Olive Grove Charter Schools Restructuring Timeline

Items #16-19 Olive Grove Charter Schools State Board of Education July 11, 2018 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Background Olive Grove is a SBE-authorized charter school operating multiple resource centers Olive Grove is seeking to restructure each resource center to be an individual charter school to come into compliance with the Anderson Court Decision Four of these resource centers, Buellton, Lompoc, Orcutt/Santa Maria and Santa Barbara, are in Santa Barbara County and are before the SBE today as separate schools Each of the four Olive Grove resource centers first petitioned the school district in which they are geographically located and Santa Barbara County TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Timeline Individual petitions were denied by the following school districts on the following dates: Santa Barbara Unified School District denied the Olive Grove Charter School: Santa Barbara on December 5, 2017 by a vote of five to zero Lompoc Unified School District denied the Olive Grove Charter School: Lompoc on December 5, 2017 by a vote of three to one with one abstention TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Timeline (2) Santa Maria Joint Union High School District denied the Olive Grove Charter School: Orcutt/Santa Maria on December 12, 2017 by a vote of five to zero Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District denied the Olive Grove Charter School: Buellton on December 12, 2017 by a vote of five to zero TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Timeline (3) March 1, 2018 the Santa Barbara County Board of Education (SBCBOE) voted to deny all four petitions at the same meeting by a vote of five to zero The petitioners submitted all four petitions on appeal to the State Board of Education (SBE) on March 15, 2018 TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction

CDE Recommendation (1) TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction The CDE recommendation is that the SBE hold a public hearing to approve the requests to establish: All four Olive Groves schools as individual charter schools, under the oversight of the SBE for a five-year year term of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023

CDE Recommendation (2) TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction Recommendation based on: Sound Educational Program Demonstrably likely to successfully implement the program Reasonably comprehensive description of most charter elements

Advisory Commission on Charter Schools TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction June 12, 2018 meeting Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS) moved staff s recommendation to approve all four petitions to the SBE The motions all passed by a vote of seven to one

History as SBE-Authorized Charter School (1) Olive Grove was approved at the July 2015 SBE meeting for a five year term - July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2020 Transitional kindergarten through grade 12 independent study program Total enrollment is 710 pupils, two times the stated enrollment in the petition Good financial record under SBE authorization Projected fund balance of over $600,000 with reserve of over 10 percent Audited financial data from the 2016 17 audit report No significant audit findings noted TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction

History as SBE-Authorized Charter School (2) Academic History Approved for Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) in the fall of 2017 February 2018; schoolwide percent of pupils not meeting state standards in mathematics exceeded statewide average by more than 15 percent School committed to adjusting instruction to target academic deficits Annual Oversight visit, May 2018 Olive Grove was in compliance with Memo of Understanding with SBE and charter petition TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction

CDE Findings Sound Educational Program Pupils will participate in an Independent Study, blended learning environment with the parent as the primary deliverer of the educational program Schools will provide guidance, support, assistance, and resource materials to enable parents to meet the individual academic needs of their pupil Each pupil s educational program is individualized Petitioners are proposing to preserve the current educational program delivered at each resource center TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction

CDE Findings Ability to Implement the Program Fiscal Analysis All projected budgets, including Orcutt (see below) are fiscally viable with reserves of 5 percent For Orcutt/Santa Maria, ACCS requested a balanced budget with five percent reserve by June 30, 2018 Budget was submitted to CDE on June 14, 2018 The CDE concluded that the multi-year financial plan is fiscally viable due to the positive ending fund balances of $122,247, $262,295, and $414,736 with reserves of 6.1, 11.1, and 15.8 percent for FY 2018 19 to 2020 21, respectively TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Deficiencies in Charter Elements TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction If approved by the SBE, the elements below need to be clarified by the petitioner: English Learner reclassification criteria Measurable pupil outcomes Employee qualifications Expulsion and Suspension Procedures Dispute Resolution Procedures

Summary TOM TORLAKSON State Superintendent of Public Instruction CDE staff is recommending approval of all four petitions Good standing with SBE Sound educational program, overall fiscal viability Clarification of Charter Elements in petition