroom
discipline and climate for learning, including
suspension and expulsion rates for the most recent
three-year period.
(12) Teacher and staff
training, and curriculum improvement programs.
(13) Quality
of school instruction and leadership.
(14) The degree to which pupils are prepared
to enter the workforce.
(15)
The total number of instructional minutes offered in
the school year, separately stated for each grade level,
as compared to the total number of the instructional
minutes per school year required by state law, separately
stated for each grade level.
(16) The total number of minimum days, as
specified in Sections 46112, 46113, 46117, and 46141,
in the school year.
(17) The
number of advanced placement courses offered, by subject.
(18) The Academic Performance Index, including
the desegregations of subgroups as set for the in Section
52052 and the deciles rankings and a comparison of
schools. For the most recent three year period: the percentage of
students tested at the school, the Base Academic Performance
Index (API) score, the school-wide growth target ,
the school's statewide API rank, the similar schools
rank, the school-wide Growth API score, actual growth,
subgroup scores for specific ethnic groups defined
for the API (when they are numerically significant),
including the subgroup growth target, Base API score,
the Growth API score, the growth target, and the actual
growth.
(19) Whether a school
qualified for the Immediate Intervention Underperforming
School Program pursuant to Section 52053, and whether
the school applied for, and received a grant pursuant
to, that program.
(20) Whether a school
qualifies for the Governor’s Performance Award
Program.
(21) When available,
the percentage of pupils, including the desegregation
of subgroups as set forth in Section 52052, completing
grade 12 who successfully complete the high school
exit examination, as set forth in Section 60850 and
60850, as compared to the percentage of pupils in the
district and statewide completing grade 12 who successfully
complete the examination.
(22) Contact information
pertaining to any organized opportunities for parental
involvement.
(23) For secondary school,
the percentage of graduates who have passed course
requirements for reentrance to the University of California
and the California State University pursuant to Section
51225.3 and the percentage of pupils enrolled in those
courses, as reported by the California Basic Education
Data System or any successor data system.
(24) Whether the school has a college admission test preparation
course program.
(c) It is the
intent of the Legislature that schools make a concerted
effort to notify parents of the purpose for receive a
copy of the report card; to ensure that the report cards
are easy to read and understandable by parents; to ensure
that local educational agencies with access to the Internet
make available current copies of the report cards through
the Internet; and to ensure that administrators and teachers
are available to answer questions regarding the report
cards. EC Section 33126 was amended [Chapter 918, Statutes
of 1997] to require each school district that is connected
to the Internet to make the information contained in
the SARC accessible on the Internet on or before July
1,1998, and to update the SARC information annually.
25. Indicate whether the local
educational agency has met its AYP requirement for each
of the following subgroups: race/ethnicity, English learner/not
English learner, socio-economically disadvantaged status,
and students with disabilities status (as defined by
AYP).
26. The number and percentage of schools identified for Title
1 school improvement within the LEA. The percentage
should be calculated as the number of Title 1 school
improvement schools, divided by the total number of
schools in the district regardless of whether they are receiving Title 1 funds. Direct-funded
charter schools are not included in these figures.
27. For the school
and the local educational agency, the percentage of
classes in core academic subject areas (as defined
by NCLB) not taught by highly qualified teachers, disaggregated
by high-poverty compared to low-poverty schools which,
for the purpose of this clause, means schools in the
top quartile of poverty and the bottom quartile of
poverty in the state.
EDUCATION CODE SECTION 41409.3
Each
school district, except for school districts maintaining
a single school to serve kindergarten or any of grade
1 to 12, inclusive, shall include in the school accountability
report card required under Section 35256 a statement
that shall include the following information:
(a)The beginning, median, and highest salary paid to teachers in
the district, as reflected in the district's salary scale.
(b)The average salary for school site principals in the district,
by school type.
(c) The salary of the Superintendent
(d) Based upon the state summary information provided by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 41409, the statewide average salary for the appropriate
size and type of district for the following:
(1)Beginning, midrange, and highest salary paid to teachers.
(2) School site principals
(3) The salary of the district superintendent.
(E) The statewide average of the percentage of school district expenditures
allocated for the salaries of administrative personnel
for the appropriate size and type of district for the
most recent fiscal year.
(F)The statewide average of the percentage of school district expenditures
allocated for the salaries of teachers for the appropriate
size and type of district for the most recent fiscal
year.
(G) The percentage allocated under the district's corresponding
fiscal year expenditure for the salaries of administrative
personnel, as defined in Sections 1200, 1300, 1700, 1800,
and 2200 of the California School Accounting Manual published
by the State Department of Education.
(H) The percentage expended for the salaries of teachers, as defined
in Section 1100 of the California School Accounting Manual
published by the State Department of Education.
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