SAC Duties
SAC Does....
- Consist of teachers,
students, parents and education support personnel (elected
by their peers) and other citizens representative of the
ethnic, racial and economic community served by school. (A
list of members may be sent to the school board on an annual
basis for approval)
- Assists the principal in the school's
annual budget...."With technical assistance from the Department of Education, each
school advisory council shall assist in the preparation of the
school's annual budget and plan as required by s.
1008.385(1).
A portion of funds provided in the annual General Appropriations
Act for use by school advisory councils must be used for
implementing the school improvement plan.
- Assist in the preparation
and evaluation of the School Improvement Plan. (SIP).
The plan is designed to achieve the state education goals
and student performance standards. The plan must also
address issues relative to budget, training, instructional
materials, technology, staffing, student support services,
and other matters of resource allocation as determined by
school board policy.
- Approves of the
expenditure of school improvement funds. [see
state statutes] ( lottery enhancement funds)
- Performs functions as
prescribed by regulations of the school board.
- Advertises the final draft
of the school improvement plan and conducts a public meeting
for community suggestions for modifications and serves
as an advocate in the community and the school for
implementation and assists in public relations efforts
related to the plan.
- Supports school
improvement implementation
- Collects and analyzes
information about the community and the school and receives
public input regarding needs (Needs Assessment) of the
school. SACs provides
ongoing review of the progress being made toward
implementation of the school improvement plan. SACs
evaluates success by monitoring short-term and long-term
outcomes.
- Adhere
to the "Sunshine Law"
- SAC
members attend meetings
- SAC & the school's staff jointly decided on how to spend A+ recognition money ("determined by the school's staff and school advisory council...")
The whole point of school improvement is data-driven decision making. The process is SUPPOSED to be fairly simple and straight forward: The SAC reviews relevant data (which is much more than test scores), identifies problem areas, develops improvement strategies, monitors their implementation, and then starts the whole process over when the next round of data is available. IT IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED OR ADVERSARIAL!!
DOES NOT:
Have any of the powers and duties reserved by law for the school board or its staff.
Have any state mandates other than those prescribed by the accountability legislation.