Marin County Trustee Training on May 11, 2021

Marin County Office of Education is hosting a workshop for school district trustees, superintendents and chief business officials via Zoom on May 11, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Robert Henry, Esq. and Terena Mares, Deputy Superintendent will present information on the Brown Act: Closed Sessions and COVID-19 Resources for School Districts.  See attached flyer for details.

2020-21 Second Interim Budget Review Letters

We are finalizing our AB1200 review of Districts' Second Interim budget reports. We will be emailing draft letters to superintendents and district business officials no later than April 14, 2021 for review with final letters to be issued by the statutory deadline of April 16. As always, we appreciate your review and quick turnaround.

 

 

2020-21 Second Period (P2) Attendance Reporting

 

For the 2020-21 fiscal year, school districts are not required to collect attendance data.  However, for 2020-21 P2 school districts must still provide the Class Size penalties report in the principal apportionment data collection software.  This information should be submitted to the Marin County Office of Education via an export file with certified attendance forms no later than April 20, 2021. See attached Business Bulletin for details. 

 

 

2019-20 Audit Reports                        

We are completing our review of 2019-20 Audited financial statements March 31, 2021.  We expect to have draft letters to superintendents and district business officials on April 30, 2021 requesting corrective action plans to resolve any findings or recommendations.

 

Marin County Office of Education Property Tax Estimates

The County of Marin has released the 2021-22 property tax estimates  as of March 31, 2021.  This information has been shared with the District Business Officials. 

• 107911 Marin County Office of Education 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates 
• 107051 Bolinas Stinson School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates 
• 107171 Kentfield School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates  
• 107191 Laguna Joint Elementary School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates  
• 107211 Lagunitas Elementary School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates 
• 107231 Larkspur Corte Madera School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107251 Lincoln Union School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107291 Mill Valley Elementary School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates 
• 107111 Miller Creek Elementary School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107311 Nicasio Elementary School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107651 Novato Unified School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107351 Reed Union School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107371 Ross School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates    
• 107891 Ross Valley School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107451 San Rafael Elementary School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates  
• 107741 San Rafael High School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107471 Sausalito Marin City School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107641 Shoreline Unified School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates   
• 107761 Tamalpais Union High School District 2021-22 Property Tax Estimates
   

 

California School Reopening Dashboard

All districts have successfully entered their data into the CA School Reopening Dashboard as well as subsequent weeks since the initial upload on January 25, 2021.  As a reminder this upload will be required every other week with the next submission April 19, 2021.  This requirement is in response to the  California Department of Public Health (CDPH) order CDPH order from January 14, 2021 requiring all LEAs (as well as charter and private schools) to submit data on how student instruction is being provided.

 

Seventh Annual Property Tax Forum on May 6, 2021

Marin County Office of Education will be hosting its 7th Annual Property Tax Forum on May 6, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. via Zoom. Click on this link for more information.

 

 

Marin County Trustee Training on May 11, 2021

Marin County Office of Education is hosting a workshop for school district trustees, superintendents and chief business officials via Zoom on May 11, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Robert Henry, Esq. and Terena Mares, Deputy Superintendent will present information on the Brown Act: Closed Sessions and COVID-19 Resources for School Districts.  See attached flyer for details.

 

 

SAVE THE DATE Parcel Tax Administration Training | May 26, 2021 | 2:00  p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The annual parcel tax administration training for district staff will be provided by the County of Marin on May 26,2021 .  This information will be circulated to the District Business Officials and Superintendent's Secretaries. See attached flyer for more information.

 

 

 COVID-19 Relief - One Time funding for K-12 Education

 

Please see attached COVID-19 Relief Funding for K-12 Education presentation and an award planning tool to help with planning the one-time funds received for COVID-19.  This information has been shared with the District Business Officials.

Professional Development

Equity 2 Transformation (E2T):  The next Equity 2 Transformation session with Lori Watson is scheduled for June 17, 2021 from 8:30 a.m.. to 3:00 p.m..  This one-day session is designed to help participants to develop the foundational tools to discuss race, elevating racial consciousness and the impact of race on their lives and work. Click on this link for more information and/or to register. 

CAPTAIN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES (EBPs) CAPTAIN Bridges will be hosting two upcoming trainings on Evidence-Based Practices (EBPs): reinforcement and visual supports. The selected EBPs are focused intervention practices that have evidence of efficacy in promoting positive outcomes for learners with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). 

 

Reinforcement EBPs - Thursday, April 22nd 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Reinforcement is the application of consequences after skills or behavior occurs that increase the learner’s use of the skills or behavior in future situations. Reinforcement is a foundational evidence-based practice that is almost always used with other evidence-based practices including prompting, discrete trial teaching, functional communication training, and naturalistic intervention. 

 

Visual Support EBPs - Wednesday, May 19th 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visual supports can be used as concrete cues that provide information about an activity, routine, or expectation and/or support skill demonstration. Some examples of visual schedules that will be reviewed include visual schedules, activity schedules, work systems, graphic organizers, visual cues, and scripts.