CCSD School Accountability Committees (SACs) help plan and evaluate instructional programs and quality improvement processes at schools.

SACs are made up of parents and community members, and offer input on school's Unified Improvement Plans (UIP), spending priorities, and other areas. 

While SACs present recommendations to school leaders and administrators, school administrators make the decisions and are ultimately responsible and accountable for those decisions.

SAC Responsibilities:

Per statute, SAC Responsibilities include:

• Making recommendations to the principal on the school priorities for spending school moneys, including federal funds, where applicable

• Making recommendations to the principal of the school concerning preparation of a school Performance or Improvement plan, if either type of plan is required.

• Publicizing and holding a SAC meeting to discuss strategies to include in a school Priority Improvement or Turnaround plan, if either type of plan is required.

• Publicizing the district’s public hearing to review a written school Priority Improvement or Turnaround plan

• Meeting at least quarterly to discuss whether school leadership, personnel, and infrastructure are advancing or impeding implementation of the school’s Performance, Improvement, Priority Improvement, or Turnaround plan, whichever is applicable, and other progress pertinent to the school’s accreditation contract

• Publicizing opportunities to serve and soliciting parents to serve on the SAC

• Assisting the district in implementing at the school level the district’s parent engagement policy

• Assisting school personnel to increase parents’ engagement with teachers, including parents’ engagement in creating students’ READ plans, Individual Career and Academic Plans, and plans to address habitual truancy

SAC duties do not include addressing or advising on:

• Personnel issues, including hiring or evaluating staff members 
• Individual student discipline issues 
• Any issues dealing with specific students, staff members, or parents

SACS comply with sunshine laws

As a local public body, SACs must conform to Colorado sunshine laws for open meetings.