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The California Department of Education (CDE) was one of eleven state education agencies that received four-year grants from the U.S. Department of Education in 2010-11 to participate in a Safe and Supportive Schools (S3) Initiative. CDE funded 58 high schools to be part of this effort based on need, as identified by California Healthy Kids Survey data. The project framework provides a model for districts in developing and implementing their Local Control and Accountability Plans. The goals for the California S3 program were to:

• Improve conditions for learning, including school climate and safety, in high schools with the greatest need.
• Integrate school climate reform into schoolwide academic improvement efforts.
• Build local district and school capacity to implement data-driven school improvements.
• Establish a comprehensive and sustainable model for school climate improvement to guide school and district efforts.

This matrix shows the school climate improvement strategies that each S3 grantee selected to implement as part of their improvement efforts.