Date: September 27, 2017 To: School Board Operations Committee From: Nate Van Duzer, Director of Policy and Board Relations Subject: Student Assignment Plan “Transition” Label Purpose Some directors have expressed interest in retiring the 2009 New Student Assignment Plan (NSAP) document, allowing subsequent Student Assignment Plans to lose the “transition” label, ‘This memo examines the implications of formally retiring the 2009 NSAP. Background Student assignment policies and practices are currently governed by a number of different documents. Some of these documents are Board-approved and ones that are procedural in nature are drafted and implemented at the staff level. There is overlap between several documents: Policy 3130, Student Assignment 31308P, Student Assignment Procedures Policy D00.00, School Attendance (language copied in 3130SP) Policy D09.00, Non Standard Student Assignment (language copied in 3130SP) 2009 New Student Assignment Plan (approved June 17, 2009; updated July 1) Student Assignment Transition Plans: 2017-18 (Jan 11, 2017) 2016-17 (Nov 18, 2015) 2013-14 (Jan 31, 2013) 2012-13 (Jan 25, 2012) 2011-12 (approval date in Archives) £. 2010-11 (approval date in Archives) 7. Original School Boundaries, approved Nov 18, 2009 for 2010-1! school year 2013-2020 Growth Boundaries for Student Assignment Nov 16, 2016 (update) Nov 4, 2015 (update) Feb 18, 2015 (update for Leschi and South Shore) Dec 3, 2014 (came to Board for info only) . Nov 20, 2013 (original approval) 9. Linked Schools Chart (updated annually) aveeye saege As the 2009 NSAP was a major shift for the district, the Student Assignment Transition Plans were initially designed to help implement this change over a period of several years. The transition plans contain language that state whenever there is conflict between a newer document and an older one, the newer one prevails. The NSAP itself acknowledged that it would become ‘outdated, stating: “Subsequent changes to School Board Policies, Procedures, and protocols will govern without the need to revisit this document.” (NSAP p. 4)