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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgIE2, Charter, and Status QuoSchool SystemsA “Nuts and Bolts” ComparisonSelected Slides OnlyPresented toNorth Georgia RESAJanuary 21, 20151/20/20151

Richard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgThe1/20/20152IESystem Option2

2IEAccountabilityRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgFor IE2 Systems, the flexibility granted does not includea requirement for school level governance, but it doesrequire specified minimum targets each year for eachschoolGOSA and GaDOE have agreed to a structure that setsthose targets and provides for a “second look”These accountability measures are the same for allschools no matter the number of waivers requested bythe District1/20/20153

2IEAccountabilityRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgALL SCHOOLS: CCRPI On CCRPI, without the inclusion of Challenge Points, theschool shall annually increase by 3% of the gap betweenthe baseline year CCRPI score and 100-The baseline year will be 2015-16-This baseline year applies to districtsentering contracts effective in both2015-16 and 2016-171/20/20154

2IEAccountabilityRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgALL SCHOOLS: CCRPI (continued) Example 1: Assume a school’s baseline CCRPIwithout Challenge Points is 60.0-Gap between baseline and 100: 100 – 60 40-3% of 40 1.2 points annual increase from thebaseline-Five-Year Targets 61.2, 62.4, 63.6, 64.8, 66.01/20/20155

2IEAccountabilityRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgALL SCHOOLS: CCRPI (continued) Schools with initial CCRPI scoresin the top quartile of the statewithin each grade cluster will berequired to maintain or improvethat level of performance Targets for schools that reach thisthreshold in any year will remainat that same threshold1/20/20156

2IEAccountabilityRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgALL SCHOOLS: CCRPI (continued) Example 2: Assume a school’s baselineCCRPI without Challenge Points is 84.2and the top quartile is 81.5 (not actualnumbers)-The school must remain in the top quartile,continually working to improve its CCRPI1/20/20157

2IEAccountabilityRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgALL SCHOOLS: CCRPI (continued) Schools demonstrating a trend ofimprovement, and meeting the equivalentof three years’ of targeted improvement bythe end of the contract, will be deemed asmeeting the accountability requirements ofthe contract1/20/20158

2IEAccountabilityALL SCHOOLS: “SECOND LOOK” 1/20/2015Richard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgIf a school fails to meet its CCRPI targetscore, the school will be deemed as meetingits yearly performance target if the school isdetermined to be “beating the odds” throughan analysis that compares the school’sCCRPI to its expected performance asdetermined by comparison with schoolsstatewide having similar characteristics (e.g.,EDD, ELL, SWD, size, student/teacher ratio,etc.)9

2IEand WaiversRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org Per O.C.G.A. 20-2-82(e), the goalfor each waiver and variance shallbe improvement of studentperformance Requested waivers must include atleast one of the “Big Four” waiversof state class size, expenditurecontrol, certification, or salaryschedule requirements1/20/201510

2IEand WaiversNOT WAIVABLERichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org“The state board shall not be authorized to waiveor approve variances on any federal, state, andlocal rules, regulations, court orders, and statutesrelating to civil rights; insurance; the protection of thephysical health and safety of school students,employees, and visitors; conflicting interesttransactions; the prevention of unlawful conduct; anylaws relating to unlawful conduct in or near a publicschool; any reporting requirements pursuant to CodeSection 20-2-320 or Chapter 14 of this title; or therequirements of Code Section 20-2-211.1.”1/20/201511

2IELoss ofGovernance OptionsRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgThe SBOE shall mandate the loss of governance of one or moreof an IE2 System’s nonperforming schools Such loss ofgovernance may include, but shall not be limited to:1) Conversion a school to charter status with independentschool level governance and a governance board withstrong parental involvement;2) Operation of a school by a successful school system, asdefined by GOSA, and pursuant to funding criteriaestablished by the SBOE; or3) Operation of a school by a private entity, nonprofit or forprofit, pursuant to a request for proposals issued by theDepartment.1/20/201512

IE2 Loss ofGovernance OptionsRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgIn addition to the loss of governance options specified in thestatute that could be imposed at the end of the IE2 contractterm, the following options for loss of governance could beimplemented during or at the conclusion of the IE2 contractterm. Note that the numbering continues from the list above4. Nonperforming schools could have governance reducedby being required to submit a remedial action plan forLBOE approval before the school can implementnecessary changes For this option, the District could specify the general requirementssuch a plan a must meet or let the school submit a draft based onits own analysis1/20/201513

