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Findings and Recommendations 5 findings
F1
The COE should have documented ROP policies and procedures that conform to those recommended by the state.
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R1
The Grand Jury recommends that the County’s Office of Education do the following:
Direct Staff to document the fundamental policies for its ROP. The following topics, mentioned in the Instructions and Guidelines for the development of the 2008-2012 Career Technical Education (CTE) Local Plan, California Department of Education, should be considered: • Evaluation of program success • Accountability, and continuous improvement • Leadership at all levels • High-quality curriculum and instruction • Career exploration and guidance • Student support and student leadership development • Industry partnerships • System alignment and coherence • Effective organizational design • System responsiveness to changing economic demands • Skilled faculty and professional development • CTE promotion, outreach, and communication.
F2
Failure by the COE to seek a federal grant for career technical education funds for the high school program may have cost the County additional funding for ROP. The 2013-14 Budget Restructuring the K-12 Funding system; www.lao.ca.gov/analysis/2013/education/restructuring-k12-funding/restructuring-k12-funding-022213/aspx. 36 http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/2013-14/pdf/Revised/BudgetSummary/Kthru12Education.pdf 37 Per COE management, these 12 counties are allowed to use excess property taxes for this purpose per the state Education Code. These counties are: Marin, Napa, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Santa Clara, San Mateo & Placer. San Luis Obispo and Monterey have excess property taxes but they don’t run an ROP 38 http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB88 39 http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_69_bill_20130528_amended_sen_v95.pdf 10
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R2
The Grand Jury recommends that the County’s Office of Education do the following:
Take advantage of all ROP-related funding opportunities made available through the state and federal governments.
F3
County high school students would benefit from having ROP classes more geographically dispersed throughout the County, as the majority of ROP classes taught on campuses take place in only two school districts.
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R3
The Grand Jury recommends that the County’s Office of Education do the following:
Aggressively pursue potential underwriters for ROP courses. The Grand Jury recommends that each County High School District and Unified School District do the following:
F4
Guidance counselors play a critical role in identifying the most suitable courses for each child’s education and career path.
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R4
The Grand Jury recommends that the County’s Office of Education do the following:
Work with the COE to add ROP classes to its on-campus curriculum or document its reasons for not having such classes on campus.
F5
The ROP would benefit from additional underwriting of its courses by the business community.
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R5
The Grand Jury recommends that the County’s Office of Education do the following:
Require that each guidance counselor in high school districts that offer ROP courses be required to confirm they have considered discussing ROP classes as part of each student’s coursework. 11
No Responses Found 1
Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.