Dashboard Alternative School Status
In 2013, California’s accountability system significantly changed with the adoption of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Included in LCFF is a new accountability system, the California School Dashboard (Dashboard), which contains state indicators and standards to help identify a school’s strengths, weaknesses, and areas in need of improvement. In recognition of alternative schools that serve at-risk/traditionally underserved students, in May 2017 the State Board of Education approved the Dashboard Alternative School Status (DASS) program. The DASS replaces the previously-administered Alternative Schools Accountability Model (ASAM) and holds alternative schools and alternative schools of choice accountable for alternative accountability indicators that will be incorporated in the Dashboard beginning with the Fall 2018 release.
Local Control & Accountability Plan (LCAP)
Restraint and Seclusion Data
Assembly Bill (AB) 2657 (Chapter 998, Statutes of 2018) went into effect on January 1, 2019, adding Sections 49005–49006.4 to California’s Education Code requiring LEAs to collect and report to the CDE all incidents in which a student, with or without an individualized education program (IEP) or 504 plan, is restrained (mechanically or physically) or secluded, as defined in law. This requirement extends to any student placed by the LEA in a Non-Public School (NPS) pursuant to their IEP. You can find more information regarding these reporting requirements as well as definitions of what constitutes restraint and seclusion here.
Annual data relating to incidences (if any) of restraint or seclusion in the San Diego Mission Academy can be found here.
