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Waiver Contact Guide

Department contacts for waiver subject areas.

State Board of Education Waivers

Topic

Contact

Office

Adult Education Distance Learning

Karen Norton,
323-7862

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Alternative Education Schools/Programs

Mary Jones,
323-5034

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Academic Performance Index (API)

Rachel Perry,
319-0634

Policy and Evaluation Division

Bonded Indebtedness Limits
Education Code (EC) § 15102 &15106

Estella Cordano,
445-6811

School Fiscal Services Division

Career-Vocational Education
Carl Perkins

Hilary Steinmetz,
445-5725

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Work Experience

Rick Mejia,
319-0498

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Charter Schools

Carol Barkley,
322-6029

Greg Geeting,
323-3906

Charter Schools Division

Child Development

Lucy Rhodes,
323-1333

Child Development Division

Child Nutrition (state meal mandate)

Jennifer Sheldon,
322-3195

Nutrition Services Division

Community Day School
EC § 48916.1(d), 48661(b)

Dan Sackheim,
445-5595

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Continuation Education

Dennis Fisher,
445-5613

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

County Court and Community Schools

Deidre Ransome,
323-3927

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Consolidated Programs

Keric Ashley,
323-5007

Data Management Division

Digital High School

Alicia Stampfli,
323-5263

Data Management Division

District Reorganization; Board Elections; Lapsation

Larry Shirey,
322-1468

School Fiscal Services Division

Equity Length of Time

Christine Gordon,
319-0823

Executive - Waiver Office

Independent Study (regular schools)

Mary Jones,
323-5034

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Instructional Time Penalties

Christine Gordon,
319-0823

Executive - Waiver Office

Interventions/Sanctions

Laura Wagner,
319-0599

School Improvement Division

Legal Issues

Legal Office,
319-0860

Executive - Legal Office

9th Grade Class Size Reduction
(Morgan-Hart)

Jerry Winthrop,
319-0457

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Petition to purchase Non Adopted Materials with IMFRP funds

Tom Adams,
319-0663

Curriculum Frameworks & Instructional Resources Division

Non-standard school year

Kim Clement, 
327-0857

School Fiscal Services Division

Opportunity Program

Jacie Ragland,
323-2568

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Physical Education

Barbra Ruth,
327-2533

Professional Development & Curriculum Support Division

Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Funds Meredith Rolfe,
319-0920

Learning Support & Partnerships Division

School Safety

Meredith Rolfe,  
319-0920

Learning Support & Partnerships Division

School Site Councils

Bill Waroff, 
319-0304 

School and District Accountability Division

Sale or Lease of Real Property
(limited to very specific education codes)

Shannon Farrell-Hart,  
323-3923

School Facilities Planning Division

Resource Specialist Caseload

Mary Hudler,  
445-4602

Special Education Division

NPS/A (in state)

Jim Bellotti,
323-6711

Special Education Division

NPS/A (out of state)

Gerald Elmore, 
327-4216

Special Education Division

STATE SUPERINTENDENT WAIVERS

These waivers do not have to be approved by the State Board, so the process is simpler, and faster. Call the consultant directly about the specific procedures and forms to use.

Topic

Contact

Office

Agricultural Career Incentive Grant Program

Bob Heuvel, 
319-0673

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Alternative Schools and Programs
EC § 58509

Mary Jones, 
323-5034

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Bilingual Tester/Alternative Instrument
EC § 52164.1

Paula Jacobs,
319-0270

Professional Development & Curriculum Support Division

Community Day School
EC § 48664 (d)

Dan Sackheim,
445-5595

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Special Education some EC State Supt. may waive

Mary Hudler,
445-4602

Secondary, Postsecondary & Adult Leadership Division

Teacher Salary Exemption

Caryn Moore, 
322-1770

School Fiscal Services Division

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