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School System Flexibility in Georgia Overview and Comparison

School System Flexibility in Georgia Overview and Comparison. Presentation to Education Works Leadership Institute September 16, 2013. What are we talking about and why?. Selecting a Flexibility Option.

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School System Flexibility in Georgia Overview and Comparison

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  1. School System Flexibility in GeorgiaOverview and Comparison Presentation to Education Works Leadership Institute September 16, 2013

  2. What are we talking about and why?

  3. Selecting a Flexibility Option • By June 30, 2015* each local school system must choose to operate as one of the following: • Investing in Educational Excellence School System (IE2) • Charter System • Status Quo School System • Other options include: • System of Charter Clusters • System of Charter Schools • Strategic School System *Per OCGA §20-2-84.3

  4. Decision Considerations *College & Career Readiness Performance Index 11

  5. Centralized, Decentralized, or Distributed? Decision Structure Considerations Are waivers needed? Yes System of Charter Clusters Status Quo System of Charter Schools Strategic School System IE2 System Charter System Distributed Centralized (or Other) Decentralized No Waivers

  6. Flexibility and Title 20

  7. Waiver Limitations 14

  8. Unique Features

  9. Fiscal Impact

  10. Governance

  11. Beyond the 4 responsibilities of a school board, everything else is the Superintendent’s responsibility • Therefore, it is the Superintendent’s authority that is shared with schools in a charter system or a system of charter schools • The authority of a local Board of Education is not diminished unless it has inappropriately taken the Superintendent’s authority

  12. High Quality Charter System School Governance Standards

  13. Charter System School Governing Team Autonomy • Indicators of Autonomy • Must make personnel decisions (People) • Must make decisions about what happens in the school (Time) • Must set school budget spending priorities (Money) • Must recruit/select governing board members without district assistance (except for initial group) • Can contract for services provided by the district The school should be as close to this end as possible

  14. Same starting point as a conversion charter, but a different end point Different starting points, but same end point

  15. College and Career Academies • Since charter system schools are charter schools, and • Since College and Career Academies must be charter schools, • Many charter systems create new College and Career Academies through their charter system contract – rather than through a separate charter application process for the College and Career Academy

  16. Career Clusters/Pathways • College and Career Academies are increasingly being created to better provide for Career Clusters/ Pathways • We have 17 Career Clusters -- all designed with the help of Georgia businesses. • Each Cluster has multiple Pathways students can choose • Students take core set of classes coupled with electives based on their pathway

  17. GEORGIA’S CAREER CLUSTERS Architecture & Construction Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications Business Management & Administration Education and Training Energy Systems Finance Government & Public Administration Health Science Hospitality & Tourism Human Services Information Technology Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Manufacturing Marketing Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

  18. Dr. John D. Barge, State School Superintendent

  19. Performance Evaluation

  20. Consequences

  21. Contractual Partners *Required by statute that the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement participate in the IE2 process.

  22. Length of Contract

  23. Charter System Application

  24. Strategic School System Application

  25. Petition Approval Process LBOE GaDOE SBOE Conversion charter petition Approval Review and make recommendation to SBOE Approval New conversion charter school Y Y N N End End Review and make recommendation to SBOE Charter system petition Approval Approval Y Y New charter system N N End End Charter Advisory Committee review and recommendation to SBOE

  26. What is the Petition Review Process?

  27. Petition Process

  28. Legal References

  29. Flexibility Orientation • Local Boards of Education make a significant legal commitment when they sign a charter system or IE2 contract. • It is therefore critical that both new Board of Education members and new Superintendents receive a detailed orientation on their charter system or IE2 commitments as part of their “on-boarding” process

  30. HB 327: Georgia’s Statewide Tiered Accountability and Flexibility System (G-STAFS)

  31. Additional Information Louis Erste Director, Charter Schools Division lerste@doe.k12.ga.us 404-657-0515 Howard Hendley, Ed.D. Director, Policy Division hhendley@doe.k12.ga.us 404-657-2965 Morgan Felts Program Manager and Senior Attorney Charter Schools Division mfelts@doe.k12.ga.us 404-656-0027 Allan Meyer Assistant Director Policy Division ameyer@doe.k12.ga.us 404-657-1065 Garry McGiboney, Ph.D. Associate Superintendent gmcgiboney@doe.k12.ga.us 404-656-0619

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