206-6 Wyo. Code R. §§ 6-4 - Accreditation in General
The State Board shall accredit Wyoming districts and the schools governed by these districts based on adherence to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, upon the recommendation of the Department.
(a) The process for accreditation of Wyoming
districts and the schools governed by these districts shall include:
(i) Attestation through an accreditation
report submitted to the Department by November 1 annually by the district
superintendent that the district and all schools governed by the district meet
the accreditation criteria.
(ii)
Annual verification of district compliance with all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations through review of documents, data and other evidence by the
Department aligned to the accreditation criteria.
(iii) A review of the District Assessment
System (DAS) every five years by the Department.
(iv) The accreditation status of the district
or individual schools may be lowered by the State Board based on school
performance as measured by the Wyoming Accountability in Education Act in
accordance with Section 7 of this chapter.
(b) All documents and data submitted to the
Department, as well as other Department verification processes, shall be
considered as evidence for accreditation to reduce duplicative reporting
requirements.
(c) Findings of
noncompliance shall be reviewed with district superintendents annually by March
1. District superintendents shall be given until May 1 to satisfactorily
address the findings without negatively impacting the accreditation level of
the district or any school governed by the district.
(d) The Department shall annually make an
accreditation recommendation to the State Board for all Wyoming districts and
the schools governed by these districts.
(e) The duration of accreditation shall be
for one year, from July 1 to the following year on June 30.
(f) The accreditation level shall be the
accreditation level for the next year unless an exception is granted by the
State Board.
(g) The Department
shall maintain a list of Wyoming districts and schools that are accredited by
the State Board on the Department website.
(h) No Wyoming district or the schools
governed by a district shall, as a condition for state accreditation, be
required to participate in any proprietary continuous improvement or school
improvement process provided by the Department beyond that required by the
System of Support per
W.S.
21-2-204(h) or through
Federal regulations.
(i) Each
district will host an on-site external review of the district and schools
within the district at least once every five (5) years with the purpose of
reviewing selected accreditation criteria, including the district assessment
system. This includes a review of the assessment system by the Department, and
may include a review of other aspects of the district system by the Department,
or an external systems review by a Department-approved third-party
vendor.
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