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The District offers Public School Choice (PSC) to parents of all students enrolled in a Program Improvement (PI) school and Schools-At-Risk for PI. As required by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the California Department of Education annually identifies Title I schools in need of academic improvement, sometimes known as PI schools. A Title I school is identified as a PI school if it fails to meet adequate yearly progress (AYP) for two consecutive years, based on annual academic testing. Students enrolled in a PI school or School-At-Risk for PI receive the option to transfer to a non-PI school.

In addition, the California Department of Education also designates Title I Schools At-Risk of being identified for Program Improvement in the next school year. Schools-At-risk for PI may or may not be eligible for the PSC program depending on test results in Spring 2008.The list may change due to California Department of Education data not being available at Choices brochure print time.
  • Title I is the federal government’s compensatory education program authorized in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
  • Public School Choice (PSC) gives parents whose children attend PI schools and Schools At-Risk for PI, the option to transfer to another Non-PI school. District-paid transportation is provided to students who have enrolled in the PSC program.
  • Priority for PSC applications must be given to the "lowest achieving children from low income families."
Specially Funded Programs Branch provides the Non-PI schools to parents for consideration of PSC transfer. Transportation information is not available at this time. You may also visit the PSC Program Home Page for additional information.
Download PSC Program Brochure (English)
Download PSC Program Brochure (Spanish)

PSC is administered by Specially Funded Programs Branch. Please contact the office at (213)241-6990.


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