7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
West Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Welcome Remarks

• Dr. Michael W. Kirst, President, California State Board of Education; Emeritus Professor of Education, Stanford University
PRESENTATION

9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Session I:

Getting on Board: Evolving Roles in Local Governance

Local school board members find themselves with both greater flexibility and more authority, which requires an increased focus on collaboration with superintendents to approach education policy as a governance team. In this session, participants explored collaborative governance strategies with superintendents to leverage their strategic planning process and community stakeholder relationships to better support student academic achievement.

• Dr. Thomas L. Alsbury, President, Balance Governance Solutions; Professor, Northwest University
PRESENTATION | Resource: 1

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Session II:

Latino Student Academic Achievement in California

Latino students represent the majority of California’s K-12 student population. As school board members pursue local policies, they must understand how to navigate the various data sources available to them that highlight the educational attainment of students across the educational pipeline in the state and in their local communities. Participants in this session received an overview of Latino student academic achievement data and participated in an “equity data walk” exercise.

• Mr. Ryan J. Smith, Executive Director, The Education Trust-West
PRESENTATION

• Ms. Leni Wolf, Senior Research and Policy Analyst, The Education Trust-West

• Mr. Anthony P. Chavez, External Relations Associate, The Education Trust-West

Additional Resources: 1 | 2 | 3

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
West Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Luncheon Presentation:

Census 2020 – Make it Count!

• Mr. Eduardo Cisneros, Director of National Census Program, NALEO Educational Fund
PRESENTATION | Resources: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Session III:

Lessons Learned from LCFF and LCAP

Enacted in 2013-14, California passed a Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) that changed the way the state finances and allocates funding to county offices of education, public school districts, and charter schools. This funding law also placed more responsibility on local governing boards and school district leadership to assess local needs and develop programs and interventions to support families and students in their communities. While LCFF provides school districts with greater autonomy in how resources may be allocated to improve equitable educational outcomes, districts have also been obligated to transparently articulate their goals and actions in Local Control Accountability Plans (LCAPs). In this session, policymakers were provided with early findings on LCFF and LCAP and had an opportunity to discuss how to leverage lessons learned to improve their policy decision making at the local levels.

• Dr. Sean Tanner, Senior Research Associate, WestEd
PRESENTATION

• Dr. Magaly Lavadenz, Director, Center for Equity for English Learners, Loyola Marymount University; President, Californians Together
PRESENTATION

Additional Resources: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Session IV:

Overview of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the California State Accountability Plan

ESSA is the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), the federal education law that provides requirements for our K-12 public education system and replaced No Child Left Behind (NCLB). A primary aspect of ESSA is the shift in responsibility for policy implementation from the federal government to individual states. In 2017, all states were required to submit a State Accountability Plan to the U.S. Department of Education for approval. The California Department of Education’s State Accountability Plan is still pending approval. To capitalize on the opportunities found in ESSA, local leaders must understand the policy shifts and regulation changes in this new federal law. This session provided an opportunity to discuss how ESSA and the California State Accountability Plan have the ability to integrate with LCAP to better support student needs and academic outcomes.

• Mr. Max Marchitello, Senior Analyst, Policy and Thought Leadership, Bellwether Education Partners
PRESENTATION

• Dr. Feliza Ortiz-Licon, Board Member, California State Board of Education; Senior Director, UnidosUS
PRESENTATION

• Dr. Karla Estrada, Director of Education, California Collaborative of Educational Excellence
PRESENTATION

Additional Resources: 1 | 2 | 3

5:00 p.m. – 5:05 p.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Evaluations

5:05 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Closing Remarks

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Oak Room/Sequoia Room, Lobby Level
Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel
626 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Opening Reception

Host:
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Co-host:
College Board

7:45 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Paul Brest Patio, Munger Building, Stanford University

Breakfast

8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Session V:

The Growing Need to Support ELL Students

In the significant majority of school districts in California, it is virtually impossible to be an educator and not have responsibility for educating ELL students. Governing boards must understand the legal requirements in place at the federal and state levels to support the education of ELLs as well as the relevant research base to develop local policies and practices to support educators in the classroom. This session provided participants with an overview of California’s English Learner Roadmap, the legal requirements school districts are obligated to follow from the federal and state level, and an opportunity to identify what strategies promote the academic achievement of ELL students at the local level.

• Dr. Claude Goldenberg, Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
PRESENTATION

• Dr. Veronica Aguila, Director, English Learner Support Division, California Department of Education
PRESENTATION

Additional Resources: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Session VI:

Unpacking State Assessment Systems at the Local Level

Assessment systems are intended to be informative for schools, teachers, parents, and students. To receive federal funds, ESSA requires state education agencies to implement summative statewide assessments in science, math, and English Language Arts, as well as ELL student language assessments. However, states often exceed federal requirements by requiring interim and additional college and career readiness assessments. It is critical for governing board members to understand what assessments their school districts are obligated to implement and what frameworks need to be developed in partnership with school district leaders to build their capacity to support students’ academic needs. In this session, participants had an opportunity to learn about the different types of assessments used in education, why they matter, and how school districts can use these assessments to support teaching and learning.

• Dr. Guillermo Solano Flores, Professor, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University
PRESENTATION

• Dr. Magda Chia, Director of Strategy, Impact and Policy, Understanding Language/Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity, Stanford University

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Paul Brest Patio, Munger Building, Stanford University

Networking Luncheon

12:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Session VII:

Show Me the Money: Per-Pupil, Per-School Reporting

Under ESSA, states and public schools will see a change in their education finance reporting to the U.S. Department of Education for the 2018-2019 school year. ESSA requires that school funding be monitored and reported per-pupil, per-school, while previous federal laws have only required reporting to be done district-wide. This new school finance reporting system will provide policymakers with additional information during the budget process to target the needs of individual students. This session included an overview of the new ESSA school funding reporting procedures and ways policymakers can prepare for these changes to address the educational needs of students through the new per-pupil, per-school requirement.

• Ms. Katie Hagan, Research Associate, Edunomics Lab, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University
PRESENTATION

Additional Resources: 1 | 2

2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
East Room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Session VIII:

California Networks for School Improvement

Addressing the current and future educational needs of California students will require that education stakeholders and policymakers collaborate now more than ever. This session provided participants with an opportunity to engage in a discussion to identify policy tools like the California Dashboard or initiatives like CORE Districts they can support, create, and implement in their communities and school districts moving forward.

• Mr. Noah Bookman, Chief Strategy Officer, CORE Districts
PRESENTATION

• Mr. Jorge Aguilar, Superintendent, Sacramento City Unified School District
PRESENTATION

Additional Resources: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4

3:45 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
East room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Evaluations

3:50 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.
East room, Paul Brest Hall, Munger Building, Stanford University

Closing Remarks