Williams Monitoring and Charter Schools FAQs

Yes, all charter schools included on the monitoring list are subject to EC Section 1240 monitoring. AB 599’s amendments to EC Section 1240 required that charter schools be included on the monitoring list to the extent that they meet the same criteria as traditional schools, namely, eligibility for Comprehensive Support and Intervention (CSI); or Additional Targeted Support and Intervention (ATSI); or 15 percent or more of the teachers do not possess a valid and clear or preliminary teaching credential. All schools that have a Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) are excluded from the Williams list.

The list is published at Schools Eligible for Williams Monitoring.

See Legislative Update to the Williams Case and Schools Identified for Monitoring for more information.

Schools where 15 percent or more of the teachers do not possess a valid and clear or preliminary teaching credential are eligible for inclusion on the 2021–22 list of Williams schools.

Yes, EC Section 1240 provides that the list of Williams schools, which now includes eligible charter schools, are to be annually inspected and reported on by County Offices of Education (COEs).

The annual inspections and reports cover:

• Teacher misassignment and teacher vacancies, pursuant to EC Section 44258.9
• Instructional materials sufficiency, pursuant to EC Section 60119
• School facilities, pursuant to EC Section 17592.72
• The accuracy of data reported on school accountability report cards with respect to instructional materials sufficiency and conditions of school facilities

COEs and local educational agencies should review the revision of EC Section 1240 to confirm their understanding of the continued monitoring and reporting requirements of the law.

The county superintendent of schools shall be responsible for the monitoring of all schools in their respective counties, including all charter schools, that are included on the list of Williams schools.

Based on the requirements of AB 599, the California Department of Education (CDE) identified an initial list of schools in the 2021–22 fiscal year. The legislation requires that the CDE identify the list of schools again in the 2022–23 fiscal year, and then every three fiscal years thereafter, during the same fiscal year that schools are identified for Comprehensive Support and Intervention (CSI) and Additional Targeted Support and Intervention (ATSI) pursuant to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114-95) or identified as low performing under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10), or any subsequent amendments to that act. Each list shall be used for inspections beginning the following fiscal year.

The list is published at Schools Eligible for Williams Monitoring.

More information can be found at Williams Case - Monitoring FAQ or by contacting LCFFESSAdata@cde.ca.gov.

No, charter schools are still not subject to the monitoring, complaint, and posting requirements for Williams complaints through the UCP unless they have opted in. AB 599 did not make any changes to EC Section 35186 governing Williams complaints, and California Code of Regulations, Title 5 sections 4680-4687, which apply UCP procedures to Williams complaints, have not been amended to include charter schools.