Report 2019-104 Recommendation 11 Responses
Report 2019-104: Youth Experiencing Homelessness: California's Education System for K-12 Inadequately Identifies and Supports These Youth (Release Date: November 2019)
Recommendation #11 To: Vallejo City Unified School District
To comply with federal law and best practices, Vallejo should, before academic year 2020-21, ensure that school staff who provide services to youth experiencing homelessness receive training as federal law requires. Further, as set forth in best practices, the LEA should provide this training at least annually, and the training should include the definition of homelessness, signs of homelessness, the impact of homelessness on youth, and the steps an LEA should take once school staff has identified a youth as possibly experiencing homelessness.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2021
The Vallejo City Unified School District completed a training, in module form, related to homelessness. This was done through Solano County Office of Education (SCOE). The title of the training was " The Unveiling of Homelessness" The training was in the form of virtual moduloes created by Dr. Kim Govi Solano County Office of Education and was presented by PowerPoint on February/2021 by Jessica Brown Student Services. The training was in 4 modules with a pre-test and Test at the end.
- Completion Date: February 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented
1-Year Agency Response
The VCUSD is in progress implementing a training module to staff who provide services to youth experiencing homelessness.
- Estimated Completion Date: June 2021
- Response Date: November 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending
6-Month Agency Response
Currently working with the Solano County Office of Education to develop online training modules, which will be provided and implemented at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year.
- Estimated Completion Date: September 2020
- Response Date: July 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
Professional Development (PD) training provided to each elementary school principal and their office managers between the dates of September 30, 2019 to October 4, 2019. Secondary Vice Principals received PD on October 8, 2019, and secondary Principals received PD on October 15, 2019. All school Counselors, Academic Support Providers, and Registrars will receive PD on January 24, 2020. All teachers have or will have received PD through site Principals between the months of October 2019 and March 2020.
- Completion Date: March 2020
- Response Date: January 2020
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
As Vallejo noted in its response, it is still in the process of providing training to teachers. Further, Vallejo did not provide any documentation to support that it intends to provide this training at least annually.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
All Recommendations in 2019-104
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.