School Accountability Committees
Douglas County School District recognizes the importance, shared responsibility, and partnership between family, schools, and community. Parental (including guardians and other members of the student’s family involved in the student’s education) involvement in the education of students contributes greatly to achievement, and to the positive school environment and experience. And an important piece of parent and family engagement is School Accountability Committees (SACs).
Regional SAC Trainings
Thank you to those SAC members who attended our trainings. We hope you found the information helpful and shared what you learned with your SACs. The training presentation is linked on the side of this page. Feel free to share and use with your SAC. If you have any questions or would like to request additional training, please let either Matt Reynolds or Alison Rausch know. Thank you!
NEW! Online SAC Training Module
Understanding the Role of the School Accountability Committee
We are excited to share that CDE now has 
a free, self-paced, online course intended for School Accountability Committee members to learn more about the legislation and best practices. The target audience is potential and new SAC members, but we encourage all SAC members to take it!
SAC Responsibilities
SAC responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Advising the principal concerning the preparation of the school's Unified Improvement Plan (UIP).
- Making recommendations to the principal concerning priorities for spending school funds.
- Helping school staff increase parent partnerships with teachers, fostering the parents' role in creating student READ plans as well as addressing habitual truancy.
- Helping school staff increase the level of overall parent engagement with the school.
- Assisting the district in implementing, at the school level, the district's Parent and Family Engagement Policy.
- Working to recruit people to serve on the School Accountability Committee.
- Meeting at least quarterly to discuss whether school leadership, personnel, and infrastructure are advancing or impeding implementation of the school's improvement plan.
In schools on Priority Improvement or Turnaround status, the SAC is also responsible for:
- Publicizing and holding a SAC meeting to discuss strategies to include in a school Priority Improvement or Turnaround plan, and using this input to make recommendations to the local school board concerning preparation of the school Priority Improvement or Turnaround plan prior to the plan being written.
- Publicizing the district's public hearing to review the school's written Priority Improvement or Turnaround plan.
DCSD School Accountability Committee Liaison
The Douglas County School District School Accountability Committee (SAC) Liaison is the point of contact for SAC trainings and resources. The SAC liaison is available to provide training and resources regarding SAC roles and responsibilities, by-laws and state accountability, as well as, answering SAC questions.
Matt Reynolds
Learning Services Officer
[email protected]
303-387-0137
DCSD Parent and Family Engagement Liaison
The Douglas County School District Parent and Family Engagement Liaison is the point of contact for parent and family engagement resources, as well as a liaison between the District, Colorado State Advisory Council for Parent Involvement in Education, School Accountability Committees, and the District Accountability Committee per CRS 22-32-142 (c).
Alison Rausch
Director of Parent, Community & Civic Engagement
[email protected]
303-387-0081
School Accountability Committee Websites
As we receive the website addresses from our schools, we will update the listings below. If your school SAC website is not listed, please email the link to [email protected]. Contact your school's principal for more information.