California Code of Regulations › Title 4 - Business Regulations › Division 15 - California School Finance Authority › Article 2 - 2004 and 2009 State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Programs › Section 10182 - Evaluation Criteria

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Preference points will be calculated for all eligible
				  applications. An application shall receive preference points based on the total
				  of (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and (f), up to a maximum of 150 points, as
				  follows:
(a) Low Income: Up to 60
				points based on the percentage of pupils at the charter school eligible for
				FRPM. Preference points assigned shall be based on data collected and reported
				by the CDE for grades K-12. The following sliding scale will be used to
				determine the number of preference points:
Percentage Eligible for Free and
						  Reduced-Price Meals
Preference Points
						  Assigned
NA or unestablished
0
1-15%
2
16-25%
4
26-30%
8
31-35%
10
36-40%
14
41-45%
18
46-50%
22
51-55%
26
56-60%
28
61-65%
30
66-70%
34
71-75%
38
76-80%
42
81-85%
46
86-87%
50
88-89%
54
90%
55
91%
55.5
92%
56
93%
56.5
94%
57
95%
57.5
96%
58
97%
58.5
98%
59
99%
59.5
100%
60
(b)
				Overcrowded School Site: If the applicant charter school is physically located
				within the driving distance of any public school as designated in the table
				below for which the public school is either 1) eligible for funding under the
				Overcrowding Relief Grant based on the current list qualified by the most
				current CALPADS or CBEDS, or 2) meets the criteria for the Critically
				Overcrowded School program based on the most current CALPADS or CBEDS, as
				identified for either program by the CDE, the applicant will receive 10
				preference points. The driving distance will be determined by the Locale Code
				assigned by the U.S. Department of Education and found on the National Center
				for Education Statistics (NCES) website. If no data is available on the NCES
				website for the applicant charter school, no points will be awarded under this
				category. The following table will be used to determine the maximum driving
				distance to receive preference points in this category:
Locale Code
Maximum Driving Distance in Miles
City/Urban
3
Suburban
10
Town/Rural
15
(c)
				Nonprofit Entity: If the charter school or entity operating the charter school
				meets the definition of a nonprofit entity as defined in this article, the
				application will receive 20 preference points.
(d) Student Performance: If 60% of the
				charter school's students meet or exceed either the Smarter Balanced Assessment
				-- English Language Arts/Literacy standard or the Smarter Balanced Assessment
				-- Mathematics standard for the most recent year, to the extent data is
				available for all grades, the applicant will receive 20 preference points.
				Preference points will be based on data provided by the CDE.
(e) School Choice: If the charter school is
				providing a school choice option in a community of greatest need, it may
				receive up to 20 points through the following two options. The charter school
				may receive 10 points pursuant to subsection (e)(1) and 10 preference points
				pursuant to subsection (e)(2), to the extent data is available from CDE for all
				grades.
(1) Smarter Balanced Assessment --
				English Language Arts / Literacy standard: If the applicant charter school is
				physically located within the driving distance as found in the table in
				subsection (b) of any traditional public school serving a minimum of 50 percent
				of the same grade levels assessed (grades 3-8 and 11) as the applicant charter
				school for which CDE has calculated Smarter Balanced Assessment -- English
				Language Arts/Literacy standard data and a higher percentage of the applicant
				charter school's students met or exceeded the Smarter Balanced Assessment --
				English Language Arts/Literacy standard than did the traditional school's
				students for the most recent year, the applicant charter school will receive 10
				preference points. Verification of Smarter Balanced Assessment -- English
				Language Arts/Literacy standard data shall be based on data provided by the
				CDE. The driving distance will be determined by the Locale Code assigned by the
				U.S. Department of Education and found on the NCES website. If no data is
				available on the NCES website or CDE website for the applicant charter school,
				no points will be awarded under this category.
(2) Smarter Balanced Assessment --
				Mathematics Standard: If the applicant charter school is physically located
				within the driving distance as found in the table in subsection (b) of any
				traditional public school serving a minimum of 50 percent of the same grade
				levels assessed (grades 3-8 and 11) as the applicant charter school for which
				CDE has calculated Smarter Balanced Assessment - Mathematics standard data and
				a higher percentage of the applicant charter school's students met or exceeded
				the Smarter Balanced Assessment -- Mathematics standard than did the
				traditional public school's students for the most recent year, the applicant
				charter school will receive 10 preference points. Verification of Smarter
				Balanced Assessment -- Mathematics standard data shall be based on data
				provided by the CDE. The driving distance will be determined by the Locale Code
				assigned by the U.S. Department of Education and found on the NCES website. If
				no data is available on the NCES website or CDE website for the applicant
				charter school, no points will be awarded under this
				category.