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Board approves prioritized list of schools for QEIA funding
Summary
The San Francisco Unified School District board approved a prioritized list of 23 schools eligible for Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) funding and discussed selection odds, teacher experience benchmarks and oversight conditions.
Board members unanimously approved the districts prioritized list of schools eligible for Quality Education Investment Act (QEIA) funding after a staff presentation describing the states selection process and the local prioritization criteria. Nancy Weymouth read the recommended list that begins with International Studies Academy and includes Mission High, James Lick Middle School and others prioritized for state consideration.
Weymouth explained that state funding will likely cover roughly a third of eligible schools and that districts submit a prioritized list; the states selection effectively "puts a ball in a bingo box" for each accepted application. "We have the ability to put that prioritized order in front of them, and they should go down that," she said.
Commissioners probed the district's readiness to meet QEIA compliance benchmarks, including pupil-to-counselor ratios and teacher-experience indices. Staff said some details are still being finalized (teacher-experience will be indexed and capped at 10 years for scoring) and that the district has three years to reach compliance or risk losing funding. The board asked for follow-up data on counselor ratios and experience gaps at the schools most affected.
The roll call vote approved the list; staff indicated the districts top-ranked school (International Studies Academy) is likely to be funded if any San Francisco school is selected.
Next steps: the district will submit prioritized applications to the state and continue to track compliance metrics and oversight provisions tied to QEIA participation.
