District and School Parent Advisory Committees

Training2014-2015

Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) and the and the

Local Control Accountability Plan Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)(LCAP)• LCAP describes how each district will:• Spend more on services • Provide more, or improve services• Achieve more …..…..for unduplicated pupils in proportion to increase

in supplemental and concentration grant

A New Way of ThinkingThe OLD Paradigm focused on

INPUT… …LCFF is Focused on OUTCOMES…

LCAP has 8 Priority Areas

Districts must show…• How do expenditures align with the state’s 8

Priority areas and your district goals? • How are you engaging parents, teachers and the

school community in developing the LCAP?• How will you convene and involve required parent

advisory committees?• DPAC and SPAC: Parents of ELs, low-income &

foster youth• DELAC and ELAC: Parents of ELs, if at least 50 EL

students (and 15%)

School Parent Advisory School Parent Advisory CommitteesCommittees

SPAC Composition:SPAC Composition:California Code of Regulations Section 4423California Code of Regulations Section 4423

Each participating school district shall establish a district advisory council and shall also establish a school advisory council at each participating school. Advisory councils established pursuant to this article shall comply with the ESEA, Title I, law and regulations pertaining to advisory councils. These councils shall include broad representation of the parent population served by this district or school respectively including socio-economic and ethnic groups represented in the district or school attendance area.

To summarize……for SPACs:To summarize……for SPACs:• Parent members must be elected by parents of pupils

participating in a compensatory education program (Title I)• Parents must constitute a majority of the membership• The committee shall include broad representation of the

parent population served by the school including socio-economic and ethnic groups represented in the school attendance area.• The school-level plan must contain the certification of the

SPAC chairperson in the participation of the Title I planning process. CCR 4423

Role of the SPACRole of the SPAC• Provide input to the School Site Council regarding the needs of

compensatory education students (Title I) and provide advice to the SSC on the school plan (Single Plan for Student Achievement/SPSA) based on the needs of underachieving students.

• Review and Approve:• Title I Requirements • Parent Involvement Policy – Development & Distribution • Parent Involvement Set Aside• School-Parent Compact – Development & Distribution• Title I Programs • School & Parent Programs• Academic Standards & Assessments

District Parent Advisory District Parent Advisory CommitteeCommittee

DPACDPAC CompositionComposition• Ed code 54425. (a) Whenever a districtwide school advisory

committee on compensatory education programs has been established pursuant to a compensatory education plan, the procedures adopted for the selection of the district advisory committee shall specify that parents shall constitute a majority of the membership of the district advisory committee and shall require that the parent representatives be elected by the parents of pupils participating in a program of compensatory education residing in the district.

DPAC Composition Summary:DPAC Composition Summary:• Parent representatives must be elected by parents of pupils

participating in a compensatory education program• Parents must constitute a majority of the membership• The committee shall include broad representation of the

parent population served by the district including socio-economic and ethnic groups represented in the district attendance area.

• The DPAC are members of the SPAC who represent their sites and bring district-level information back to the site meetings.

DPAC ResponsibilitiesDPAC Responsibilities

The Consolidated Application must contain the certification of the DPAC chairperson in the participation of the Title I planning process.

Provide input and feedback on the LCAP