Item 2 Update on the California State Plan

Item 2 Update on the California State Plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act including Resubmission to the U. S. Department of Education, and Issues Related to the Development of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) Federal Addendum CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction 1

California’s ESSA State Plan TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Committed to ensuring ESSA State Plan meets federal requirements while allowing California to fully implement the LCFF • California has been working to develop an integrated state, federal and local accountability system grounded in the principles of LCFF, which empowers local communities to make local decisions to address local needs 2

Submission to ED TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction • State Plan submitted to ED September 15, 2017 • Peer Reviews on Title I, Title III, and Mc. Kinney -Vento sections took place October 30– November 3, 2017 • ED had 120 days from the date of submission to review State Plan 3

CA ESSA State Plan Revision Timeline TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Date Plan Development Activity December 21, 2017 ED provided interim feedback to California December 22, 2017 ED posted California’s interim feedback and peer review notes January 4, 2018 California requested extension from ED to respond to feedback January 5, 2018 SBE published Board item related to proposed revisions for January 2018 meeting January 9, 2018 ESSA Stakeholder Meeting (accountability) January 18, 2018 SBE approves revised ESSA State Plan January 25, 2018 California resubmitted ESSA State Plan to ED 4

Proposed Revisions TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Proposed revised ESSA State Plan has same intents as September submitted version, with greater rationale and explanation for each of the areas of feedback • Clarify technical points • Provide additional information that helps bridge differences between California and the U. S. Department of Education on interpreting key elements of ESSA statute 5

Proposed Revisions TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Add additional state systems context to clarify how federal and state requirements fit together: expectations of Local Control Accountability Plans • Greater emphasis on five-by-five placement reports • Respond to request for baseline data • Add – State-level student subgroup data – Suspension rates at school level – Added data for November 2017 6

Areas of Feedback TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Change: additional information for how goals meet statutory requirement • Interim measures • College/Career Indicator and grade 11 assessments • English Learner Progress Indicator • Weighing of each indicator • Identification of lowest performing schools • Student growth model • Access to educators 7

TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction The LCAP Federal Addendum

Foundational Principle 1 TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction The data entered in the LCAP template document allow LEAs to update the Local Accountability Plan. 9

Foundational Principle 2 TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction 10

Potential Alignment Between ESSA Provisions and LCFF Priorities TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Title I, Part A –Monitoring Student Progress Towards Meeting Challenging State Academic Standards –Overuse in Discipline Practices that Remove Students from the Classroom –Career Technical and Work-based Opportunities • Title II, Part A –Title II, Part A Activities • Title III, Part A –Parent, Family, and Community Engagement 11

Next Steps TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction • The Addendum is scheduled to go before the State Board of Education in March for approval, after which CDE will roll out training and support to LEAs. • LEAs will complete the Addendum and submit it to the CDE for review as part of their application for funding for the 2018 -19 school year. • A readers conference to review submitted Addenda is being tentatively scheduled for late September – early October of 2018. 12