What is a School Advisory Council?
The School Advisory Council (SAC) is a team of individuals from various segments of the community—parents, teachers, students, administrators, support staff, business/industry people and other interested community members. The purpose of the SAC is to assist the principal in developing and evaluating the results of the school improvement plan and the annual school budget.
It is the responsibility of the School Advisory Council to help increase student success. In the process of developing the school improvement plan, the SAC conducts a needs assessment that identifies internal and external factors that affect student learning. Then, working with the information revealed by the needs analysis, the SAC assists in clarifying the vision for the school and establishing indicators of student success. Another primary task of the SAC is to regularly communicate with other parents, educators, students and the community about the school improvement plan. Other key responsibilities of the School Advisory Council include:
working as a team;
holding well-publicized, open meetings;
involving other members of the school community in the school improvement process.
Each school in the State of Florida must have a SAC. While Brevard Public Schools has always encouraged parent and teacher participation in the strategic planning process at both the district and school levels, Florida law requires it. Also by law, each School Advisory Council must be composed of the principal and an “appropriately balanced” number of stakeholders. These individuals must be representative of the ethnic, racial and economic makeup of the community served by the school. Elementary schools cannot have students on their official SAC roster. In any event, the majority of SAC members (over 50 percent) must be non-district employees.
To comply with Florida Statute 1001.452, schools must establish a School Advisory Council that is comprised of a majority of members who are not district employees. “Each advisory council shall be composed of the principal and an appropriately balanced number of teachers, education support employees, students, parents, and other business and community citizens who are representative of the ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school.”
Hans Christian Andersen 2024-2025 SAC Meeting Schedule
All SAC meetings are open to the public.
Meetings begin at 6:00 PM in the Media Center.
September 19, 2024
October 17, 2024
November 14, 2024
January 30, 2025
February 20, 2025
March 27, 2025
April 17, 2025
May 15, 2025
Click here if you are interested in joining the SAC Committee for the 2024-2025 school year.
Click for Meeting Agendas.
Click for Meeting Minutes.
Click here for Andersen’s School Improvement Plans (you’ll have to create this file and move the plans in here).
Note: you can delete the link for the 2022-2023 agendas and documents.