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Assessment (CAPA); and adopted performance levels for the CSTs each year
beginning with the 2003 administration. The SBE also established the test
administration window for the STAR Program. The SBE also approves the state’s
physical performance test, which is administered to students in grades five,
seven, and nine.
• School district reorganization—The SBE reviews and acts on petitions to unify
and reorganize school districts, determining whether the petitions meet statutorily
established criteria for approval and, if approved, setting the area in which the
local election on each petition will be held.
• Charter schools—The SBE assigns numbers to petitions to establish charter
schools under the Charter Schools Act of 1992. Subject to certain conditions and
limitations, charter petitions may be submitted as an appeal following a district
and county denial. In the case of all-charter districts, petitions are submitted
directly to the SBE and the SSPI, who have joint approval authority. As a charter
authorizer, the SBE has monitoring and accountability responsibilities for schools
and all-charter districts it has approved.
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB)—As the officially designated “State Educational
Agency” under NCLB, the SBE has the primary responsibility for overseeing the
state’s full compliance with the complex provisions of federal law, which includes
establishing an assessment and accountability system to demonstrate that all
students are making adequate yearly progress toward proficiency in
English/language arts and mathematics; ensuring that all English learners will
become proficient in English and reach high academic standards; establishing a
plan whereby all teachers in the core subject areas meet the “highly qualified
teacher” provisions in NCLB; ensuring that all students will be educated in
learning environments that are safe, drug-free, and conducive to learning; and
adopting the goal of all students graduating from high school.
• Funding allocations—As prescribed by state and federal law, the SBE allocates
certain state and federal funding sources.
• Study and planning—The SBE is authorized to study educational conditions
and needs of the state and make plans for the improvement of the administration
and efficiency of the public schools. The SBE, when authorized by statute,
approves certain program plans for CDE.
Ten of the SBE’s 11 members are appointed by the Governor to four-year, staggered
terms, subject to confirmation by a two-thirds vote of the Senate within one year of
appointment. The 11 th member, also appointed by the Governor and subject to Senate
confirmation, is a student in a California public high school who serves a one-year term.
The student member enjoys full voting rights and all other rights and privileges of
membership.
For more information regarding the SBE, please contact the SBE, at (916) 319-0827.
Additional information is also available on the SBE Web site at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be.
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