Bond & Facilities
Williams Act compliance is a check-the-box exercise — but the box has to be checked correctly, every year, in every classroom, or you risk legal exposure and SARC findings.
Our approach
What you get
Outcomes
Clean FIT reports that survive Williams Act audit visits and feed the SARC accurately.
Frequently asked
Yes. The Williams v. State of California (2004) settlement requires annual facility inspections in every California public school using the FIT instrument or a state-approved equivalent. The reports feed the School Accountability Report Card and are inspected during Williams visits.
Yes — and many districts do. The challenge is keeping the cadence consistent across every site every year and ensuring deficiencies aren't quietly buried. We help districts either run the inspections directly or set up the internal program with training and QA.
A failed inspection (any 'Poor' rating) requires remediation within specific timeframes. Repeated or uncured deficiencies trigger Williams complaint procedures, can result in formal findings, and impact the district's SARC.
From our team
Meet Joe Dixon, founder of School Leaders and a 40-year veteran of transforming educational environments. From starting at the bottom of Capistrano Unified in 1984 to leading Prop 51's passage for California school funding, Joe's journey proves that great schools create great communities — sometimes one lunch table at a time.
30 minutes with one of our advisors. We'll listen first, share where we've seen this play out, and tell you honestly whether we can help.
