(1) Regular accreditation means the school has met the assurance standards and student performance standards as defined in ARM 10.55.606 and the Licensure Endorsement Requirements Related to Teaching Assignments, a copy of which may be found at: http://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/School%20Accreditation/Standards%20of%20Accreditation/Appendix%20Files/B/APPENDIX%20B.pdf.

(2) Regular accreditation with minor deviations means the school does not meet all the requirements and standards required in (1) and delineated in the Accreditation Status Criteria Reference Guide, a copy of which may be found at:  http://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/School%20Accreditation/Standards%20of%20Accreditation/Appendix%20Files/A/Accreditation%20Status%20Criteria%20Reference%20Guide%203.17.pdf.

(3) A school with regular accreditation with level 2 deviation(s) in student performance standards, as defined in ARM 10.55.606, or regular accreditation with minor deviations at level 2 in either assurance or student performance standards, shall remedy all deviations within three years or will be reassigned to a lower category of accreditation.

(4) Accreditation with advice means the school exhibits serious and/or numerous deviations from the standards.

(5) Accreditation with deficiency means that the school is on advice status for two years, has not complied with the required corrective plan, and continues to have serious and/or numerous deviations, or has substantially increased the seriousness of deviations over the previous year.

(6) For a district with a school on advice or in deficiency status, the district administrator and the chair of the local board of trustees shall submit to the Superintendent of Public Instruction a corrective plan, including a systematic procedure and timeline for resolving the deviations noted.

(7) A school will be immediately accredited with deficiency if:

(a) the school employs a teacher who does not have a Montana teaching license; or

(b) the school has a facility that creates an unhealthy environment with safety and health hazards.

(8) A school with deficiency status failing to comply with the required corrective plan shall be placed into the intensive assistance process as defined in the Accreditation Status Criteria Reference Guide, a copy of which may be found at:  http://opi.mt.gov/Portals/182/Page%20Files/School%20Accreditation/Standards%20of%20Accreditation/Appendix%20Files/A/Accreditation%20Status%20Criteria%20Reference%20Guide%203.17.pdf.

(9) Nonaccredited status means that a school on deficiency status fails to meet the requirements of intensive assistance and is out of compliance with the Board of Public Education standards of accreditation.

(10) A school seeking initial accreditation or reinstatement of accreditation shall meet the requirements of regular accreditation outlined in (1). This process shall include an on-site review from the Office of Public Instruction.