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County Offices of Education There are 58 county offices of education that provide services to the state’s school districts. The county offices have elected governing boards and are administered by elected or appointed county superintendents. The county superintendent is responsible for examining and approving school district budgets and expenditures. With the passage of Assembly Bill 1200 (1991), the county superintendent has additional powers to enforce sound budgeting to ensure the fiscal integrity of the district. The superintendent is also responsible for calling school district elections and assisting with school district emergencies by providing necessary services. County offices of education support school districts by performing the tasks that can be done more efficiently and economically at the county level. The county offices provide or help formulate new curricula, staff development and training programs, and new instructional procedures; design business and personnel systems; and perform many other services to meet changing needs and requirements. When economic or technical conditions make county or regional services most appropriate for students, county offices provide a wide range of services, such as special and vocational education, programs for youths at risk of failure, and instruction to youths in juvenile detention facilities. Local Control Although the California public schools system is a statewide system under the policy direction of the Legislature, more local responsibility is legally granted to school districts and county education officials than to other government entities and officials. Statutes relating to school districts, county boards of education, and county superintendents of schools operate differently from any other California statutes. Because the plenary power to make state policy and law rests with the Legislature, the general rule of law is that an agency of government is permitted to do only that which is authorized by statute; it cannot do or undertake any program or activity simply because it is not prohibited. In 1972, however, the voters amended the California Constitution. As a result, the general rule has been altered only for school districts. Thus, laws relating to local schools occupy a unique constitutional position. Under this “permissive education code,” as long as a statute does not prohibit the program or activity and it is consistent with the purposes for which school districts are established, it can be undertaken. In other words, it is constitutionally unnecessary to enact any statutes that merely allow or permit school districts, at their discretion, to do something. 18
Education Statistics California Basic Educational Data System The California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) is a system for collecting and sharing demographic data about students, schools, school districts, and classified and professional education staff in the California public school system in grades kindergarten through twelve. The data are collected once a year on the first Wednesday in October, which is designated as “Information Day.” The data are collected on three different forms. Each district and county office of education completes a form providing information about classified staff, estimated teacher hires, grading requirements, gifted and talented education (GATE), and interdistrict transfers. Each public school completes a form providing information about classified staff; graduates; dropouts; alternative education; school enrollment by grade level, gender, and ethnic designation; enrollment in selected high school courses; career technical education enrollment; technology; education calendar; and graduate and dropout data for No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Finally, for each certificated staff member, data are collected about age; ethnic designation; gender; highest education level; years of service; employee status; time base; type of teaching credential; authorized teaching areas; and assignment information, which consists of enrollment, grade level, University of California (UC)/California State University (CSU) requirements, and NCLB core and compliant data for each course taught. A number of alternatives are available to school districts for submitting the required data. Paper submission is an option for small districts submitting certificated staff data. All other districts submit data electronically. For school and certificated staff data submission, data entry assistant programs are available on CD-ROM. CBEDS was originally designed to produce state and federal reports required by California’s Education Code and by federal statutes. CBEDS is also used to compute funding for many of the state programs, including Instructional Materials, Career Technical Education, Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Healthy Start Support Services grants, and the California Technology Assistance Project. CBEDS data can be viewed in a variety of formats on the CBEDS Web site at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb: • DataQuest lets users create their own reports of demographic data for public schools, districts, counties, or the state. • Demographic reports are viewable and show trends in demographic data for California public schools, kindergarten through grade twelve (K–12). • Demographic data files are compressed data files in database format (DBF) that can be downloaded for California public schools, K–12. 19
Page 1 and 2: FACT BOOK 2007 HANDBOOK OF EDUCATIO
Page 3 and 4: Contents A Message from the State
Page 5 and 6: Instructional Materials Funding Rea
Page 7 and 8: Acknowledgments The annual Fact Bo
Page 9 and 10: California Department of Education
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Page 21 and 22: Enrollment and Number of California
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Page 25 and 26: Full-Time Equivalent Pupil Services
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pupil's exemption from public schoo
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Year-Round Education As of October
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of 1999) established an audit revie
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2006-07 Education Budget On June 3
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Calendar of Events—2007 Dates inc
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