District Accountability
District Accountability Committee (DAC)
The District Accountability Committee, (DAC), is a legally constituted committee of representatives from Garfield 16 School District. DAC representation includes at least one person involved in business in the community, and a parent, teacher, or administrator from each school within the district.
As per Colorado Revised Statutes 22-11-302, DAC duties include making recommendations regarding district improvement planning and spending priorities, studying topics as jointly determined with the school board, and increasing parent engagement in the district and at schools. The responsibilities of DAC members are described in the DAC bylaws.
The DAC is responsible for:
- Recommending priorities for spending school district moneys to its local school board;
- Submitting recommendations to the local school board concerning preparation of the district’s Performance, Improvement, Priority Improvement or Turnaround plan (whichever is applicable);
- Reviewing any charter school applications received by the local school board and, if the local school board receives a charter school renewal application and upon request of the district and at the DAC’s option, reviewing any renewal application prior to consideration by the local school board;
- At least annually, cooperatively determining, with the local school board, areas and issues, in addition to budget issues, the DAC shall study and make recommendations upon;
- Providing input and recommendations to principals, on an advisory basis, concerning the development and use of assessment tools to measure and evaluate student academic growth as it relates to teacher evaluations.
- For districts receiving ESSA funds, consulting with all required stakeholders with regard to federally funded activities; and
- Publicizing opportunities to serve and soliciting parents to serve on the DAC (per HB 15- 1321, small rural districts may waive this requirement);
- Assisting the district in implementing the district’s family engagement policy (per HB 15- 1321, small rural districts may waive this state requirement; it should be noted that districts accepting Title I funds must still meet the Title I requirement in adopting a districtwide parent involvement policy); and
- Assisting school personnel to increase family engagement with educators, including families’ engagement in creating READ plans, Individual Career and Academic Plans, and plans to address habitual truancy (per HB 15-1321, small rural districts may waive this requirement).
DISTRICT ACCOUNTABILITY HANDBOOK
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DAC Agendas & Minutes
DAC Meeting Dates
- Monday, October 7, 2024 (joint meeting with SAC on District/Student Accountability)
- Monday, November 18, 2024
- Monday, January 27, 2025
- Monday, March 17, 2025
- Monday, April 21, 2025
