La. Admin. Code tit. 28 § XI-907

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

Section XI-907 - Urgent Intervention Required

A. Schools will be labeled "urgent intervention required" for each subgroup in which the subgroup performance score is equivalent to an "F" letter grade on the school performance score scale for two consecutive years in the same subgroup. Any such school shall not earn an overall letter grade of an "A." A school that would otherwise earn an "A" letter grade will instead earn a "B."

B. Schools exhibiting excessive out-of-school suspension rates more than double the most recent national average for the school type (elementary/middle, high, combination), as defined by the Civil Rights Data Collection, for three consecutive years will also be labeled "urgent intervention required."

1. Schools without tested grades shall not be paired for the purposes of identification relative to out of school suspension rates.

2. Schools must have at least 10 students enrolled in each of the three years.

C. To be no longer labeled "urgent intervention required," the school must not earn the equivalent of "urgent intervention required" for the same subgroup or for excessive out of school discipline for two consecutive years.

D. For application of the Urgent Intervention Required label in the 2020-2021 (2021 SPS) academic year only, the following rules shall apply:

1. A school that does not have the "urgent intervention required" label for a particular subgroup shall not receive the "urgent intervention required" label for that subgroup unless the following criteria are met:

a. the school has earned a subgroup performance score equivalent to an "F" letter grade for that subgroup in 2018-2019 (2019 SPS) and 2020-2021 (2021 SPS), and

b. the school system has notified the LDE that it wishes to receive the label.

2. A school that does not have the "urgent intervention required" label for excessive out of school discipline shall not receive the "urgent intervention required" label unless the following criteria are met:

a. the school has excessive out-of-school suspension rates more than double the most recent national average for the school type for the 2017-2018 (2018 SPS), 2018-2019 (2019 SPS), and 2020-2021 (2021 SPS) school years, AND

b. the school system has notified the LDE that it wishes to receive the label.

3. A school that has been labeled "On Track to Exit" by the LDE for an "urgent intervention required" label may exit the label based on 2020-2021 (2021 SPS) results.

La. Admin. Code tit. 28, § XI-907

Promulgated by the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, LR 44456 (3/1/2018), Amended LR 47448 (4/1/2021).

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