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SBE Items Related to the SSCE

California State Board of Education (SBE) meeting agenda items related to the State Seal of Civic Engagement (SSCE).

Draft SSCE criteria were presented to the SBE for initial feedback in July 2019, and for review in September 2019 and September 2020. The SBE adopted amended criteria for a SSCE at its September 10, 2020 meeting.

To view the agenda items, informational memoranda, recorded webcasts of SBE meetings, and meeting minutes, please visit the SBE Meeting Agendas web page.

July 10, 2019 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 04 - July 2019 (DOCX)

Subject: State Seal of Civic Engagement Recommended Criteria: Initial Review and Feedback.

Type of Action: Action, Information

August 2019 SBE Informational Memorandum

Considerations for Including the State Seal of Civic Engagement in the College/Career Indicator (DOCX)

September 11, 2019 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 05 - September 2019 (DOCX)

Subject: State Seal of Civic Engagement Recommended Criteria.

Type of Action: Action, Information

March 11, 2020 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 05 - March 2020 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: Update on the Continuing Development Work and Revisions under Consideration for the 2020 California School Dashboard.

Type of Action: Action, Information

September 10, 2020 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 05 - September 2020 (DOCX)

Subject: State Seal of Civic Engagement Recommended Criteria.

Type of Action: Action, Information

May 12, 2021 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 04 - May 2021 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: Recommended Action on the Adoption of the Student Growth Model Methodology, and Update on the Continuing Development Work and Revisions under Consideration for Future California School Dashboards.

Type of Action: Action, Information

March 9, 2022 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 04 - March 2022 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: 2020–21 Data Release, 2022 Accountability Considerations, Continuing Development Work for Future California School Dashboards, California’s Dashboard Alternative School Status Program, and the 2021–2022 Addendum Template for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Consolidated State Plan.

Type of Action: Action, Information

March 9, 2023 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 05 - March 2023 (DOCX)

Subject: State Seal of Civic Engagement Program Update

Type of Action: Information

September 8, 2023 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 08 - September 2023 (DOCX)

Item 08 Attachment 3 – September 2023 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: Action to Implement the 2023 Dashboard Workplan and ESSA Amendments and Updates on Continuing Work for Future Dashboards.

Type of Action: Information

March 6, 2024 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 02 - March 2024 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: Review of the 2023 California School Dashboard and 2022–23 Data Release and 2024 Accountability Workplan.

Type of Action: Action, Information

May 7, 2025 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 02 - May 2025 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: A Review of New and Existing College/Career Indicator Measures, Options for Adoption of Growth Model Performance Categories, Analysis of the Long-Term English Learner Student Group, Options for Incorporation of the Science Indicator, Priority 1 Teacher Data Update, and Overview of Dashboard Alternative School Status Criteria.

Type of Action: Action, Information  

December 12, 2025 California Practitioners Advisory Group Meeting Agenda Item 

Item 01 - December 2025 (PPTX)

Subject: Information Item Related to California’s State and Federal Accountability System: Review of the 2025 California School Dashboard and 2026 Accountability Work Plan.

Type of Action: Information

January 14, 2026 SBE Meeting Agenda Item

Item 02 - January 2026 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: Study Session on the College/Career Indicator. 

Type of Action: Information

Item 13 - January 2026 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: Review of the 2025 California School Dashboard and 2024–25 Data Release, and Approval of the 2026 Accountability Workplan. 

Type of Action: Action, Information

March 11, 2026 SBE Meeting Agenda Item 

Item 03 - March 2026 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: Approval of Additional Measures for the College/Career Indicator; Approval of the Application-Based Dashboard Alternative School Status Criteria; Integration of Priority 1 Teacher Assignment Data; Adoption of Changes for the Long-Term English Learner Student Group in the Suspension Rate Indicator; and Removal of Participation Rate Grace Periods for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. 

Type of Action: Action, Information 

March 27, 2026 California Practitioners Advisory Group Meeting Agenda Item 

Item 02 - March 2026 (PPTX)

Subject: Information Item Related to California’s State and Federal Accountability System: 2026 Accountability Work Plan. 

May 12, 2026 SBE Meeting Agenda Item 

Item 03 - May 2026 (DOCX)

Subject: Update on the Implementation of the Integrated Local, State, and Federal Accountability and Continuous Improvement System: Inclusion of Reclassified Students as an Additional Level Within the English Learner Progress Indicator for the Long-Term English Learner Student Group; Integration of Full State Indicator Status for English Language Arts Growth, and Mathematics Growth; Integration of Full State Indicator Status for Science; Continued Examination of the College/Career Indicator; Adoption of Modifications to Priority 1 Teacher Assignment Data; and Additional Language Modifications and Information for the English Language Arts and Mathematics Indicators. 

Type of Action: Action, Information 

Questions:   Professional Learning Support Division | SSCE@cde.ca.gov | 916-323-6440
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, June 17, 2026
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