General Information

California Student Dashboard

The California School Dashboard provides parents and educators with meaningful information on school and district progress so they can participate in decisions to improve student learning.

Education Protection Account Notification

The Education Protection Account (EPA) provides local educational agencies (LEAs) with general purpose state aid funding pursuant to Proposition 30, The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, approved by the voters on November 6, 2012. The EPA funding is a component of an LEA’s total revenue limit or charter school general purpose entitlement.

FOCUS California

The Focusing On Children Under Stress (FOCUS) Program is designed to decrease the effects of a child’s exposure to violence and trauma. FOCUS will help children achieve academically at their highest levels despite any traumatic circumstance(s) they may have endured.

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP)

The Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments are computer adaptive achievement test in Mathematics, Reading, and Language Arts. As a student responds to questions, the test responds to the student, adjusting up or down the difficulty of the questions presented to the student.

Hickman schools started using MAP during the 2014-2015 school year. Students are assigned one of three versions of MAP based on grade level: MAP for Primary Grades (MPG), MAP 2-5, or MAP 6+. In order to track growth during the school year, students in grades 1 through 8 are assessed two or three times: in the beginning (fall), in the middle (winter), and at the end of the school year (spring).

MAP allows one to look at student growth throughout the school year and across school years. Along with other data sources, MAP helps us to determine instructional strengths and needs for our schools and students.

For more information, see the MAP Parent Toolkit linked here.

Or see more about the Northwest Evaluation Association™ (NWEA™) here.

Parental Rights & Responsibilities

State law requires that parents or guardians be notified of their rights and responsibilities in certain matters pertaining to their children’s education. Please read the full form by clicking on the links below.

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Charter Renewal Application 2020-2025

HCCD application link

Local Control of Funding Formula (LCFF)

What is Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF)?

The Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) establishes a base grant for every student attending a public school in California. It then provides a supplemental grant for every student in a district who qualifies as low income, is a foster youth, or is an English language learner. Finally, a concentration grant is provided to school districts where more than 55 percent of students receive the supplemental grant.

LCFF was approved by the California Legislature and Governor Brown in June 2013, and is effective for the 2013-14 academic year. As of the development of this document, the State Board of Education is in the process of putting the process in place. Currently, school districts are being funded through a hybrid model of the previous model (Revenue Limit) and the new model (LCFF).

Under the previous model, there were more than forty categories of funding, each for a specific purpose identified by the State. The LCFF model has basically established three forms of funding, with more local discretion on determining how the funds are spent.

Base Grant for all students.
Supplemental Grant (focused on all English Language Learners, Free and Reduced Priced Meal eligible students, and foster youth).
Concentration Grant (focus on each English Language Learner or Free and Reduced Priced Meal eligible student above 55% of the district-wide enrollment).

View video on LCFF

How will schools be accountable?

Districts must develop a Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) that will better align the academic plan with the district expenditure plan that is approved by the Board Trustees every June. Parents and other stakeholder groups will be invited to participate in the development of the LCAP.

What does the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) measure?

The LCAP must include annual goals in eight specified areas.

Student Achievement.
Student Engagement.
Other Student Outcomes.
School Climate.
Parental Involvement.
Basic Services.
Implementation of Common Core.
Course Access.

How is Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) developed?

Districts must establish and prioritize the eight goals listed above and will be required to indicate the steps it will take to meet the annual goals. Districts must use a State Board adopted LCAP template and will solicit input from various stakeholders.

What does student subgroup refer to?

This refers to the subgroups of students to be included in the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). They include:

Black or African American
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Filipino
Hispanic or Latino
Native Hawaiian or Pacific
Islander
White
Two or more races
Socioeconomically disadvantaged students
English Learners
Students with disabilities
Foster youth

What is the term of the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)?

Currently the LCAP is a three year plan that has to be updated annually.

When will the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) be adopted?

Districts must adopt an LCAP at the same time it adopts a budget, which is prior to July 1st of every year.

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