Section 52072.5 Of Article 4.5. Local Control And Accountability Plans From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 6.1. >> Article 4.5.
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. (a) The Superintendent may, with the approval of the state
board, identify county offices of education in need of intervention.
(b) The Superintendent shall only intervene in a county office of
education that meets both of the following criteria:
(1) The county office of education did not improve the outcomes
for three or more pupil subgroups identified pursuant to Section
52052 or, if the county office of education has less than three pupil
subgroups, all of the county office of education's pupil subgroups,
in regard to more than one state or local priority in three out of
four consecutive school years.
(2) The California Collaborative for Educational Excellence has
provided advice and assistance to the county office of education
pursuant to Section 52071.5 and submits either of the following
findings to the Superintendent:
(A) That the county office of education has failed, or is unable,
to implement the recommendations of the California Collaborative for
Educational Excellence.
(B) That the inadequate performance of the county office of
education, based upon an evaluation rubric adopted pursuant to
Section 52064.5, is either so persistent or acute as to require
intervention by the Superintendent.
(c) For county offices of education identified pursuant to
subdivision (a), the Superintendent may, with the approval of the
state board, do one or more of the following:
(1) Make changes to a local control and accountability plan
adopted by the county board of education.
(2) Develop and impose a budget revision, in conjunction with
revisions to the local control and accountability plan, that the
Superintendent determines would allow the county office of education
to improve the outcomes for all pupil subgroups identified pursuant
to Section 52052 in regard to state and local priorities.
(3) Stay or rescind an action, if that action is not required by a
local collective bargaining agreement, that would prevent the county
office of education from improving outcomes for all pupil subgroups
identified pursuant to Section 52052 in regard to state or local
priorities.
(4) Appoint an academic trustee to exercise the powers and
authority specified in this section on his or her behalf.
(d) The Superintendent shall notify the county board of education
and the county superintendent of schools, in writing, of any action
by the state board to direct him or her to exercise any of the powers
and authorities specified in this section.