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School Community Council Timeline

The timeline below should be reviewed in tandem with your school’s annual goals as you prepare for your council’s monthly meetings.  Click on a month in the section below to expand the timeline.  Printable Version 

  • Advertise elections by posting number of seats available, how to run for open seats
    and dates elections will happen (if this did not happen in spring).
  • Conduct elections:
    • Elections are only needed if there are more people running for seats than
      there are available seats open.
    • Details:
      • must be anonymous paper ballot;
      • secure ballot box in front office where parent ballots are placed;
      • front office will have a roster of eligible parents to vote and mark
        them off when they drop off a ballot;
      • results must be kept for three years
    • Submit roster to susan.edwards@canyonsdistrict.org when complete
Hold first meeting (may start in August, most will probably start in September)
  • Organize SCC
    • Elect chair and vice chair; appoint a secretary who will take notes (may be an elected member of the body or a non-voting member who is asked to take notes)
    • Review rules of order and procedure or Bylaws (should be posted on website). Update as needed by vote of the body and everyone become familiar with. Post on website
    • Set meeting schedule for the year and post on website;\
    • Post roster on website with, at least, one form of contact for each member. CSD requires a click on name to get to contact info to help prevent phishing.
    • Review requirements for SCC open meeting requirements; no SCC meeting may be a closed meeting.
  • Review school data that may have come in at end-of-year or over summer, previous year’s plans and current year’s plans\
Website update (will repeat each month you meet):
  • Pre-meeting (at least one week in advance) checklist:
  • Notice meeting time/date/place on school home page/calendar
  • Post agenda
  • Draft minutes from last meeting
  • Post-meeting checklist:
    • Update minutes to approved and add any information shared during this month’s meeting.
  • Attend district SCC training:
  • Meeting:
    • Review last year’s LAND Trust plan, whether goals were met, how money was spent. May write preliminary final report.
    • Review current year’s plans: LAND Trust, TSSP, Safe Walking Routes, Positive Behavior Plan, School Safety and Digital Citizenship
    • Get a report on any school educational data that may have come in to inform this year’s LAND Trust Plan implementation. Review expenditures for LAND Trust plan.
    • Receive School Safety report and Digital Citizenship report from district and begin discussion
    • Begin writing School Safety Plan, Digital Citizenship and Safe Walking Routes (only elementary and middle) plans = Due November 1
  • Update website (guidelines in August/September) everytime you meet

State deadlines: 

  • Before October 20th deadline:
    • Submit membership form submitted on School LAND Trust website; members & contact information updated on school website;
    • Assure meeting schedule for the year is on school website.
    • Assure you are also adding your meetings in some other form of notice that is visible to the public (school calendar, front page of website…).
    • Submit Principal Assurance on the School LAND Trust website
  • Review current year’s LAND Trust plan, data, expenditures, and review if spending is on course or if amendments are necessary
  • Finalize School Safety Report, Digital Citizenship Report and Safe Walking Routes reports – these are due November 1.
  • Update school website with current agenda/minutes/information from meeting.
  • Web updates (as listed in August/September header)
  • Office of Public Engagement performs first compliance audit on websites.
  • Review current year’s LAND Trust plan, data and expenditures and review if on course or if amendments are necessary.
  • Pre-meeting and post-meeting website and notice checklists.
  • Review current year’s LAND Trust plan, data and expenditures and review if on course or if amendments are necessary.
  • Pre-meeting and post-meeting website and notice checklists.
  • Begin writing TSSP and LAND Trust plans for next school year.
    • TSSP will be worked on by school and goals/direction shared with SCC for input.
    • SCC will write and develop LAND Trust plan to address one or more academic goals from TSSP.
  • Final report for previous year’s plan due to be submitted by principal to School Performance by end of January.
  • Assure SCC roster on website and state site is accurate, update susan.burns@canyonsdistrict.org and susan.edwards@canyonsdistrict.org with any changes.
  • Review current year’s LAND Trust plan, data, expenditures, and review if on course or if amendments are necessary.
  • Amendments, if it requires a change in purchasing, need to be submitted no later than March. All purchasing for this fiscal year need to happen prior to end of March.
  • Pre-meeting and post-meeting website updates.
  • March 1: Board of Education receives a report on prior year school plan implementation – Alice Meridith, School Performance Director.
  • Review current year’s LAND Trust plan, data, expenditures, and review if on course or if amendments are necessary. Submit necessary amendments.
  • Pre-meeting and post-meeting website updates.
  • Finalize development of TSSP and LAND Trust Plan; may submit as soon as approved and you have the signature page. DUE; April 9.
  • Review Positive Behavior Plan; prepare to submit.
  • Signature page confirmed and signed at meeting where approval is passed.
  • TSSP, Land Trust and Positive Behavior plan submitted to district no later
    than Tuesday, April 9. Signed signature page accompanies plans.
  • LAND Trust plans reviewed by School Performance, any necessary changes
    conveyed to SCC and then submitted to Board of Education
  • SCC discuss elections, open seats; especially if SCC holds a spring election.
  • IF SCC holds spring election, advertise open seats and how/when election
    is to happen; conduct spring elections.
  • Review current year’s LAND Trust plan, data and expenditures and review if
    on course or if amendments are necessary.
  • Pre-meeting and post-meeting website updates
  • Be prepared to meet and update your plan(s), if needed.
  • Review School Safety Report action items. Principal completes School
    Safety report follow up report on CSD Dashboard.
  • Board of Education reviews and approves TSSP & LAND Trust plans and
    submit to USBE (May 7 Board of Education meeting).
  • Assure that the current year’s LAND Trust funds and TSSA funds were spent according to current year’s plans. Determine if your current year’s plan made a difference in the area of your goals (discussion using data).
  • School SCC publicize your year’s work and plan successes to school community and Legislators. Announce when fall elections will be held.
  • Be prepared to meet and update your plan(s), if needed.
  • Distribution of LAND Trust and TSSA funds for all schools with approved plans.
  • Determine number of open seats if fall election. Plan dates to advertise open seats at least 10 days before names are due to be submitted.
  • Plan for election in August.

School Community Council Timeline

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