La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXXXIII-3101

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section LXXXIII-3101 - Appeals/Waivers and Data Certification Processes

A. An appeal/waiver procedure and a data certification process have been authorized by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (SBESE) and shall be used to address unforeseen and aberrant factors and to correct inaccurate accountability data impacting schools in Louisiana.

1. Beginning with the 2008-09 academic year, in compliance with the requirement in the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 that a school shall have an opportunity to review school level data prior to being identified as an Academically Unacceptable School or failing the subgroup component, the LDE shall establish a data certification period for all schools/LEAs to correct any inaccurate accountability data.

a. The LDE shall provide a period (or periods) of not less than 30 calendar days for final review, correction, and verification of accountability data.

b. All cohort graduation data must be corrected during the year following its collection.

c. The LDE will provide training to district level staff on an annual basis.

2. All data correction must occur during the designated data certification period.

3. Each LEA must collect supporting documentation for every data element that is corrected and maintain the documentation on file for at least four years.

4. Each school district shall create and implement a district data certification procedure that requires the site-based administrator at each accountable school to review all accountability data during the data certification period.

B. The LDE shall review all data corrections during the certification period and grant approval of those proven valid. The LDE may request documentation to support the validity of the changes.

C. The appeal/waiver procedure is created to address issues when the literal application of accountability policy does not consider certain unforeseen and unusual circumstances.

1. All appeal/waiver requests must be submitted to the LDE within 15 working days of the fall accountability release.

2. The LDE shall review appeal/waiver requests and make recommendations to the SBESE during first regularly scheduled BESE sessions following the close of the appeal/waiver period. Within this interval, the LDE shall notify LEAs of its recommendations and allow them to respond in writing. The LDE's recommendations and LEA responses will be forwarded to SBESE for final disposition.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXXXIII-3101

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 29:2751 (December 2003), amended LR 30:1620 (August 2004), repromulgated LR 30:1996 (September 2004), amended LR 30:2257 (October 2004), LR 31:2422 (October 2005), LR 35:2313 (November 2009), LR 38:3113 (December 2012), LR 40:1318 (July 2014).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:10.1.