First Reading of the Madera Unified School District’s (MUSD) Comprehensive Support and Improvement Plans (CSI) for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Duane E. Furman High School, Mt. Vista High School, and the Madera Unified District Office for the 2020-2021 school year.

Todd Lile, Superintendent

Sheryl Sisil, Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services

Johnny Gonzalez, Coordinator of Categorical Programs

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requires state educational agencies to determine school eligibility for comprehensive support and improvement (CSI). Local educational agencies (LEAs) with schools that meet the criteria for CSI must partner with stakeholders to locally develop and implement a plan to improve student outcomes.

School planning and LEA assistance for each school that meets the criteria for CSI will be incorporated into the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) and school planning processes.

Section 1111(d)(1)(B)(v) of the ESSA requires that the CSI plan be approved by the school, LEA, and State Educational Agency (SEA). For purposes of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the State Board of Education (SBE) serves as the SEA.

The Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) plays a key role in assisting the SBE in meeting its statutory obligation to approve CSI plans. In January 2019, the SBE took action to address federal school-level planning requirements through the local accountability planning process and school planning process to support the goal of streamlining state and federal accountability requirements. Three CSI Prompts were added to the Plan Summary of the LCAP to serve as the mechanism by which the SBE approves CSI plans.

As a result of COVID–19, Senate Bill 98 eliminated the LCAP for the 2020–21 school year. In order to meet CSI plan approval requirements, LEAs with schools identified for CSI on the 2019 California School Dashboard (Dashboard) are required to complete the 2020–21 CSI Prompts Form and submit to its COE for review and approval. COEs that serve as an LEA with schools identified for CSI on the 2019 Dashboard and that would generally submit an LCAP to the California Department of Education (CDE) for review and approval, must complete and submit the 2020–21 CSI Prompts Form to the CDE for review and approval.

Assembly Bill 716, signed by the Governor on September 18, 2018, and codified in the California Education Code sections 64001–65001, streamlines and aligns state and federal planning processes. Effective January 1, 2019, this law renames the Single Plan for Student Achievement to the School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA). Additionally, the law contains the following key provisions:

• Allows the SPSA to meet ESSA requirements for comprehensive or targeted support and improvement planning
• Allows single school districts and charter schools to utilize the LCAP to serve as the SPSA, provided that the LCAP meets the ESSA school planning requirements and the stakeholder requirements established in subdivision (a) of Section 52062.

In addition, LEAs with schools that meet the criteria for CSI will complete the CSI prompts located in the Plan Summary of the LCAP.

Federal planning requirements are established in the California Education Code Section 64001 and the 2019 LCAP. Federal Requirements Section 1111(d) of the ESSA requires the State to notify each LEA that serves schools that meet the criteria for CSI. Upon receiving notification from the State, and in partnership with stakeholders and for each school that meets the criteria, the LEA shall:

• Locally develop and implement a plan for the school to improve student outcomes
• Approve each plan
  The Plan must:
  • Be informed by all State indicators, including student performance against State-determined long-term goals;
  • Be based on a school-level needs assessment;
  • Include evidence-based interventions; and
  • Identify resource inequities, which may include a review of LEA- and school-level budgets, and address those inequities through implementation of the plan.

California will use the California School Dashboard (Dashboard) to determine school eligibility for CSI. School eligibility is based on the following two categories of schools:

1. Low graduation rate
• High schools with a graduation rate less than 67 percent averaged over two years (Based on 2018 Dashboard)
• High schools with a graduation rate less than 68 percent averaged over two years (Beginning with 2019 Dashboard; Adopted by the State Board of Education on September 11, 2019)
  
  
2. Not less than the lowest-performing five percent of Title I schools
• Schools with all red indicators
• Schools with all red but one indicator of another color
• Schools with all red and orange indicators
• Schools with five or more indicators where the majority are red

*Thomas Jefferson Middle School had all red and orange indicators.

*Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School had all red and orange indicators.

*Duane E. Furman High School had all red indicators and the suspension rate is less than 67 percent average over two years.

*Mt. Vista High School graduation rate is less than 67 percent averaged over two years and has all red but one indicator of another color.

Title I Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) Plan funds Title I additional allocation per site:

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School: $85,062.00

Thomas Jefferson Middle School: $85,062.00

Duane E. Furman High School: $85,062.00

Mt. Vista High School: $85,062.00

Madera Unified District Office: $340,046.50

The Governing Board believes that careful planning is essential to effective implementation of district programs and policies. Comprehensive plans shall identify cohesive strategies for school improvement and provide stability in district operations.

The Superintendent or designee shall develop comprehensive plans for the implementation of the district's vision and goals, on specific policy topics and on other areas as required by law. As appropriate, comprehensive plans may describe, but not be limited to, anticipated short- and long-term needs, measurable outcomes, priorities, activities, available resources, timelines, staff responsibilities, and strategies for internal and external communications regarding the plan.

The Superintendent recommends the Board accept the First Reading of the Madera Unified School District’s (MUSD) Comprehensive Support and Improvement Plans (CSI) for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Thomas Jefferson Middle School, Duane E. Furman High School, Mt. Vista High School, and the Madera Unified District Office for the 2020-2021 school year.