School System Flexibility in Georgia Overview and Comparison

1. School System Flexibility in GeorgiaOverview and Comparison Presentation to North Hart Community Members July 9, 2013

2. What are we talking about and why?

4. 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: • Strategic School System • System of Charter Schools *Per OCGA §20-2-84.3

10. Decision Considerations *College & Career Readiness Performance Index 10

11. Centralize or Decentralize? Decision Structure Considerations Are waivers needed? Yes Status Quo System of Charter Schools Charter System Strategic School System IE2 System Centralized or Decentralized Decentralized No Waivers

12. Flexibility and Title 20

13. Waiver Limitations 13

14. Unique Features

15. Fiscal Impact

16. Governance

18. 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

19. High Quality Charter System School Governance Standards

20. Charter System SchoolGoverning Council Autonomy The school should be as close to this end as possible • Indicators of Autonomy • Ability to set school budget spending priorities • Ability to make personnel decisions • Contracts for services provided by the district • Governing council members selected/recruited without district assistance

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

23. Performance Evaluation

24. Consequences

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

26. Length of Contract

27. Charter System Application

28. Strategic School System Application

29. 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

30. What is the Petition Review Process?

31. Petition Process

32. Legal References

33. 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 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