AAV of Item 25 Attachment 3

This page is the Accessible Alternative Version (AAV) of Item 25 Attachment 3 from the California State Board of Education (SBE) Meeting Agenda for March 2014. The scanned Item 25 Attachment 3 (PDF) version is considered to be the official version of the document.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

November 19, 2013

The Honorable Michael W. Kirst
President
California State Board of Education

The Honorable Tom Torlakson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
California Department of Education

1430 N Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

Dear President Kirst and Superintendent Torlakson:

I am writing in response to the California Department of Education's (CDE) request to waive certain statutory and regulatory requirements of Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. After reviewing the CDE’s request, I am pleased to grant the following waiver:

• Approving schools and local educational agencies (LEAs) identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring as supplemental educational services (SES) providers. I am granting a two-year waiver of 34 C.F.R. § 200.47(b)(1)(iv)(A) and (B) to permit the CDE to approve a school or LEA identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring to serve as an SES provider for the 2014–15 and 2015–16 school years.

This waiver is granted on the condition that CDE will satisfy the condition detailed in the enclosure to this letter, including the requirement to report certain information about the use of the waiver to the U.S. Department of Education by September 30, 2016. Please be sure to review the enclosure carefully.

I appreciate the work you are doing to improve California’s lowest-performing schools and to provide a high-quality education for all its students. If you have any questions, the contact in my office is Matthew Stern: matthew.stern@ed.gov or 202-453-6451.

Sincerely,

/s/

Deborah S. Delisle
Assistant Secretary

Enclosure

cc: Ms. Christine Swenson

CONDITIONS ON TITLE 1, PART A WAIVERS

Approving schools and LEAs identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring as supplemental educational services (SES) providers (34 C.F.R. § 200.47(b)(1)(iv)(A) and (B)). This waiver is granted on the condition that CDE will submit to the U.S. Department of Education, by September 30, 2016, a report that includes:

• The total number of LEAs identified for improvement or corrective action that were approved to be an SES provider for the 2014–2016 school years; and
• The total number of schools identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring that were approved to be an SES provider for the 2014–2016 school years