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AAV for Senate Select Hearing on School Facilities

This is an Accessible Alternative Version of the Power Point Presentation that was presented at the Senate Select Hearing on State School Facilities (PPT) on July 14, 2009. The Power Point Presentation should be the preferred version for downloading.

Senate Select Hearing on State School Facilities

July 14, 2009
State Capitol Room 112

Kathleen J. Moore, Director
School Facilities Planning Division
California Department of Education

1. California Department of Education, Core Purpose

The Core Purpose of the California Department of Education (CDE) is to lead and support the continuous improvement of student achievement with a specific focus on closing the achievement gap.

2. Re-Visioning School Facility Planning and Design for the 21st Century

• CDE Report on Complete Schools, May 23, 2007
• Purpose of Report
  • To assist the State Allocation Board in determining adequacy of funding grants
  • Provided 60 schools as examples
  • Complete Schools Report

3. Re-Visioning School Facility Planning and Design for the 21st Century

• Key points of CDE Report on Complete Schools:
  • 1949 square foot per student standard for funding
  • CDE Title 5 design standards fit State Allocation Board funding model
  • California square footage per student significantly less than the national and regional medians
  • National and regional square footage has increased over last 20 years and California has not increased at middle and high school levels
  • Unintended consequences of large schools
  • Financial hardship districts lack complete schools and over-rely on portables to meet budget
  • Do current schools support world-class academic standards?

4. Re-Visioning School Facility Planning and Design for the 21st Century

Complete Schools Report Summary

5. Re-Visioning School Facility Planning and Design for the 21st Century

• Superintendent of Public Instruction convened Re-Visioning Roundtable October 15-16, 2008
• Purpose: Inform policy makers on 21st century school design
• Recommendations:
  1. Establish state vision and guiding principles
  2. Incorporate vision and principles into regulation
  3. Increase agency collaboration
  4. Increase focus on modernization
  5. Restructure linkage between school facility finance and design

6. Common Principles of High Quality School Design

1. Design for educational program
2. Design for adaptability
3. Integrate technology
4. Promote health and sustainability
5. Enhance safety and security
6. Connect to the community
7. Support small school culture
8. Accommodate student diversity
9. Support the teacher as professional

Re-Visioning Roundtable, 2008

7. State Policy Considerations to Support High Quality Public School Facilities

• Governance and oversight
• Community planning
• Community partnerships
• Facilities and funding
• High performance and sustainable
• Modernization for educational outcomes

8. Issue Area: Governance and Oversight

• Policy Objective:
  Simplify California's complex and overlapping governance and oversight responsibilities for school facilities.
• Example:
  Proposition 39 oversight committee audits and state audits for bond accountability are redundant.

9. Issue Area: Community Planning

• Policy Objective:
  Encourage comprehensive, smart growth planning at the local and regional level that includes schools as centers of community .
• Example:
  Current law precludes cities/counties from denying development based upon school impacts or requiring fees/extractions in excess of the statutory maximum (level 1 fees) and there are limited mandates or incentives to encourage cooperative comprehensive land use planning with school districts.

10. Issue Area: Community Partnerships

• Policy Objective:
  Create incentives and eliminate barriers for school districts to intensify the use of public school buildings and grounds in support of broad school and community needs.
• Examples:
  Joint use, joint occupancy, mixed use

11. Issue Area: Facilities and Funding

• Policy Objective:
  The educational program drives the funding model and encourages innovative, high quality and cost efficient schools.
  
  Consider whether square footage funding model is better aligned with educational program funding than per pupil grants.
• Examples:
  Career Technical Educational Facilities Funding Program where quality of the educational program determined eligibility rather than a classroom count based formula.

12. Issue Area: High Performance Schools

• Policy Objective:
  All new and modernized California schools meet Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) or like standards.
• Example:
  State currently provides incentives for high performance standards but does not mandate and pay for such standards.

13. Issue Area: Educational Modernization

• Policy Objective:
  To modernize California schools for educational program requirements together with systems' upgrades.
• Example:
  Current 20 year model for modernization of building systems misses educational program changes, needs, and opportunities.

14. Recommended State Vision

• The State of California in partnership with local educational agencies and communities will build, modernize, and maintain high quality public school facilities that are learner centered, safe, sustainable, and centers of community.

15. Contact Information

Kathleen J. Moore, Director
School Facilities Planning Division
California Department of Education
1430 N Street, Suite 1201
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-445-2144