February 2004 Information Memoranda

Periodically, the State Board Members may receive information memoranda from State Board staff and the California Department of Education. The information memoranda may include background information, updates on issues of interest to the State Board Members, and reports on a variety of educational topics.

• Proposed Changes to California's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 Accountability Workbook (PDF; 93KB; 7pp.)
• California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) Program Update (PDF; 60KB; 1p.)
• California English Language Development Test (CELDT) Regulations (PDF; 56KB; 1p.)
• General Educational Development (GED) Regulations Amendment (PDF; 273KB; 9pp.)
• Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program: Approval of 2004 District Apportionment Amounts (PDF; 65KB; 1p.)
• Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program: Approval to allow Grade Eleven Students enrolled in Integrated Mathematics 3 to take the Algebra II California Standards Tests (CSTs) (PDF; 48KB; 1p.)
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001:Identifying Title I-funded Local Educational Agencies (LEAs) for Program Improvement (PI); Section 1116 (c) (3) (PDF; 136KB; 9pp.)
• Report of the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission (PDF; 127KB; 7pp.)
• Curriculum Commission: Approval of Criteria for Evaluating K-8 Science Instructional Materials for 2006 Primary Adoption (PDF; 121KB; 16pp.)
• Instructional Materials Follow-up Adoptions - Implementation of Senate Bill 1058 (Torlakson) with Proposed Regulations (PDF; 138KB; 14pp.)
• Draft Waiver Guidelines for the Algebra I Requirement (PDF; 87KB; 4pp.)
• No Child Left Behind (NCLB): Title IX, Persistently Dangerous Schools (PDS) (PDF; 128KB; 10pp.)
• Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (II/USP): Waiver Policy for higher-performing II/USP schools that do not make "significant growth" and are subject to state sanction (PDF; 58KB; 3pp.)
• Revision to the California State Plan (1999-2004) for the Workforce Investment Act; Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (PDF; 68KB; 1p.)
• Legislative Update (PDF; 92KB; 3pp.)