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2019–20 District Reorganizations and Name Changes

List of local educational agency (LEA) reorganizations, territory transfers, lapses, and name changes for public and nonpublic educational agencies for the 2019–20 school year.

This web page lists LEAs that have opened or closed during the given school year, and it also lists any schools impacted by these changes, as well as schools that moved from one LEA to another LEA. This web page does not include schools that have closed without the LEA closing.

Abbreviations used:
  • SBE – State Board of Education
  • JPA – Joint Powers Authority

Effective: July 1, 2019 (unless otherwise noted)
Original Announcement: June 24, 2019
Revised: March 10, 2020

Summary

The following table provides a summary of new and closed LEAs:

Status LEA Name County-District Code (CD Code)
New
Mountain Valley Special Education JPA
45-77339
New
SBE – Los Angeles College Prep Academy
19-77289
New SBE – Mary L. Booker Leadership Academy 38-77230
New SBE – Perseverance Preparatory 43-77115
New SBE – Promise Academy 43-77123
New SBE – Watsonville Prep 44-77248
Closed SBE – Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America 19-76885
Closed SBE – Barack Oabama Charter 19-76547
Closed Feather Falls Union Elementary 04-61440
Closed SBE – Ridgecrest Charter 15-75630
Closed SBE – Thrive Public 37-76901

New

Contains information on newly established LEAs, as well as LEAs that have undergone a unification or consolidation.

New LEAs

A list of newly established LEAs, associating County-District-School (CDS) codes, and schools within them.

County LEA Name and CD Code Public Schools within the LEA and CDS Code Effective Date
Shasta Mountain Valley Special Education JPA
(45-77339)
N/A 1/1/2020
Los Angeles SBE – Los Angeles College Prep Academy
(19-77289)
Los Angeles College Prep Academy
(19-77289-0109942)
7/1/2019
San Francisco SBE – Mary L. Booker Leadership Academy (38-77230) Mary L. Booker Leadership Academy
(38-77230-0138842)
8/26/2019
Santa Clara SBE – Perseverance Preparatory
(43-77115)
Perseverance Preparatory
(43-77115-0137059)
8/19/2019
Santa Clara SBE – Promise Academy (43-77123) Promise Academy (43-77123-0137299) 8/1/2019
Santa Cruz SBE – Watsonville Prep (44-77248) Watsonville Prep (44-77248-0138909) 8/13/2019

Unifications/Consolidations

Information on LEAs that have undergone a unification or consolidation. Included is information regarding any LEAs that were formed, or closed, as a result of the unification or consolidation, as well as information regarding changes to the schools within the effected LEAs.

There are no unifications/consolidations at this time.

Closures

Contains information about closed LEAs.

Lapses

An LEA lapsation occurs when all the territory of a school district is annexed to one or more adjacent districts. As a result of the lapsation, the schools become property of the annexing district and their CDS codes are updated appropriately to reflect their new district. The annexing district may close the schools by a future action of the district governing board.

County Lapsed District (CD Code) Annexed Schools (School Code) District Schools Annexed Into (CD Code) Effective Date
Butte Feather Falls Union Elementary (04-61440)
  • Feather Falls Elementary
    (6003123)
  • Ipakanni Early College Charter
    (0121509)
Oroville City Elementary
(04-61507)
7/1/2019

State Board of Education Charter District Closures

A State Board of Education (SBE) district is a district-level record that is created for administrative purposes in order to track SBE authorized charter schools. When a SBE authorized charter school closes or changes authorizers, the SBE district record is closed.

County Closed SBE District (CD Code) Impacted School (School Code) New Authorizer (CD Code) Effective Date
Kern SBE – Ridgecrest Charter (15-75630) Ridgecrest Charter (1530500) Kern County Office of Education
(15-10157)
6/30/2019
Los Angeles SBE – Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America
(19-76885)
Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America
(0132928)
Los Angeles Unified
(19-64733)
6/30/2019
Los Angeles SBE – Barack Obama Charter
(19-76547)
Barack Obama Charter (0118760) Compton Unified
(19-73437)
6/30/2019
San Diego SBE – Thrive Public (37-76901) Thrive Public (0134429) N/A (school closed) 6/30/2019

Changes

The following provides information on district name changes and charter schools that changed authorizing agencies.

District Name Changes

The following table list districts that changed names.

New District Name Previously known as … CD Code Effective Date
Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High 43-69534 7/1/2019
Miller Creek Elementary Dixie Elementary 21-65318 7/9/2019

Charter Schools that Changed Authorizing Agencies

The following table list charter schools that changed authorizing agencies.

School Name and School Code Previous District and CD Code Current District and CD Code
Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America
(0132928)
SBE – Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America
(19-76885)
Los Angeles Unified
(19-64733)
Barack Obama Charter (0118760) SBE – Barack Obama Charter
(19-76547)
Compton Unified (19-73437)
Epic Charter (0129403) Oakland Unified
(01-61259)
Alameda County Office of Education
(01-10017)
John Adams Academy – Roseville (0121418) Loomis Union Elementary
(31-66845)
Roseville Joint Union High
(31-66928)
Long Valley (6010763) Ravendale-Termo Elementary
(18-64162)
Fort Sage Unified (18-75036)
Los Angeles College Prep Academy
(0109942)
Los Angeles County Office of Education
(19-10199)
SBE – Los Angeles College Prep Academy
(19-77289)
Northern Summit Academy Shasta (0129957) Whitmore Union Elementary
(45-70169)
Shasta County Office of Education (45-10454)
Ridgecrest Elementary Academy for Language, Music, and Science
(1530500)
SBE – Ridgecrest Charter
(15-75630)
Kern County Office of Education
(15-10157)
Santa Cruz County Cypress Charter High (0100305) Live Oak Elementary (44-69765) Santa Cruz County Office of Education (44-10447)
Thompson Peak Charter (0135756) Ravendale-Termo Elementary
(18-64162)
Susanville Elementary (18-64196)

Resources

The following is a list of links to helpful pages related to districts and schools.

Questions:   CDS Administration | cdsadmin@cde.ca.gov | 916-327-0414
Last Reviewed: Friday, January 26, 2024