SAC

Inform, encourage, and provide opportunities for parent and community members to be involved in the planning and evaluation of the school’s instructional program and quality improvement process.

• Adopt the UIP (school improvement plan)

• Recommend priorities for spending school funds  

• Monitor progress toward academic goals 

• Safety issues relative to the school environment 

• Community concerns and input regarding the above mentioned items

• Gather and provide information to the principal and DAC on needs or concerns of the school 

• Advise principal in development of priority improvement or turnaround plan 

• Report to community and board on the educational performance of the school  

• Perform other duties as assigned by the board

Additional Information 

• It serves as a committee of the governing board and provides guidance in the areas of academics and safety 

• The SAC is able to review aggregate school data but not individual student data or data that has a small sample size to determine how the school is progressing toward academic goals

What the SAC does NOT do:

• Personnel issues, including hiring and evaluation of staff  

• Individual student discipline issues 

• Any issues dealing with a specific student, staff member, or parent