Indiana Administrative Code
Title 511 - INDIANA STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
Article 6.1 - SCHOOL ACCREDITATION
Rule 1 - School Accreditation System
Section 1-1 - School accreditation
Universal Citation: 511 IN Admin Code 1-1
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 20-19-2-8; IC 20-31-1-1; IC 20-31-4-17
Affected: IC 20-24; IC 20-26-15; IC 20-31-4; IC 20-31-5; IC 20-31-8
Sec. 1.
(a) A public school must be accredited. A nonpublic school may seek accreditation.
(b) A school may be accredited by meeting the following criteria:
(1) Comply with the legal
standards in section 4 of this rule.
(2) Comply with the school improvement plan
requirements of IC 20-31-5 by doing one (1) of the following:
(A) Complete a continuous and strategic
school improvement and achievement plan that meets the requirements of IC
20-10.2-3 [IC 20-10.2 was repealed by P.L. 1-2005, SECTION 240,
effective July 1, 2005.] and 511 IAC 6.2-3.
(B) Implement a quality-focused approach to
strategic and continuous school improvement, such as the criteria for the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education or the criteria for a
national or regional accrediting agency approved by the state board.
(3) Meet school improvement and
performance requirements under IC 20-31-8.
(c) The board shall accredit a nonpublic school that:
(1) becomes a freeway school
under IC 20-26-15; and
(2) complies
with the terms of the freeway school contract.
(d) The board shall accredit a school that:
(1) becomes a charter school under IC 20-24;
and
(2) complies with the
requirements of IC 20-24.
(e) A school holding accreditation under the former performance-based accreditation system shall retain accreditation until the transition to the accreditation system described in this rule is complete.
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