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Overview
On September 10, 2020, the State Board of Education (SBE) adopted criteria and guidance to award a State Seal of Civic Engagement (SSCE) to California students who demonstrate excellence in civics education and participation, and an understanding of the United States Constitution, the California Constitution, and the democratic system of government. More information can be found at the following links;
It is up to the individual District to determine exactly how their students can qualify to receive this State Seal of Civic Engagement. At his time, there are no required activities and/or specific courses identified at the state level that a student must complete in order to earn the SSCE. Therefore, we are unable to design a formal way for all Districts to identify students who may qualify for the SSCE.
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Table | Permission | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Activities and Awards (ACT) | Read Insert Update Delete | View page Add new record Update records Delete Records |
Configurations ↑
A State Seal of Civic Engagement code will need to exist in the Activities and Awards (ACT) table. If it is not already in the dropdown it can be added in the Update Code Table screen. Select the ACT table and the CD field. Add a code and description for the State Seal of Civic Engagement. For more information on how to update the Code (COD) table, see the Code Table Management article.
Once this code has been added, School/District personnel can then add this award code individually to students who complete the established local requirements. Then queries could be used to determine exactly how many graduating students are awarded the SSCE.
Here is an example of how to add a new Award Code to your database, similar to what was done for State Seal of Biliteracy. In this example. we have decided to add the code of "SSC" to Student Data > Other > Activities and Awards.
CALPADS ↑
At this time, this information is NOT collected as part of CALPADS processing for the College & Career Indicator (CCI) on the California Dashboard. Currently, the SSCE data collection is handled by uploading data directly through the SSCE website. If that situation changes, we will amend this process, and provide a way to map your local Award Code to the CALPADS extract.
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As each student qualifies for the the State Seal of Civic Engagement, the proper code needs to be entered on the Student's Activities and Awards (ACT) page. Queries can be run to further evaluate these students or to KEEP the students for other processing (printing letters or certificates).
List of 12th grade students who have completed local requirements for State Seal of Civic Engagements
LIST STU ACT STU.ID STU.NM STU.GR STU.HSG ACT.CD IF ACT.CD = SSC AND STU.GR = 12
Count of 12th grade students who have completed local requirements for State Seal of Civic Engagements
TOTAL STU ACT IF GR - 12 AND ACT.CD = SSC
Keep statement for 12th grade students who have completed local requirements for State Seal of Civic Engagement
KEEP STU ACT IF STU.GR = 12 AND ACT.CD = SSC