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Title 28 - EDUCATIONPart CLXVII - Bulletin 140-Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Network
Chapter 5 - Early Childhood Care and Education Accountability System
Section CLXVII-517 - Data Verification

La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § CLXVII-517

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section CLXVII-517 - Data Verification
A. The department shall provide all non-survey data contributing to the performance profile for publicly-funded sites and community networks to each lead agency prior to publishing the performance rating.
B. In 2015-2016, the department shall provide lead agencies 30 calendar days for final review, correction, and verification of data for the performance profiles. For all subsequent years, the department shall provide lead agencies 10 calendar days for final review, correction, and verification of data for performance profiles.
1. The lead agency shall create and implement a community network data certification procedure that requires review of all performance profile data for each site during the data certification period.
2. The department may request the certification procedure from each lead agency.
3. Data corrections shall not be grounds for an appeal or waiver request as all data corrections shall be made prior to the release of profiles regardless of the source of any errors.
4. Data corrections for CLASS® scores may only be submitted for the following reasons:
a.CLASS® observations results have been reported incorrectly; or
b.CLASS® observation results were not reported.
5. The department shall review all data corrections and grant approval of those corrections that are proven valid.
6. The department may request additional documentation to support the validity of the changes.
C. The department shall act upon and respond in writing within 30 calendar days of receiving a signed report from the general public regarding potential irregularities in data reporting.
D. Anonymous complaints may be acted upon at the discretion of the department.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § CLXVII-517

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 412590 (12/1/2015), Amended LR 421876 (11/1/2016), Amended LR 441443 (8/1/2018).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:407.21 et seq.