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State Priority Related Resources

Links to tools, promising practices, and research posted on the Quality Schooling Framework (QSF) web site to assist LEAs in addressing the state priorities in their Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP).

Priority 1: Basic (Conditions of Learning)

Rate of teacher misassignment as relates to:

Student access to standards-aligned instructional materials as relates to:

Facilities in good repair as relates to:

Priority 2: State Standards (Conditions of Learning)

Implementation of academic content and performance standards adopted by the state board for all pupils, including English learners as relates to:

Priority 3: Parental Involvement (Engagement)

Efforts to seek parent input in decision making, promotion of parent participation in programs for unduplicated pupils and special need subgroups as relates to:

Priority 4: Pupil Achievement (Pupil Outcomes)

Performance on standardized tests, share of pupils that are college and career ready, share of English learners that become English proficient, English learner reclassification rate, share of pupils that pass Advanced Placement exams with 3 or higher, share of pupils determined prepared for college by the Early Assessment Program as relates to:

Priority 5: Pupil Engagement (Engagement)

School attendance rates, chronic absenteeism rates, middle school dropout rates, high school dropout rates, high school graduations rates as relates to:

Priority 6: School Climate (Engagement)

Pupil suspension rates, pupil expulsion rates, other local measures including surveys of pupils, parents and teachers on the sense of safety and school connectedness as relates to:

Priority 7: Course Access (Conditions of Learning)

Pupil enrollment in a broad course of study that includes all of the subject areas described in Education Code Section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of Section 51220, as applicable, as relates to:

Priority 8: Other Pupil Outcomes (Pupil Outcomes)

Pupil outcomes in the subject areas described in Education Code Section 51210 and subdivisions (a) to (i), inclusive, of Education Code Section 51220, as applicable as relates to:

Priority 9: Expelled Pupils – COEs Only (Conditions of Learning)

Coordination of instruction of expelled pupils pursuant to Education Code Section 48926 as relates to:

Priority 10: Foster Youth – COEs Only (Conditions of Learning)

Coordination of services, including working with the county child welfare agency to share information, responding to the needs of the juvenile court system, and ensuring transfer of health and education records as relates to:

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Last Reviewed: Friday, August 23, 2024
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