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Poway Unified and the State of Education

Poway Unified and the State of Education. Common Core Standards. 48 States, plus D.C. came together to create national education standards. Uniformity Lower Costs Interstate Movement. Common Core Standards Test. No Bubble Tests Emphasize students’ ability to analyze and apply knowledge.

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Poway Unified and the State of Education

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  1. Poway Unified and the State of Education

  2. Common Core Standards • 48 States, plus D.C. came together to create national education standards. • Uniformity • Lower Costs • Interstate Movement

  3. Common Core Standards Test • No Bubble Tests • Emphasize students’ ability to analyze and apply knowledge. • Performance based testing during the year. • Computerized year end assessment.

  4. AB2648 Multiple Pathways to Student Success • Personalized learning plans. (3-5 years) • Merges postsecondary education with career preparation. • Additional school days and hours per day. • Project/problem based learning. • Partnership academies; regional occupational centers; internships; career-themed small schools.

  5. Poway Unified School District

  6. “There is a failure here that topples all our success.” - John Steinbeck

  7. California • 49th in students per teacher • 47th in per pupil funding • 46th in education spending as a percentage of personal income • 51st in students per guidance counselor • 51st in students per librarian • 47th in total principals and assistant principals • 48th in total school staff • 46th in district officials and administrators • 45th in instructional aides • 49th in access to computers.

  8. National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) • 47th in 4th grade reading • 46th in 8th grade math. (46th in education spending as a percentage of personal income.)

  9. To Reach the National Average, Need: • 104,000 teachers • 26,569 instructional aides • 5,740 guidance counselors • 5,740 librarians • 5,630 principals or assistant principals • 63,000 more computer work stations

  10. Robles-Wong v. California • CAPTA, CSBA, ACSA, and over 60 school districts, parents and students

  11. www.fixschoolfinance.org

  12. 1849 – Cal. Const. art. IX, s2 – The State School Fund was created 1910 – Const. Amendment – No longer finite source 1920 – Const. Amendment - State Average Daily Attendance (ADA) and local property taxes 1946 – Const. Amendment: “The Foundation Program Minimum (state “basic aid” + local district tax revenues < Foundation Program Minimum, then State “Equalization Aid”)

  13. 1971 – Serrano v. Priest • 1972-1973 Response to Serrano – “Revenue Limit” controls • Revenue Limit was based on the state’s Foundation Program Minimum Funding and local property tax revenues as of 1972-73

  14. Revenue Limits • Unrelated to actual cost of district educational program • “Level Up” and “Level Down” • Became maximum funding levels (adjusted for inflation only) • Continues to be based on historical data unrelated to actual costs of providing educational program and services

  15. 1978 – Proposition 13 • Rolled property assessments to 1975-76 levels • Limited property tax rate to 1% • Gave state complete control in allocating reduced property tax revenues • Eliminated school districts’ ability to levy ad valorem property taxes for education

  16. 1978 – Proposition 13 • 60% reduction in local property tax revenues • Share of property tax revenues allocated to schools reduced from 53% to 35% • 1 year after Proposition 13 school district revenues from State went from 23% to 53% **Education now forced to compete with other programs for General Fund revenues**

  17. 1988 – Proposition 98 • Minimum funding level for K-14 education • Ties school funding to growth in State General Fund revenues • Volatile and unpredictable, with revenue projections changing over the school year • Can be suspended during economic crisis • Funding formulas based on 1986/87 education budget, which was based on antiquated caps set in 1970’s (adjusted for cost of living and population).

  18. 1988 – Proposition 98 • “Minimum” has become a Maximum • Includes: child care, adult education, probation schools, California Youth Authority programs, health screening, public safety… • Accounting gimmicks • Prop. 98 funding cut by $17 Billion in last 2 years

  19. Categorical Funding (Funding tied to a specific program or service) • 1980 – State and Federal Categorical Programs – 13% of state education funding • Today – 1/3 of state funding is categorical with general purpose funds being reduced correspondingly

  20. Poway Unified and the State of Education

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