Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org State and Federal Flexibility and Accountability Barbara Lunsford Georgia Department of Education 11/3/20151

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org State Flexibility The Academic Bottom Line Improving Student Achievement Results Shorthand phrase for Georgia education law and all related rules and guidelines Title 20 Freedom granted through waivers of Title 20 law, rules, and guidelines Flexibility Operational approaches school systems and schools can take to implement flexibility in exchange for a performance contract from the State Board of Education (IE2 and Charter System) Flexibility Options Waivers of state class size, expenditure control, certification, and salary schedule requirements. The Big Four 11/3/20154

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org State Flexibility 11/3/20155 Investing in Educational Excellence (IE2) System A local district that has a performance contract with the SBOE (State Board of Education) granting it allowable waivers from requested Title 20 provisions, SBOE rules, and GaDOE (Georgia Department of Education) guidelines- The waivers requested must be listed/explained in the application

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org State Flexibility Charter System A local district that has a performance contract with the SBOE granting it all allowable waivers from Title 20 provisions, SBOE rules, and GaDOE guidelines- Although charter systems are granted a broad flexibility waiver, the application requires a list of waivers the district needs to implement its strategic plan 11/3/20156

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org State Flexibility Status Quo System A local district that has elected not to request increased flexibility in exchange for increased accountability and defined consequences and opted to remain under all current laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures 11/3/20157

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org State Flexibility System of Charter Clusters/Schools A local district that has all of its schools or cluster feeder clusters designated as charter. The charter schools/clusters have a contract with the state and the district with the list of waivers needed to implement the charter. 11/3/20158

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org State Flexibility 11/3/20159 Each model varies  Flexibility  Waiver limitations – cannot waiver federal rules/regulations  Unique Features  Fiscal Impact  Governance  Performance Evaluation  Consequences

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org State Flexibility 11/3/ IE2Charter SystemStatus QuoSystem of Charter Schools or Charter Clusters GOSA Student performance goals must meet CCRPI and “second look” contract goals Student performance must meet all federal and state accountability measures Student performance goals must meet contract goals and exceed state averages and previous system performance Student performance must meet all federal and state accountability measures Student performance goals must meet contract goals and exceed state averages and previous cluster or school performance Student performance must meet all federal and state accountability measures Performance Evaluation

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org State Flexibility 11/3/ IE2Charter SystemStatus QuoSystem of Charter Schools or Charter Clusters Loss of governance of non-performing schools may include, but is not limited to 1.Conversion to charter school 2.Operation by another school system 3.Operations by private or non-profit entity Charter status revoked and school system reverts to Status Quo Possible fiscal impact when converting from Charter System to Status Quo due to loss of flexibility N/A Charter status revoked for non-performing schools/clusters; those schools/clusters lose all flexibility Possible fiscal impact due to loss of flexibility if school system is Status Quo Consequences

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org ESEA Flexibility Waiver Principle 1 – College- and Career-Ready Expectations for All Students Update language to reflect standards Update language to reflect Georgia Milestones Assessment EL learners additional year exemption 11/3/201513

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org ESEA Flexibility Waiver 11/3/ Principle 2 – State Developed Systems of Differentiated Recognition, Accountability, and Support Update formulas used to identify Priority, Focus, Reward Schools (Align with components of the CCRPI) Update formulas used to exit Priority and Focus Schools Update School Standards Update language regarding non-negotiables for Priority Schools, Focus Schools, and Districts

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org ESEA Flexibility Waiver 11/3/ Principle 2 – State Developed Systems of Differentiated Recognition, Accountability, and Support Update District Standards Describe District Effectiveness designations (District CCRPI scores) Insert language requiring identified districts to do a districtwide set-aside Insert SSIP information Include language from equity plan

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org ESEA Flexibility Waiver 11/3/ Principle 2 – State Developed Systems of Differentiated Recognition, Accountability, and Support Update language regarding support to other Title I schools Elaborate on building capacity at the LEA and SEA level (collaboration across programs – both funding and programmatic

Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org ESEA Flexibility Waiver 11/3/ Principle 3 – Supporting Effective Instruction and Leadership Include language about the waiver to delay high- stakes decisions

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Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org Richard Woods, Georgia’s School Superintendent “Educating Georgia’s Future” gadoe.org 11/3/ Special Ed - SSIP State Systemic Improvement Plan Student Success: Imagine the Possibilities

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