Sample Resolution

WHEREAS, Continuation high schools are the primary safety net for students at risk of dropping out of high school and serve students who are typically between 16 and 19 years of age;

WHEREAS, the current funding formula for continuation high schools has not been significantly modified in over 20 years as a result of two decades of neglect,

WHEREAS, California now has a funding system which provides some school districts with as little as $60 in additional funding per continuation high school ADA, while others receive over $6,000 per ADA. 

WHEREAS, AB 927 (Goldberg) addresses the glaring inequities in our current school funding system, while creating strong incentives for school districts to offer quality programs to students who are at-risk of failure;

WHEREAS, AB 927 provides a minimum level of funding for those school districts which are currently receiving less than $1,500 in continuation high school funding per continuation high school ADA;

WHEREAS, in exchange for this additional funding, school districts must certify that they will implement a quality continuation high school program, including average class sizes no greater than 20 to 1, offering students a minimum of six hours per day of classroom instruction, maintaining a student to counselor ratio no larger than 300 to 1, and participating in the state’s school accountability system;

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education of the _____________ (school district) SUPPORTS AB 927 (Goldberg) to fund and improve California’s continuation high schools;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the District Superintendent shall transmit this resolution to the Governor of the State of California and the State Legislators who represent the district.

ADOPTED THIS_________ Day of___________, 2001.

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