Basic Education Requirement Compliance and District Survey (Form Package 600)
Change in format and content
The Basic Education Compliance and District Survey will be released this week. The State Board of Education (SBE), which is responsible for ensuring district compliance with the program of Basic Education, annually conducts a survey that allows districts to affirm compliance. For the 2021-2022 school year, the survey application and format have been changed to accommodate new reporting requirements for an emergency waiver program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to address the evolving need to collect information from districts to help improve the state’s K-12 educational system.
The number of questions about credit graduation requirements have been reduced and new questions have been added about the emergency waiver program, and about state-mandated and state-recommended educational elements. The purpose of these questions is to:
help inform districts of requirements and recommendations in current law, and
gather information that helps the Board to promote a system that best meets the goals of Basic Education for all students.
The survey includes questions about the following topics:
Instructional hours, days, and school schedules
Graduation requirements: subject areas and credits, graduation pathway options, the High School and Beyond Plan, and local graduation requirements
State-mandated and state-recommended educational offerings and activities
Mastery-based learning
Emergency waiver administration and data from last spring
Accessing the Survey
Districts will access the survey through iGrants Form Package 600. From iGrants, districts will be redirected to the survey. A preview of survey questions will be available on the Basic Education Compliance web page. When available, please submit the survey by September 30, 2021.