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10.55.605    CATEGORIES OF ACCREDITATION

(1) Regular accreditation means the school has:

(a) its program aligned to the content and performance standards and program area standards;

(b) certified staff that is appropriately assigned, and fully utilized;

(c) school programs and resources that are adequate;

(d) facilities that meet appropriate standards; and

(e) school trustees, staff, parents, and community that work together to provide a quality education.

(2) When the school meets the regular accreditation standards with minor deviations, these deviations are noted on the annual accreditation status letter as minor citations when considering the school program in its entirety.

(3) Accreditation with advice means the school exhibits serious and/or numerous deviations from the standards. The school must submit an improvement plan developed by trustees, administrators, teachers, parents, and the community, to the Office of Public Instruction.

(4) Deficiency accreditation with assistance means that the school has been on advice status for at least two years and continues to have serious and/or numerous deviations, or has substantially increased the seriousness of deviations over the previous year.

(a) A school will be accredited with deficiency if:

(i) the school employs as a teacher an individual who does not have a Montana teaching certificate;

(ii) the school has a facility that creates an unhealthy environment with safety and health hazards; or

(iii) the school provides an inadequate learning environment.

(b) The school administrator and the chair of the board of trustees will submit and/or come before the Board of Public Education with an improvement plan and a systematic procedure for correcting the deviations noted. The Office of Public Instruction will facilitate assistance to enable the school to accomplish the goals of the improvement plan and to correct the deviations.

(5) Nonaccredited status means that a school on deficiency status fails to document that it has met its improvement plan.

(6) 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.

History: Sec. 20-2-114, MCA; IMP, Sec. 20-2-121, 20-3-106, 20-7-101, MCA; NEW, 1989 MAR p. 342, Eff. 7/1/89; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 2707, Eff. 10/9/98; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 3340, Eff. 12/8/00.

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