OAR 705-010-0070: Achievement Compact Advisory Committees

(1) Each school district, as defined in ORS 332.022, and each education service district operated under ORS Chapter 334 shall form an achievement compact advisory. (2) An achievement compact advisory committee shall be responsible for ensuring that achievement compacts are developed annually for each school year with input from educators, parents, community and staff of the district. (3) An achievement compact advisory committee shall: (a) Develop plans for achieving the district’s outcomes, measures of progress, goals and targets expressed in an achievement compact, including methods of assessing and reporting progress toward the achievement of goals and targets; and (b) Recommend outcomes, measures of progress, goals and targets to be contained in the district’s achievement compact for the next fiscal year. (4) Each achievement compact advisory committee shall present its recommendations in a report to the governing board of the district no later than May 1 of each year. An achievement compact advisory committee’s report and recommendations shall be considered by the governing board of the district when entering into an achievement compact for the next fiscal year. The governing board shall file the achievement compact advisory committee’s report with each achievement compact it adopts and forwards to the Board. (5) Parent engagement is an important component in the advancement of Achievement Compacts. Each district needs to ensure that they have a process for allowing a diverse group of parents to share their perspectives and their recommendations about: (a) District services that contribute to student success and instructional program quality; (b) Student, school, and district progress toward the state’s 40-40-20 educational goals; and (c) The type of academic program they believe will help students in their district succeed and support the state in reaching the 40-40-20 goal. (6) School districts and education service districts shall make all materials, not containing confidential student information, available to the Achievement Compact committee shall be available to parent and community members. The narrative that will accompany the district compact should include a brief description of the parent engagement strategy and a summary of the recommendations they received from parents and the community.