(a) Report to the
Board. The Wyoming Department of Education shall annually verify compliance by
the school with these regulations in a report to the State Board. The report
shall be based on a review of verification documents submitted by the school or
the review of verification documents and an on-site visit by a team established
by the Department. Each school shall be given an opportunity to file a written
response to the report. Responses must be received by the Department within
thirty days of the receipt by the school of the report. The Department shall
submit its findings to the State Board only after the opportunity for
submission of response has been provided.
(b) Findings of the Board. The State Board of
Education shall draw conclusions based on the report to the board submitted by
the Department and any written response from the institutional school. Based on
these findings it shall annually assign an accreditation status to each school.
Schools may challenge assigned accreditation status as a contested case under
the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act.
(c) As a result of the findings of the board
all schools shall be granted one of the following accreditation levels
annually:
(i) Full Accreditation. The school
has met the state standards in a fully satisfactory manner.
(ii) Conditional Accreditation. The school
has met the state accreditation standards in less than a fully satisfactory
manner. School to which conditional accreditation is assigned shall be provided
the reasons for such action, shall be given a reasonable period of time to
submit a plan to the Wyoming Department of Education to correct identified
deficiencies; shall implement that plan, and no later than one year after the
assignment of the conditional accreditation status submit a report to the
department describing efforts to correct the deficiencies. The Department shall
submit that report to the State Board of Education. The Board shall act as
follows: ask for a further verification by the Department; extend the time the
school is conditionally accredited; move the school to full accreditation; or
move the school to non-accredited status. Failure of a school to submit a plan,
failure of the school to implement its plan, or failure of the school to
correct deficiencies shall be grounds for assigning the school nonaccredited
status.
(iii) Non-Accredited. The
school has not met the state accreditation standards. The State Board may
attach penalties on an individual basis. Should the State Board assign
non-accredited status, the school may submit a plan to the Department for
correcting identified deficiencies and, if the plan is accepted by the
Department, the school may request that the board assign conditional
accreditation. If the plan incorporates full and immediate compliance with all
regulations, the school may request that the State Board assign conditional
accreditation. If the plan incorporates full and immediate compliance with all
regulations, the school may request that the State Board assign full
accreditation.
