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ASSEMBLY BILL 2040
• Amends Government Code sections 12463 and 53892 to
mandate disclosure of the compensation of school and special
district elected officials, officers and employees.
• Starting January 1, 2015, these agencies will have new reporting
and internet posting requirements to provide the public with
easy access to this compensation information
• Examples of the types of compensation that must be disclosed
include: Salary, and sick leave, health and retirement benefits
• Entire Bill can be read here: AB 2040
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PROP 2 – CAP ON RESERVES
Should Districts be concerned?
• How close to enforcement of reserve caps are we?
* Maintenance Factor (est $1.9 billion at end of 15-16)
* Test 1 Funding (DOF opinion – unlikely to occur)
* Prop 98 funding sufficient for Growth/Enrollment
* Capital Gains must exceed 8%
• Review Report: LAO Governor's Budget
• 15-16 District budgets at adoption must identify minimum
reserve, amount in excess of the minimum, and a statement to
substantiate the difference; i.e. infrastructure, maintenance
and repair, technology, contributions to OPEBs or other
unfunded liabilities
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CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION /
ASSESSMENT
Math Curriculum Update
February Grade Alike Meetings
Dive Deeper – Fractions – starts on 1/27
2/4, 3/3, 3/10
ELA
Introduction to Frameworks – Feb. PD day
Assessment
Smarter Balanced/WestEd – 2 days workshop (3/12-13)
Building Educator Assessment Literacy – Mini Training (1/26)
Digital Library – Training and Access
http://www.tcsos.us/educational-services/professional-development/
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AB 1432 MANDATED REPORTER TRAINING
EFFECTIVE 1/1/2015
*Mandates:
1. Annual training using online training modules provided
by CDSS
2. Provide training within the first 6 weeks of each school
year or within 6 weeks of employment
*Training:
1. General Training Module - up to 4 hours self paced
2. Educators Professional Module - up to 2 hours self
paced - Final test must be taken and passed at 80% or
higher (must take General Training Module First)
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CA PAID SICK LEAVE LAW - AB 1522
1. Provide Sick Leave to those Employees that are not currently covered under an
Agreement/Policy
2. Employees are entitled to earn sick leave after 30 days of employment & use paid sick
leave after 90 days of employment
Options:
A. Accrual/Carry Over: provide 1 hour of sick leave for every 30 hours worked.
Must carry over to the next year
B. 3 Days 24 hour Cap: Employer provides the 3 day 24 hour cap at the beginning
of the year school year. No accrual or carryover is required if full amount of
leave is received at the beginning of the school year
3. Must post new law by January 1, 2015
4. Employer must provide written notice of sick leave balances on an itemized wage
statement or in a separate writing provided in the employees paycheck.
5. Establish Advisory Committee to work through this legislation.
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SPECIAL EDUCATION
SELPA Strategic Planning: February 2015
The SELPA needs to conduct a Strategic Planning process to
address many changes that have taken place and prepare for the
future of the SELPA. The results of this planning process will be
used to rewrite our local plan, which has not been updated since
2004/05. Chris King has agreed to facilitate this process. She will
meet in February with the following planning groups.
1. Community Advisory Committee (CAC)
2. SELPA Staff
3. Sample of Site Staff
4. Superintendents
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BIIG UPDATE
• Broadband Infrastructure Improvement Grant
• 5 Tuolumne County School sites on eligible service list
Cold Springs & South Fork(Summerville High)
Don Pedro High, Tenaya El & Tioga High (BOFG)
• 1 additional site (Mountain High) eligible, no bid from ISPs
• MOUs signed by districts before 1/23/2015
• Initial installation timeframes
April/May - South Fork, Don Pedro, Tenaya & Tioga
July/August - Cold Springs
• Included in grant funding
Installation, on-site equipment, service fees (through 6/2016)
• BIIG Grant 2.0 in 2015/2016 budget ($100M)
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CAASPP READINESS
• New Secure Browser for 2014/2015
• Uninstall prior version before installing the new one
• 10” device or greater with physical keyboard
• Supported Operating Systems:
Windows: XP(SP3) | Vista | Win7 | Win8/8.1
Mac: OS X 10.4.4 – 10.10
ChromeBook/Box: Chrome OS v31 – v39
iPad: OS 6.0 – 7.1 (iPad 1 and iPad Mini not supported)
Other devices and specs available online
• Download Secure Browsers @ http://ca.browsers.airast.org
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BRIGHTBYTES DATA COLLECTION
• Completed: Belleview, Jamestown, Sonora High
• In Collection: Columbia
• Not Started: BOFG, Curtis Creek, Gold Rush, Sonora El,
Soulsbyville El, Summerville El, Summerville High, Twain Harte
• BrightBytes has reached out, but has not heard back
• BrightBytes contacts:
Caroline Brenes, Project Manager
415.992.7596 - caroline@brightbytes.net
Samara Wenten, Education Research Partner
530.448.6804 - samara@brightbytes.net
BIIG Grant
Cold Springs High, South Fork High (Summerville High School District)
Don Pedro High, Tenaya Elementary, Tioga High (Big Oak Flat/Groveland District)
Cold Springs TCSOS 1GB Fiber
South Fork Summerville HS 1GB Fiber
Tenaya TCSOS 1GB Fiber
Tioga Tenaya 1GB Fiber
Don Pedro TCSOS 1GB Fiber
Mountain High is eligible but no ISPs put in a proposal for the grant. If we find an ISP that is willing to provide services (wireless / microwave) the grant will pay for it
MOUs signed by districts before 1/23/2015 (this Friday) BIIG Negotiations with Providers Coordinate w/ COEs for Equipment installation
Installation Timeframes:
April/May – South Fork, Don Pedro, Tenaya & Tioga
July/August – Cold Springs
Included in grant:
All hardware, including router
Monthly services fees until 6/30/2016