Coos Bay SD 9 reports Division 22 compliance, instructional hours and assessment plans

At the Oct. 13 board meeting, district staff presented the district’s Division 22 report and a data overview for the 2024–25 cycle. Division 22 contains Oregon Department of Education (ODE) rules that create baseline standards for district operations; staff said Coos Bay SD 9 is in compliance for 2024–25 but reviewed the corrective‑action and assurances process for districts that are not.

The district recapped current waivers: the essential skills assessment remains waived through 2027–28 for the general cohort and for English language learners. Staff highlighted several Division 22 additions now in effect, including K–12 social‑emotional learning planning, expanded opioid prevention lessons for grades 6–8 and updated diploma/extended diploma parental notification procedures (applies to special‑education IEP processes).

Instructional‑hour requirements were restated: roughly 966 hours for seniors, 990 for grades 9–11 and 900 for K–8; the district reported it is above those minimums and has increased ninth–through‑eleventh‑grade instructional hours to 1,027 this year. Staff also reviewed assessment data sets—DIBELS (K–6), Savvas/Sabbath diagnostics and OSAS comparisons—and said school‑level administrators will present beginning‑of‑year data and school goals at the Oct. 27 meeting; a broader OSAS comparison to similar districts will follow on Nov. 10.

Staff acknowledged data presentation challenges in compressed slide form and committed to providing clearer, downloadable charts and the underlying Smartsheet link for trustees and the public. The district also noted a double‑counting issue in its enrollment system (Synergy) for students taking both in‑person and online courses and will refine counts to avoid inflating online enrollment figures.