La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § LXXXIII-707

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

Section LXXXIII-707 - Safe Harbor

A. Subgroups that do not pass the AMO status test by attaining a percent proficient score within or above the confidence interval range shall be evaluated for safe harbor.

B. Safe harbor is attained if:

1. the subgroup makes a 10 percent reduction in its non-proficiency rate from the previous year:

a. a 99 percent confidence interval is applied to this reduction check; and

2. the subgroup:

a. achieves a 90 percent attendance rate (for schools without a 12th grade) (A 99 percent confidence interval is applied to the 90 percent attendance rate.); or

b. makes at least 0.1 percent improvement in attendance rate

C. For schools with a grade 12, a graduation rate will be calculated as described in §708

D. Subgroups passing the participation rate test and achieving safe harbor shall be considered as having passed the subgroup component.

E. English language arts and mathematics test results from grades 3-8, EOC, and LAA 1 will be used to calculate the reduction of non-proficient students in safe harbor.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § LXXXIII-707

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 29:2743 (December 2003), amended LR 32:1025 (June 2006), LR 33:253 (February 2007), LR 33:2594 (December 2007), LR 38:1213 (May 2012), LR 38:2357 (September 2012), LR 38:3110 (December 2012), LR 40:2508 (12/1/2014), Amended LR 42549 (4/1/2016).

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