JUST an FYI…………………

October 29, 2008

TO:      LEAs in NCLB Corrective Action

FR:      Sherry Skelly Griffith, ACSA Governmental Relations

RE:      NCLB Corrective Action State Board Item#6 – Scheduled for Hearing November 5, 2008

Thanks to all of you for attending today’s information meeting in Sacramento. We hope you found it useful. For those LEAs who did not attend today, we want to alert you that the State Board of Education will hear SBE Item#6 on Wednesday, November 5, 2008 in Sacramento. The meeting begins at 9am. It is anticipated the SBE will vote to assign corrective actions to all 50 LEAs and also assign recommended technical assistance. Twenty six LEAs will be required to contract with a DAIT and implement their recommendations and twenty four LEAs will be required to access technical assistance to analyze LEA needs and amend the LEA Plan or Addendum and implement key action steps.  All 50 LEAs are slated to receive the sanction which requires you to fully implement a new curriculum including professional development.

You should have received a letter from State Superintendent Jack O’Connell dated October 28, 2008 notifying you what CDE will recommend to the State Board on November 5, 2008.  If you plan to request a change to your corrective action or technical assistance you are strongly encouraged to attend and speak at the meeting. You may also find attending and hearing how the process works helpful to you, your staff and board.

To view the entire SBE Item#6 please go to www.cde.ca.gov and then click on left home page section entitled State Board of Education “meeting agendas” then click on November 5-6 and go to SBE Item#6 and attachments.

If you plan to send a letter to the State Board of Education you will want to address it as follows:

Ted Mitchell, President
State Board of Education
Members, State Board of Education
1430 N Street, 5^th Floor
Sacramento, CA  95814

You can email your letter to Debbie Rury at drury@cde.ca.gov

 If you plan to attend the State Board of Education go to:

California Department of Education
1430 N Street, First Floor
Sacramento, CA  95814

You can sign up at the meeting to speak. You may also want to contact Lwagner@cde.ca.gov from CDE and let her know you plan to speak.

You can also attend and not speak but get a sense of the process to then share back with your local governing board and staff. I plan to be at the SBE meeting and will be available for questions through email at sgriffith@acsa.org or the day of the meeting (parking available at 16^th & L Street).