SB 374 Single Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)

Description
Academic achievement of students is the top priority of the education system in California. SB 374, introduced by Senator Jack O’Connell and effective January 1, 2002, amended Education Code sections 64000 and 64001, to require each school to consolidate all school plans required by programs funded through the Consolidated Application into a single plan, known as the “Single Plan for Student Achievement.”
The Plan’s stated purpose is to improve the academic performance of all pupils to the level of the performance goals as established by the Academic Performance Index and the Adequate Yearly Progress. The new law established the following eight requirements for school plans, directly related to improving tested student performance:

1. School districts must assure “that School Site Councils have developed and approved a plan, to be known as the Single Plan for Student Achievement for schools participating in programs funded through the consolidated application process, and any other school program the school chooses to include…”;
2. School plans must be developed “with the review, certification, and advice of any applicable school advisory committees…”;
3. Any plans required by programs funded through the consolidated application must be consolidated into a single plan;
4. The content of the plan must be aligned with school goals for improving student achievement;
5. School goals must be based upon “an analysis of verifiable state data, including the Academic Performance Index… and the English Language Development test… and may include any data voluntarily developed by districts to measure pupil achievement…”;
6. The plan must address how Consolidated Application funds will be used to “improve the academic performance of all pupils to the level of the performance goals, as established by the Academic Performance Index…”;
7. The plan must be “reviewed annually and updated, including proposed expenditures of funds allocated to the school through the consolidated application, by the School Site Council…”;
8. Plans must be reviewed and approved by the governing board of the local educational agency “whenever there are material changes that affect the academic programs for students covered by programs” funded through the Consolidated Application. In addition, the Plan must meet the requirements of each program funded through the Consolidated Application and operated at the school.

Services Available Through SCOE
SCOE provides on on-site training and one-on-one assistance to annually update each school’s Single Plan for Student Achievement and assists School Site Councils and school staff to follow CDE’s process to develop SPSA and to meet all legal requirements. Access to additional information: www.cde.ca.gov/nclb/sr/le/singleplan.asp

Contact
For more information please call or email Martie Hagarty at 530 842-8415.