LAUSD-Authorized Charter Transparency

Keeping Parents Informed:  LAUSD-Authorized Charter Transparency

 

ICEF Public Schools (“ICEF”) is a Charter Management Organization (“CMO”) with seven public charter schools governed by a nonprofit board of directors with six schools being overseen by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD).  On January 12, 2016, the LAUSD board voted to approve a Board Resolution, “Keeping Parents Informed:  Charter Transparency” which was passed with the support of the LA charter community.  The resolution highlighted information and data that charter public schools share with parents through their charter petitions, School Accountability Report Cards, Local Education Agency Plans, Local Control Accountability Plans, Annual Audits, and other publicly available documents.  This information is available from ICEF electronically or manually by parent request.

 

Per board resolution, parents may request this information in English and any single primary language meeting the requirements of Sections 45400 through 45403 of the California Education Code.  Please submit parent requests for documents or translated information to Patricia Hernandez, School Operations Manager, at [email protected] or (323) 290-6997.

 

      Resources:

• Charter Petition
• School Accountability Report Card
• 2018-19 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress
• Local Control Accountability Plan
• LCAP Federal Addendum
• Consolidated Application
• Audited Financial Statements
• Uniform Complaint Policy
• Parent/Student Handbook (English)
• Parent/Student Handbook (Spanish)

 

 

Safety and Facilities

• Health and safety plans and procedures (see charter petition)
• School facility assessment (see School Accountability Report Card)
• School Safety Plan

 

Curriculum and Instructional Focus

• Instructional materials (see School Accountability Report Card)
• Curriculum content (see charter petition)

 

Staff

• Teacher credential status (see School Accountability Report Card)
• Qualifications of employees (including school leaders); Staff (including, but not limited to teachers, administrators, clerical staff, custodial staff, aids, etc.) compensation scheme available upon request. (see charter petition)

 

Governance Structure and Financial Management

• Brown Act compliancy (see charter petition)
• Governance structure and policies (see charter petition)
• Any material relationships among the school, CMO and any person or entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the school or its CMO; As used herein, “control” has the meaning ascribed to it in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities
• Audited Financial Statements (see above)
• Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) (see link above)

 

Food Services

• Meals offered to students (see link to menu)
• ICEF provides free and reduced-price meals to those students who qualify for National School Lunch Program benefits

 

Admissions

• Lottery process (including preferences) and enrollment deadlines (see charter petition)
• Academic Performance (in each case, disaggregated for all numerically significant sub-groups) (see 2017 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress)
• Statewide testing results (click here for the state’s website)
• Four-year cohort graduation rates:  not applicable
• Drop-out rates: not applicable

 

Student Demographic Rates

• Ethnicity (see School Accountability Report Card)
• Income-eligibility for free and reduced-price meals (see School Accountability Report Card)
• English Language Learner status (see School Accountability Report Card)
• Special Education, by type (detailed to the extent permitted by applicable state and federal law and as available by traditional District public schools) (see School Accountability Report Card)