{"id":1640,"date":"2019-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/lessons-from-south-carolina-and-utah-on-funding-innovation-in-education\/"},"modified":"2022-11-04T16:20:23","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T20:20:23","slug":"lessons-from-south-carolina-and-utah-on-funding-innovation-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/lessons-from-south-carolina-and-utah-on-funding-innovation-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from South Carolina and Utah on Funding Innovation in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-13717\" title=\"Lessons from South Carolina and Utah on Funding Innovation in Education\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bigstock-Coins-in-glass-money-jar-with-86673341-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As states, districts and schools around the nation begin redesigning education systems that to better support students to thrive in the future, they are naturally operating in different landscapes to launch their work from different <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/action-steps-for-state-policymakers-to-support-competency-based-systems\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">entry points<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One issue that several states contend with is how to fund their transformation efforts. In our recent issue brief, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/state-funding-strategies-to-support-education-innovation\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Funding Strategies to Support Education Innovation<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we described the work underway in South Carolina and Utah, two states leading the nation in developing future-focused, student-centered learning environments. Like many states, the need for change <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in K-12 education<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lay in a number of factors, including growing recognition that having a growth-oriented and capable workforce to sustain the current and future economies of the states depended on students leaving K-12 education with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to fulfill these needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there, both South Carolina and Utah began laying the groundwork in the policy and practice changes needed to set schools up for success for the future. Both have also accomplished significant change with fairly small appropriations and creative repurposing of resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>South Carolina Networked Districts for Professional Learning Opportunities<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) identified personalized learning as a key strategy for preparing all students for success in higher education, the modern workforce and in citizenship. These goals are mapped to characteristics outlined in the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ed.sc.gov\/about\/profile-of-sc-graduate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Profile of the South Carolina Graduate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and SCDE worked with several partners to identify competencies aligned to the Profile as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the state recognized that schools and educators were at different levels of readiness for the coming changes, SCDE established the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.sc.gov\/instruction\/personalized-learning\/plo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Carolina Personalized Learning Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which provides a multi-tiered system of support, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inquiry Labs, which convenes individuals and teams from schools across the state to examine a particular practice that is currently being implemented in a school or district.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 1: Exploration, which provides exposure to personalized learning practices. As of our writing of the issue brief, more than 100 schools were engaged at this level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 2: School and District Launch, which supports developing practices for schools ready to begin implementation. Twenty-three schools were doing this when we first wrote about South Carolina\u2019s funding strategy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tier 3: District Implementation, which helps districts move toward more advanced practices for personalized, competency-based education; and a<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coaching Network, which is for trainers providing professional development.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To pay for this work, SCDE identified existing programs in its operating budget that could be aligned with and leveraged to support personalized learning. The department repurposed approximately $1 million in recurring funds from its operating budget to start the Office of Personalized Learning. The office started with four staff members (some of whom also administer other department programs), as well as four time-limited positions. Staff work as liaisons with schools, engage communities, provide professional development and support school leaders and educators working to implement personalized, competency-based learning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schools in South Carolina also have the support of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sccompetes.org\/transformsc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TransformSC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a publicly and privately funded initiative headed by business leaders, educators, policymakers, students and parents. It is currently working with 63 schools from 25 districts, along with six school districts, to redesign \u201ctransformative practices in the classroom.\u201d The initiative accepts new applications from schools and districts on a rolling basis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Utah Helped Districts Plan for Implementation of Competency Education through Policy and State Pilots<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result of close partnerships among its legislature, state board of education, schools, and national advocacy organizations, Utah has been an early innovator in transitioning to personalized, competency-based learning. The groundwork for the state\u2019s existing implementations dates back to 2013 when the State Board of Education began studying possible funding formulas that would allow districts and schools to implement competency-based education programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The state legislature in 2016 passed SB 143, which created the Utah Competency-Based Education Grants Program. SB 143 set up a pilot program to provide grants to school districts and charter schools to transform learning to personalized, competency-based learning based on core principles from the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/news\/what-is-competency-education\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five-part working definition of competency education<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> created through iNACOL&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competency<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Works initiative. The state allocated $369,000 from the Utah Education Fund to support the pilot, which in FY 2017 launched an exploratory pilot program that funded employees from 14 districts and charters to visit in- and out-of-state schools that had existing competency-based learning models. This first year included $25,000 in administrative costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the end of 2018, this exploratory work provided a foundation for what became the state\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.utah.gov\/file\/93b6b3c0-85c7-47e5-9f1b-3677b1c9603b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competency-Based Education Framework<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The framework, which created with adaptations from the LEAP Innovations\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leapinnovations.org\/get-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning Framework<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, provides guidance on the shifts required to implement competency education, including those involve culture, quality and change management. Furthermore, the framework is the backbone of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.utah.gov\/curr\/competencybased?mid=4181&amp;tid=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a planning grant application<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that will allocate competitive grants to schools to make the shift. Planning grant recipients are expected to later be eligible for implementation and scale-up grants through the pilot program, both of which entitle them to ongoing technical assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>More Examples<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many state education funding approaches were not designed to support systemwide changes like personalized, competency-based education. However, many states have innovated existing funding streams and sought external support to provide flexibility to begin the work. South Carolina, Utah, and six other states are profiled in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/state-funding-strategies-to-support-education-innovation\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Funding Strategies to Support Education Innovation<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, each offering instructive experiences that state policymakers can consider when determining how to develop sustainable funding plans for personalized, competency-based education. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Learn More:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Carolina Department of Education \u2013<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ed.sc.gov\/instruction\/personalized-learning\/personalized-learning\/personalized-learning-framework\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Carolina Framework for Personalized Learning<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Carolina Department of Education \u2013<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/ed.sc.gov\/about\/profile-of-sc-graduate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Profile of the South Carolina Graduate<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah State Board of Education \u2013<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.utah.gov\/file\/93b6b3c0-85c7-47e5-9f1b-3677b1c9603b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Competency-Based Education Framework<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ExcelinEd \u2013<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/utahpubliceducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ExcelinEd-timeline.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah\u2019s Path to Competency-Based Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/inacol-2019-state-policy-priorities\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iNACOL 2019 State Policy Priorities<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/inacol-2019-federal-policy-priorities\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iNACOL 2019 Federal Policy Priorities<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iNACOL \u2013<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/state-funding-strategies-to-support-education-innovation\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Funding Strategies to Support Education Innovation<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iNACOL \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/fit-purpose-taking-long-view-systems-change\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fit for Purpose: Taking the Long View on Systems Change and Policy to Support Competency Education<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iNACOL<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/current-future-state-issues-action-steps-state-policy-support-personalized-competency-based-learning\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current to Future State: Issues and Action Steps for State Policy to Support Personalized, Competency-Based Learning<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iNACOL \u2013 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inacol.org\/resource\/state-strategies-develop-teacher-capacity-personalized-competency-based-learning\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Strategies to Develop Teacher Capacity for Personalized, Competency-Based Learning<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Competency<\/span><\/i><span 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