2025-2026 SSC Information
OVERVIEW AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The School Site Council (SSC) is a decision-making group that provides oversight on matters dealing with Federal and State funded programs. SSC is responsible for:
- School Plan for Student Achievement (SPSA)
- Reviewing, revising, and evaluating on a yearly basis
- Identifying goals that drive the school's instructional programs
- Budgeting for strategies and actions in the SPSA to attain goals
- Ensuring that the SPSA is aligned to the Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)
- Monitoring the SPSA throughout the year
- Approving, monitoring, and reviewing categorical budgets (Title 1) and CSI (if applicable)
- Reviewing the LCFF budget
- Reviewing and monitoring the Site Parent and Family Engagement Policy
- Reviewing and monitoring the Site School Parent Compact
The SSC is required at all schools in the San Diego Unified School District.
MEMBERSHIP
School Site Councils are comprised of parents, community members, staff, and students at secondary schools, who are selected by each of their constituent groups.
At the secondary level (high schools), the minimum number of members on the SSC is twelve. Membership is comprised of one quarter students, one quarter parents and community members; and half school personnel, with classroom teachers in the majority, and one other staff member (not a classroom teacher).
The principal is an ex-officio member of the SSC. A School Site Council may have more members, as long as the correct configuration for secondary schools is maintained.
Education Code 52852 requires that the SSC be configured as follows:
High Schools
Secondary Model - Minimum of 10 members
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50% Parent/Community/Students
- Parents must have a child currently enrolled in the school.
- Parents/community members may not be employed at the school site.
Students must be currently enrolled in the school
- Nomination forms will be made available to students. All students nominated by their peers MUST accept the nomination prior to their name being placed on the official ballot.
- Once the official ballot has been created, the currently enrolled students will vote for the student members. The three (3) students who receive the most votes will be the student members; the student receiving the fourth highest number of votes will be the student alternate.
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50% School Personnel
- Principal (automatic member)
- Minimum of three (3) Classroom Teachers
- Minimum of one (1) Other School Representative*
- Classroom teachers must be in the majority.
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*Other School Representative is defined as follows: At least one staff member who is not a classroom teacher must be included on the SSC. The SSC shall design and conduct elections for these staff members to elect their representative. Examples: ELST, office staff, resource teachers, custodian.~
Click here for the full SSC Bylaws (reviewed and approved October 19, 2023).
SSC does NOT oversee or make decisions with regards to:
- School management
- Policy making
- Political organization
- PTSA, SDHS Foundation, or any social organization/group
- Fundraising
- Grievances or grievance committees
- Site personnel decisions
The above items are outside the scope of SSC and cannot be added to meeting agendas.