Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) For
a school year where there are statewide assessment system irregularities or a
suspension of the administration of statewide assessments:
(a) the Superintendent shall appoint a state
review panel; and
(b) the state
review panel shall review the data of a school eligible to be considered for
exit at the conclusion of the applicable year and make a recommendation to the
Board on whether the school demonstrated adequate progress to exit the
springboard school program.
(2) A state review panel described in
Subsection (1) shall review the following questions to inform the state review
panel's recommendation:
(a) whether the school
provides evidence of substantial progress and growth; and
(b) whether the school has qualitative or
quantitative data from the implementation of the school's school improvement
plan that also demonstrate substantial improvement.
(3) For a school whose data are impacted by
statewide assessment system irregularities or a suspension of the
administration of statewide assessments during one or more of the school's
designated years in the springboard school program:
(a) the Superintendent shall appoint a state
review panel;
(b) the state review
panel shall review the data of the school whose data are impacted by the
statewide assessment system irregularities or suspension of statewide
assessment; and
(c) the state
review panel shall make a recommendation to the Board whether the school
demonstrated substantial improvement.
(4) A state review panel described in
Subsection (3) shall review qualitative and quantitative data from the
implementation of the school's improvement plan.
(5) The qualitative and quantitative data
described in Subsection (4) may include:
(a)
local student performance data, including formative assessment data;
(b) for a springboard school that is a high
school:
(i) credit earned;
(ii) graduation rate; and
(iii) other types of successful completion,
such as earning a GED;
(c) increased attendance;
(d) student engagement or school
climate;
(e) parent
engagement;
(f) criteria presented
by the school being reviewed;
(g)
if the springboard school is a charter school, whether the charter school is
meeting all minimum standards described in Section
53G-5-303 in the school's charter
agreement with the authorizer, including:
(i)
minimum financial standards for operating the charter school;
(ii) minimum standards for student
achievement;
(iii) the mission
statement and purpose of the charter school;
(iv) the grade levels served;
(v) the maximum number of students;
and
(vi) the charter school
governing board and structure; and
(h) additional criteria established by the
Superintendent.
(6)
(a) Notwithstanding other provisions in this
Section R277-920-14, for a school year
where there are statewide assessment system irregularities or a suspension of
the administration of statewide assessments, a school eligible to be considered
for exit at the conclusion of the applicable year may elect to remain in the
springboard school program an additional year.
(b) For a school that elects to remain in the
program an additional year as described in Subsection (6)(a), the
Superintendent may provide a different standard of review of the school's data
by the state review panel.
(7) For a school that elects to remain in the
program an additional year as described in Subsection (6):
(a) the Superintendent may provide a
different standard of review of the school's data by the state review panel;
and
(b) in addition to the
information described in Subsection (5), the school shall provide a request for
resources to the Superintendent, including the proposed uses of the resources,
for the school's additional year in the springboard school program.