2IELoss ofGovernance OptionsRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org5.The school could be required to make leadership andfaculty/staff changes, including replacing leaders/faculty/staff and/or an aggressive professional developmentprogram6.The school could be required to implementreconstitution if necessary to ensure performanceimprovements7.The school could be required to develop individualstudent achievement plans and implement programssuch as afterschool and/or Saturday tutoring programsthat provide additional time on task in subject areasspecified in the individual plans1/20/201514

IE Loss ofGovernance Options2Richard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org8.Other options for loss of governance notlisted above that address the specific reasonsfor a school’s failure to meet its targets couldbe proposed in an IE2 application1/20/201515

IE2 Loss of GovernanceExpectationsRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org For any loss of governance option presentedabove, the LBOE would certify to the SBOE thatsuch loss of governance had been imposed Remedial action plans imposed onnonperforming schools by LBOEs as a loss ofgovernance option must: Address the specific reasons for a school’s failure to meetits targets, Be of sufficient duration to ensure time for necessarychanges to be made at the school, and Clarify the link between the amount by which a schooltarget was missed and the severity of the remedial actions1/20/201516

2IEApplicationProcessRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgThe IE2 application process is as follows:1.District submits a Letter of Intent to GaDOE as soonas the LBOE decides to pursue IE2 and, if possible, atleast six months in advance of submitting anapplication2.District submits a draft IE2 application (see below)3.GaDOE schedules a meeting including GaDOE,District, and GOSA representatives to review theapplication, including the link between flexibilityrequested and efforts to meet individual school targets4.District conducts a public hearing to shareapplication with the public and receive comments1/20/201517

2IEApplicationProcessRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org5.District finalizes and submits application to GaDOE6.GaDOE Legal Services Division inserts targets andwaivers into IE2 contract template7.SBOE’s Flexibility Committee reviews an Item forInformation recommending approval or denial of theIE2 contractApplication materials are included as attachments to theBoard Item8.SBOE Flexibility Committee reviews Action Item9.SBOE Flexibility Committee presents IE2 contractto SBOE for approval or denial1/20/201518

2IEApplicationRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgThe IE2 application includes the following eightquestions:1. What challenges are your school districtfacing?2. What is the rank order priority of thesechallenges?3. Which of these challenges will yourschool district be able to address bybecoming an IE2 system?1/20/201519

IE2 ApplicationRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org4. What specific actions will your district taketo address each of these challenges duringits five-year IE2 contract term?5. Provide a clear explanation of how each ofthese specific actions will affect the specificchallenge being addressed.6. List the specific Georgia law(s) or State Boardrule(s) that must be waived to allow yourdistrict to implement each specific action.1/20/201520

2IEApplicationRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org7. Indicate the timeline for implementation ofeach specific action.8. Provide information on the consequences fornonperforming schools, including how yourLBOE will select and ensure theimplementation of appropriate consequences,both during and at end the end of the contracttermNote: A District’s IE2 application will include a linkto an online version of their updated Strategic Plan1/20/201521

Richard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgThe Charter SystemOption1/20/201522

Control andManagement of SchoolsRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.orgGeorgia law makes it clear that schoolswithin a charter system remain under thecontrol and management of the LocalBoard of Education [See O.C.G.A. 20-22065(b)(2)]This means that, although theSuperintendent and LBOE must giveconsideration to the recommendationsand input of LSGTs, the LBOE ultimatelyretains its constitutional authority1/20/201523

Control andManagement of SchoolsRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org An LBOE has to propose an acceptable amount oflocal school governance decision-making authorityto win SBOE approval of a charter system contract The law requires districts to maximize school levelgovernance [see O.C.G.A. 2063(d)] – and SBOERule describes the minimum amount of authority The agreement reached on an acceptable amountof LSGT decision-making authority is included inthe charter system contract1/20/201524

Charter SystemApplicationRichard Woods,Georgia’s School Superintendent“Educating Georgia’s Future”gadoe.org LOCAL SCHOOL GOVERNANCE (continued)12. Use Local School Governance Matrix to showhow the Superintendent will share with LocalSchool Governance Teams his/her authority todevelop recommendations to the Local Board ofEducation– There are now minimum requirements forLocal School Governance, but this questionprovides an opportunity for an applicant todescribe how they will implement each ofthese requirements1/20/201525