D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-E937

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 5-E937 - MONITORING OF PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

937.1

The Board of Education shall conduct site visitations to each public charter school for the purpose of executing its oversight responsibilities, including:

(a) To ensure that each school complies with applicable laws and the provision of the charter granted to the school; and

(b) To monitor the progress of each school in meeting student achievement expectations specified in the charter granted to the school.

937.2

The Board shall conduct a monitoring visit to each school not less than once in each academic quarter during the school's first year of operation and not less than once in each academic semester in subsequent years.

937.3

The Board of Education's monitoring team shall be comprised of persons with expertise in the key areas of the school's operations, which include curriculum and instruction, education of the special needs population, financial management, personnel, governance and management, and parent and community involvement.

937.4

The Board of Education's monitoring team shall participate in workshops and discussions on public charter schools' legislation and research, the programs of the public charter schools authorized by the Board of Education, and the monitoring process prior to participating in a site visitation.

937.5

The monitoring guide shall be site specific and the monitors will look for evidence of the school's implementation of its charter.

937.6

The Board of Education shall invite representatives of the public charter schools to participate in an annual orientation session on the monitoring process prior to beginning the monitoring.

937.7

The monitoring process will include both a pre-observation conference with the school team and an exit conference following the monitoring.

937.8

Within ten (10) school/business days of the monitoring, the monitoring team leader shall meet with the school leadership/school team to discuss preliminary findings of the monitoring team.

937.9

Within twenty-one (21) school/business days of the team leader's meeting with the school leadership/team to discuss the preliminary report, the school shall receive a draft report of the findings.

937.10

Within ten (10) days of receipt of the draft monitoring report, the public charter school shall provide written comments/feedback to the Board of Education concerning the findings of the monitoring visitation.

937.11

The monitoring report shall be made final within ten (10) days following receipt and incorporation, as appropriate, of the comments/feedback from the public charter school.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 5, r. 5-E937

Final Rulemaking published at 48 DCR 1694, 1716-17 (February 23, 2001)