School Site Council and ELAC
What school Site Council does
What school Site Council does
What school Site Council does
California Education Code 52852 requires that a school site council shall be established at each school that participates in Title I or LCFF supplemental/concentration grant funding. The school site council shall be composed of the principal and representatives of: teachers selected by teachers at the school; other school personnel selected by other school personnel at the school; parents of pupils attending the school selected by the parents; and, in secondary schools, pupils selected by pupils attending the school.
School site council meet regularly to complete the following activities:
- Elect officers
- Develop/revise by-law (optional)
- Advise the annual revision of the Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
- Recommend the annual revisions to the SPSA for Board approval
- Approve revisions to the site categorical budget and SPSA
- Monitor the implementation of the site categorical budget and activities in the SPSA
- Annually evaluate the activities in the approved SPSA
what English Learners Advisory committee (ELAC) does:
what English Learners Advisory committee (ELAC) does:
what English Learners Advisory committee (ELAC) does:
The purpose of the ELAC is to provide parents of English Learners opportunities to:
- Learn more about the programs offered to their children.
- Participate in the schools’ needs assessment of students, parents and teachers.
- Provide input to the principal and school staff of the most positive and effective strategies for teaching English Learners.
- Provide input on the most effective ways to support full participation of English Learners in all school activities.
- Provide input on the most effective ways to ensure regular school attendance.
- Have representation at the district level by the attendance of elected officials at the District English Language Advisory Council (DELAC) meetings.