February 2006 Information Memoranda

Periodically, the State Board Members may receive information memoranda from State Board staff and the California Department of Education. The information memoranda may include background information, updates on issues of interest to the State Board Members, and reports on a variety of educational topics.

Note that documents with * are not available. Please visit the Waivers Web site for more information.

• Draft Reading/Language Arts Framework (DOC)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004: Special Education State Performance Plan (DOC)
• Regulation Revision for the Alternative Schools Accountability Model Pre-Post Assessments (DOC)
• Current State Board of Education Waiver Policy (DOC)
  • Attachment 1 - Current Waiver Policies (DOC)
  • Attachment 2 - Guidelines for Evaluating Requests for Waivers of District Participation in Cooperatives (DOC)
  • Attachment 3 - Federal Waiver Supplemental Educational Services Under NCLB*
  • Attachment 4 - Public Schools Accountability Act: Impact of the Scores of English Language Learners (DOC)
  • Attachment 5 - Instructional Materials Sufficiency (Education Code Section 60119) Waiver of Retroactive Audit Penalty*
  • Attachment 6 - Instructional Materials Fund Expenditures*
  • Attachment 7 - Federal Waiver Safe and Drug Free School Innovative Programs Under NCLB*
  • Attachment 8 - Physical Education Requirements (DOC)
  • Attachment 9 - Guidelines for Evaluating Requests for Waivers of School Site Council Requirements for Schools Serving a Common Attendance Area (DOC)
  • Attachment 10 - Guidelines for Evaluating Requests for Waivers to Equalization of School Improvement Funding in Secondary Schools (DOC)
  • Attachment 11 - Guidelines for Evaluating Requests for Waivers for Minimum Funding of K-6 School Improvement (SI) Programs Schools (DOC)
  • Attachment 12 - Guidelines for Evaluating Requests for Waivers to Fund the Local Share of Miller-Unruh Reading Specialists with School Improvement Funding (DOC)
  • Attachment 13 - Algebra I Graduation Requirement: Waiver for Seniors in the 2003-04 Graduating Class*
  • Attachment 14 - Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (II/USP)*
  • Attachment 15 - Adult Education Innovation and Alternative Instruction Delivery Program: Percentage of Block Entitlement*
  • Attachment 16 - Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1998: Consortium Requirement for Minimum Allocation*
  • Attachment 17 - Regional Occupational Centers and Programs: Percentage of Students Under the Age of 16*
  • Attachment 18 - Work Experience Education (WEE) (DOC)
  • Attachment 19 - Independent Study: Average Daily Attendance (ADA)-to-Teacher Ratio (DOC)
  • Attachment 20 - Single District ROC/P Waiver Criteria (DOC)
  • Attachment 21 - California High School Exit Examination: Waiver of Test Passage for Specific Special Education Students*
  • Attachment 22 - Non Public School/Agency Certification (Annual Renewal Application Deadline)*
  • Attachment 23 - Nonpublic School/Agency (hiring of former LEA employees within 365 days) (DOC)
  • Attachment 24 - Apportionment Significant Audit Exceptions (Retroactive Waivers)*
  • Attachment 25 - Charter School Average Daily Attendance: Alternative Calculation Method (DOC)
  • Attachment 26 - Guidelines for Evaluation Requests for Waivers of State Meal Mandate for Saturday School Sessions (DOC)
  • Attachment 27 - Sale or Lease of Real Property*
• No Child Left Behind Act of 2001: Proposed Changes to Accountability Workbook (DOC)
• Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program: Report on Implementation of Work Plan for 36-Month Review of 6 State-Monitored Schools (DOC)