La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-3301

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

Section XI-3301 - Inclusion of New Schools [Formerly LAC 28:LXXXIII.3301]

A. For a newly formed school, the school district shall register the new school with the Louisiana Department of Education to have a site code assigned to that school. A new school shall not be created nor shall a new site code be issued in order to allow a school to avoid an accountability decision or prevent a school from entering the accountability system. Before a new school is created, the local education agency must work with the Louisiana Department of Education to explore ways the new school can be included in the accountability system.

B. When two or more schools are created from an existing school (e.g., grades 4-6 "split" from an existing K-6 structure, creating a K-3 school and a 4-6 school), the LEA must consult with the LDE prior to implementing such changes to determine how the impacted schools will retain reward and/or academically unacceptable (AUS) or subgroup status and any sanctions, remedies, and funds (e.g., a 3-8 school in AUS 3 should retain the AUS 3 status in both schools if it is reconfigured into a 3-5 and a 6-8 school and if all grade levels contributed to its poor performance). After this consultation, the LDE shall make all decisions regarding the effects of these changes on accountability results and sanctions for all schools effected by the changes and will notify the LEA of its decision.

C. New K-8 schools (in existing LEAs) with one year of test data shall be included in accountability. For dropout/credit accumulation data, the district average for elementary schools will be used.

D. The new high school in an existing LEA shall enter accountability using its first year of assessment data.

1. This adjusted assessment index shall be used as a first year SPS to assign letter grades.

2. The graduation index calculated from the school's first graduating class shall be included as a SPS indicator.

E. Schools that do not align with the patterns described in this Section will be included in accountability as soon as the required data is available.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-3301

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary aid Secondary Education, LR 29:2753 (December 2003), amended LR 31:2765 (November 2005), LR 33:2599 (December 2007), LR 36:1992 (September 2010), LR 37:3201 (November 2011), LR 38:2358 (September 2012), LR 38:3114 (December 2012), LR 40:1318 (July 2014), Amended LR 44459 (3/1/2018).

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