Planning

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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law? Where
does your district/campus stand? Region 10
ESC
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Site-Based Decision Making Process

• Required under state law Senate Bill 1-1990
  Amendments in House Bill 2885-1991
• Texas Education Code, Section 11.251 Texas
  Education Law and Site-Based Decision Making

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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? Local board-adopted policy establishing
the district and campus planning and
decision- making
process ? Professional staff, parents,
and community members will be involved in
establishing and reviewing the districts
and campuses educational plans, goals,
performance objectives, and major
classroom instructional programs
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
Administrative procedures defining local
roles and responsibilities with respect to ?
planning ? budgeting ? curriculum
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
Administrative procedures defining local
roles and responsibilities with respect to ?
staffing patterns ? staff development ?
school organization
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in aw?
? Established district campus
committees that meet regularly ? Committees
that provide for appropriate
representation of the communitys
diversity
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? Committees that include ? district
and campus professional staff ?
parents ? community members ?
business representatives
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? All federal planning requirements are
included in district and campus plans
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? Annually, a comprehensive needs
assessment is conducted at the district
and campus levels ? Improvement plans are
revised annually ? Performance objectives
address the needs of special populations
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? Strategies must address the needs of
special populations ? District and campus
plans are mutually supportive to
accomplish the identified objectives
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?

• ? District/Campus strategies must address
• ? instructional methods for students
• not achieving their full
  potential
• ? methods for addressing needs of
  students for special programs
• ? dropout reduction

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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? District/Campus strategies must
address ? discipline management
? staff development for professional
staff ? instructional and
administrative technology
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? District/Campus strategies must address
? career education ? accelerated
education
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? District/campus plans include ?
resources needed to implement the plan
? staff responsible for ensuring the
accomplishment of each strategy/ staff
needed to implement the plan
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?

• ? With respect to state compensatory
• education funds
• district and/or campus plans must
  include
• summary of the funding allocation
• total personnel
• ...funded by compensatory education

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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in the law?
District/campus plans include ? timelines
for ongoing monitoring of strategies/
timelines for reaching the goals ?
formative evaluation criteria
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? At least one public meeting of the
district committee annually ? At least
one public meeting of the campus committee
annually to discuss the performance
objectives
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? District policies procedures must
ensure that systematic communications
measures are in place... ?
Periodically obtain input from community
members, parents, and staff ?
Provide information to them regarding
committee recommendations
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Planning Decision Making
What are the basic expectations in law?
? Every 2 years - evaluation of
effectiveness of districts policies,
procedures, and staff development
related to planning decision-making