In DPS, schools have Collaborative School Committees (CSCs) to enhance student achievement, parent engagement and positive school culture through collaboration. CSCs are also known as School Accountability Committees (SACs) in other districts and in charter and innovation schools.

Take the new "Intro to CSCs" Course below to learn more! If you are viewing this webpage from a mobile device, you can access the course by clicking this link: Intro to CSCs (Mobile Device) The course includes audio narration with available closed captioning.

"Intro to CSCs" in other languages (mobile friendly):

• Spanish: Comités Escolares de Colaboración

• Amharic: የትምህርት ቤት ትብብር ኮሚቴዎች

• Arabic: اللجان المدرسية التعاونية

• Chinese: 协作型学校委员会

• French: Comités de collaboration scolaire

• Nepali: सहकार्यात्मक विद्यालय समितिहरू

• Somali: Guddiyada Iskaasuhatada Dugsiyada

• Vietnamese: Ủy ban Hợp tác Học đường

The Collaborative School Committee (CSC) brings together families, staff and community members to create and implement a plan to promote high achievement within a school. This advisory committee meets at least quarterly during the school year and works with school leaders to provide feedback and recommendations on important school decisions. These recommendations may include ways to improve academic performance, budget priorities, and the school’s program.

CSCs include the following representatives:

• Principal or Principal’s designee

• 3 or more parents

• 1 teacher

• 1 adult member of the school recognized organization

• 1 community member

• Optional: Classified employee

• Optional: Students at Middle School and High School levels

CSCs are governed by federal, state, and district policy. Colorado law requires all schools to have CSCs to increase the amount of accountability and parent involvement in our schools.

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Building Effective Collaborative School Committees

• Collaborative School Committee District Handbook (English)

• Collaborative School Committee District Handbook (Español)

• Colorado Revised Statutes, 22-11- 401-403 (Combined)

• CSC Membership Graphic

  • English

  • Español

• Sections in the DCTA Agreement that apply to the CSC

• These short videos are available to share a brief introduction to CSCs with your school community:

  • English

  • Español

  • Amharic

  • Arabic

  • Chinese

  • French

  • Nepali

  • Somali

  • Vietnamese

• CSC One Pager

  • CSC One Pager (Spanish)

CSC School Budget Training

• All materials from the January Budget Training, including recordings in all Consent Decree languages are linked in our Resource Toolkit

DAC-CSC Updates

• The District Accountability Council (DAC) makes spending priority recommendations to the Board of Education after consulting with CSC/SACs. Members are invited to provide feedback via a five-10 minute survey. The survey is intended to collect your feedback not only on district-level spending priorities but also on how the budgeting process at your school has recently gone for the 2025-26 school year.

• Don't forget to register for the virtual DAC-CSC meet-up on February 27th! This is an opportunity to connect with other CSC committees and share best practices.

• DAC Dispatch November 2024

  • Spanish Version

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