206-3 Wyo. Code R. §§ 3-3 - Informal Review of School Performance Ratings
(a) The Department
shall provide preliminary annual performance ratings to districts for schools
within those districts. Before the ratings are final, the schools shall review
the ratings and the underlying calculations. Districts may suggest corrections
to the Department within fourteen (14) days. Ratings become final on the
fifteenth (15) day.
(b) Districts
may file a request for informal review in a form and manner prescribed by the
Department. The request shall include all relevant documents. The request shall
state the basis for changing a school's performance rating. The basis for an
informal review shall be limited to the following:
(i) To examine whether the Department
improperly computed and reported the school's overall performance rating,
including indicator-level performance, or
(ii) To examine whether the school was unable
to administer the statewide assessment for good cause.
(c) When it receives the complete informal
review request from a district, the Department shall review the documentation.
A complete informal review request shall include:
(i) The name, telephone number, mailing
address, and email address of the district superintendent and school principal
seeking review; and
(ii) The
specific reason for the review request, including data, facts, and evidence to
support the review.
(d)
If the review request is complete, the Department shall notify the district to
that effect. If initial documents submitted do not constitute a complete
request, the Department shall notify the district of the reason for the
deficiencies. No request or related documentation may be submitted after
notification from the Department that the request is complete or fifteen (15)
days after the ratings are final, whichever is later.
(e) The Department shall submit a
recommendation of either maintaining or amending a school's performance rating
and the reasons for the recommendation to the Board not later than fourteen
(14) days after the request for informal review is complete. The Department
shall serve the recommendation on the district at the same time that it is
submitted to the State Board.
(f)
The Board shall hear the district's request for informal review no later than
thirty days after the request is complete. The Board shall notify the
Department and the district of the date, time, and location of the meeting in
which the Board will consider the request for review.
(i) The district shall be allotted thirty
(30) minutes to address the Board. The district may reserve a portion of its
time for rebuttal.
(ii) The
Department shall be allotted thirty (30) minutes to address the
Board.
(iii) No additional
documentation may be submitted at the meeting.
(iv) Presentations shall be limited to the
basis raised by the district in its request for informal review.
(v) Districts may waive appearance before the
Board and rely on the written documents already submitted. If a district waives
appearance, it shall notify the Department no later than seven (7) days before
the meeting. If a district waives appearance, the Department shall not be
permitted to address the Board on the subject of that school's performance
rating.
(g) The Board may
deliberate and render a decision at the meeting in which it heard presentations
by the district and the Department.
(h) The Board decision is the final agency
action subject to judicial review under
W.S.
16-3-114.
(i) Data maintained by the Department used to
calculate performance level ratings shall not be subject to review under these
rules.
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