014.01
Quality Indicator: Schools comply fully and
continuously with all accreditation requirements in order to provide for all
students the learning opportunities described herein. Schools experiencing
unfulfilled requirements make concerted efforts to achieve compliance or to
provide alternative programs generating equivalent or improved programs and
services. Schools not fulfilling accreditation requirements deprive students of
opportunities for learning and may be subject to probation or loss of
accreditation.
014.02
Section 003 of this Chapter lists requirements that must be met at all times by
school systems as a condition of accreditation. Failure to meet those
provisions may result in the Board terminating the legal operation of the
school system during the school year. Noncompliance with other regulations in
this Chapter will result in the assessment of violations which, if not
corrected, will result in a recommendation to the Board for probation or loss
of accreditation.
014.03
Violations
In determining the future accreditation status of a school
system, each failure to meet a numbered regulation other than those contained
in Section 003 constitutes a separate violation.
014.04
Reporting
Violations
A school system shall report any existing violations to the
Department on its annual Statement of Assurance.
014.05
Correction of
Violations
A school system will have until February 1 to correct
violations or to prepare a written plan for correction of a violation that
existed at the time of submission of the Statement of Assurance. Written
evidence of the correction of the violations or a written plan developed in
accordance with Section
014.05A must be
submitted to the Department.
014.05A
School systems having an uncorrected violation may submit a written plan to the
Department by February 1 for correcting the violation before the following
school year. Such plans may be approved by the Board if evidence provided
indicates that the violation occurred after August 1, and the violation could
not reasonably be corrected immediately before or during the current school
year. Written evidence of the correction must be submitted to the Department by
the following September 1.
014.06 Effect of Violations on Public School
Systems
All public school systems are required by state statute to be
accredited. If, after consultation with school officials, the Commissioner
determines that public school systems have any uncorrected violations, he or
she shall make the applicable following recommendations to the Board:
014.06A A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM having an
uncorrected violation of a requirement with no written plan under Section
014.05A shall be
recommended for ACCREDITATION ON PROBATION for the following school
year.
014.06B A PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM having a written plan under Section
014.05A and having
the same uncorrected violation after September 1 shall be recommended for
ACCREDITATION ON PROBATION for the current school year.
014.06C A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ON PROBATION
continuing to have the same uncorrected violation after February 1 shall be
recommended for NONACCREDITATION for the following school year and shall be
subject to loss of authority to operate and reassignment of territory to other
school districts.
014.07
Effect of Violations on Nonpublic School Systems
Nonpublic schools may operate either as accredited or
approved school systems. If, after consultation with school officials, the
Commissioner determines that nonpublic school systems have any uncorrected
violations, he or she shall make the applicable following recommendations to
the Board:
014.07A An ACCREDITED
NONPUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM having a plan under Section
014.05A and having
the same uncorrected violation after September 1 of a requirement shall be
recommended for ACCREDITATION ON PROBATION for the current school
year.
014.07B An ACCREDITED
NONPUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM having an uncorrected violation of a requirement and
having no written plan under Section
014.05A shall be
recommended for ACCREDITATION ON PROBATION for the following school
year.
014.07C An ACCREDITED
NONPUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM ON PROBATION having an uncorrected violation after
February 1 of a requirement shall be recommended for APPROVAL for the following
school year.
014.08
Provisions for Notice and Hearing
014.08A When the Commissioner makes a
recommendation to the Board for a school system to be placed on probation or
for denial or revocation of accreditation or approval, notice of the
recommendation and of the right to request a hearing shall be given to the
school system by certified mail sent at least 30 calendar days prior to the
date of the Board meeting at which the recommendation is to be considered.
Copies will be sent to the superintendent, head administrator, or head teacher
of the school system, and to the presiding officer of the governing body, if
known. This notice shall specify the basis for the recommendation.
014.08B If the school system notifies the
Commissioner at least seven days prior to the date the recommendation is to be
considered by the Board that it requests a hearing, the Board shall schedule a
hearing date.
014.08C All hearings
arising under this Chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the hearing
procedures of 92 NAC 61, including provisions of that Chapter relating to
evidence. Any action taken or recommended by the Commissioner adverse to the
school system may be the subject of a petition by such school system under 92
NAC 61, in which case all the provisions of 92 NAC 61 shall apply to such
appeal.
014.09
Action by the Board
Upon review of the Commissioner's recommendation, and
following any hearing, the Board shall make a determination of the future
accreditation status of the system and shall inform the system in writing of
its determination.