Are newly opened schools required to prepare and disseminate a SARC in their first year of operation?
Yes. New schools are required to prepare a SARC during their first year of operation under Section 35256(c) of the Education Code. The law states that each local governing board must develop and issue a SARC for each school in the school district. All available information and data must be published by the publication deadline. At a minimum, a SARC for a newly opened school must contain all of the general school description items like whom to contact at the school (phone, address, e-mail, etc.); school facility information for Decile 1-3 schools and Decile 4-10 schools that have a facility inspection prior to the publication of the SARC; teacher vacancies and missassignments; textbook sufficiency information; and federal program improvement status if available.
