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
- Elections are only needed if there are more people running for seats than
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\
- 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:
- SCC 101 online at https://www.canyonsdistrict.org/scc/training/ for those new to serving on the SCCs
- SCC Training will be held yearly in the district office. This is for all SCC members, including those who watch SCC101.
- 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.