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WorksheetsSBDM Training 2026
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Every area of school council authority is established for a reason. What is the school council's most important responsibility?
Establishing policy
Determining the schedule of the school day
Improving student achievement
Textbook selection
The SBDM statute requires that school councils annually review data on student performance. The test data your school is required to review should include data disaggregated by:
Race
Gender
Participation in the federal free/reduced price meals program
Students with a disability
All of the above.
True or False: The school council is responsible for adopting a policy that determines the use of school space during the school day related to improving classroom teaching and learning.
True
False
Unsure
When is a school council required by statute to have minority representation?
When it is first established
When at least eight percent (8%) of the population is minority
When the school has a minority principal
When the board of education requires it
True or False: All school councils must have school council committees.
False
Sometimes
True
Only when there is a minority.
True or False: School councils are subject to The Kentucky Open Records and Open Meetings Acts.
Yes
Only when school is in session.
False
True
Which one of the following persons cannot serve as a parent representative on the school council?
Birth parent(s)
Foster parent(s)
A teacher who also has a child enrolled as a student at the school
Stepparent(s)
True or False: The school council must meet with the media librarian on the maintenance of the school media center.
Only if they think they're cool
True
Not at the high school level
False
Consultation can include:
Meetings
Timelines
Review of applications and references
Interviews
All of the above
True or False: All schools must adopt a wellness policy.
Only when more than 50% of students are ill
True
If the principal wants to
False
School-based decision making councils are encouraged to review their policies
Every 3 years
Annually
Whenever they feel like it
Only in the event the school gets a new principal
When SBDM councils are creating their school's CSIP, they must provide a measure of success. The acronym CSIP is short for...
Consolidated School Improvement Program
Comprehensive Supplemental Information Plan
Calculated School Induction Program
Comprehensive School Improvement Plan
There will be times that a council will need to discuss matters in closed session; however, all decisions made by the council must occur
Within one hour of the start of the meeting
In open session
In closed session
In open or closed session
At minimum, the school council minutes must include the following:
A point-by-point account of discussions
Opinions of the secretary
Off-track discussion items
1. Council name
2. Names of members present
3. Date of meeting
4. Any decision made
What is the term used to describe the operating rules the school council sets to conduct its work?
Bylaws
Kentucky Revised Statute (KRS)
Consultative ideas
Policies
After consultation, who determines which curriculum, textbooks, instructional materials, and student support services shall be provided in the school?
SBDM council
PTO members
SBDM committee
Local superintendent
The school council develops and adopts policies, but are not involved in the day-to-day operations in the school. Who are the ones responsible for implementing policies?
School counselors and teachers
The principal, with the teachers and other staff
Front office staff and custodians
Mental health providers and food service staff
If equality is defined as giving everyone a pair of size 10 shoes regardless of what shoe size they wear, then what would we call giving everyone a pair of shoes that fit?
Consensus
Best practices
Equity
Alignment
What do councils use to set out the tasks for each meeting and establish order so members and other participants can understand the purpose and goals for the meeting?
Bylaws
Policies
Agendas
Meeting minutes
Annual financial audit reports, budget allocations, council bylaws, policies, and minutes, etc., are all what type of records?
One-year retention
Permanent
Five-year retention
Three-year retention
Key SBDM responsibilities of the Principal include
Serves as chair of the school council
Facilitates school council meetings
Assists in establishing norms for keeping focus in meetings
All of the above
If serving on the SBDM council, which group of individuals provides an insight into the school's environment, including outside the classroom and the day-to-day operations of the building?
Student representatives
Parent representatives
Teacher representatives
Classified staff representatives
One role and responsibility held by all members of a council is
Being on time for every SBDM meeting
Setting inconsistent rules
Developing policies that directly address achievement gaps
Running the school on a day-to-day basis
What are some characteristics of sound school policy?
Avoid potential litigation
Help parents and new staff understand how the school operates
Build shared understanding and expectations
All of the above
The parents, teachers, and the administrator of the school who make up the council have the responsibility to set school policy and make decisions that should
Enhance student achievement
Make popular kids feel uncomfortable
Allow band kids to be tardy to class
Allow teachers to wear shorts
SBDM responsibilities related to curriculum, instruction, and assessment include
Policy to implement parent and family engagement
Policy for the selection of extracurricular programs
Policy to plan and resolve instructional practices
All of the above
SBDM responsibilities related to schedules, staffing, and healthy/safe facilities includes
Wellness policies
Policy to determine use of school space
Nonteaching time and opportunities
All of the above
An achievement gap is defined as
having a high IQ
providing vibrant student experiences
encouraging innovation
the difference between performance goals and actual performance
Question(s) to consider during school council meetings include
Does our council spend most of its time working to support student achievement?
Can I explain to others how the council's work is focused on helping all students learn at high levels?
Do I understand the school's current assessment scores enough to set targets for closing gaps?
All of the above
Students or classified staff may be added to the council in an advisory role to offer insight and opinions. Neither may have voting rights unless the council seeks and is granted approval by
the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE)
the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE)
President Trump
All of the above
One dataset available to you as a council member is the Impact Survey, which is taken by Kentucky Educators
Twice per school year
Once per school year
Every 5 years
Every 2 years
The Kentucky School Report Card website includes eight categories of data including Overview, School Accountability, Academic Performance, Career and Technical Education, Educational Opportunity, School Safety, Transition to Adult Life, and
Financial Transparency
Faculty, Staff, and Community
Students
All of the above
Civil Rights Data Collection includes information on
Advanced coursework
Suspensions and expulsions
Preschool
All of the above
Data is suppressed when
the percentage of students scoring Proficient in reading is below 50%
students come from a single-parent home
the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requires data not to be shared publicly due to privacy reasons
a child is transported by bus more than 1 mile to school
The Transition to Adult Life tab within the School Report Card will only contain data for
Students who want to complete an extra year of high school
High Schools
Teachers whose biological children are poor at math
All schools
The Graduate Outcomes tab displays the percentage of high school graduates that are working, enrolled in college, enrolled in technical training or serving in the military within how many months after graduation?
3 months
5 months
6 months
12 months
Council elections may allow voting to occur
Over multiple days and via electronic means
On Monday and Wednesday only
For one day only
Only by electronic means
Minority means
American Indian
African-American
Hispanic
All of the above
SBDM meeting dates for the year are set
At an initial meeting of the council
The first of each month
In December
Only if the council feels like it
When looking at data sets such as the School Report Card (SRC), to which grades would data on Career and Technical Education most apply?
Grades K-3
Grades 4-6
Grades 7-8
Grades 9-12
