The school site and facilities must be in compliance with all applicable local, state, and federal standards, rules, and regulations. The school site, facilities, and equipment shall accommodate the instructional and extracurricular programs of the school. The school site, facilities, and equipment shall be maintained to provide an environment that is healthy and safe for all occupants. 3.20 Plans for maintaining and improving the school site, facilities, and equipment shall be developed and implemented. 2 Professional personnel who do not hold the required degree or have not earned the specified credits must be actively enrolled in a program that leads to meeting the requirement within three years.
Active enrollment means earning at least six semester hours of credit per academic year.
3 Six semester hours of credit is equivalent to 120 clock hours of professional development activities such as workshops, seminars, conferences, serving on peer review teams, and other training activities. A school that is in, or in the prospect of moving into, financial reorganization under the protection of bankruptcy is considered in violation of the standard.