Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 704 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - OFFICE OF LEARNING PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 10 - Elementary and Secondary Education Act › Section 704 KAR 10:022 - Elementary, middle and secondary schools standards

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				156.160
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				156.160 requires the State Board for
				Elementary and Secondary Education to adopt rules and administrative
				regulations relating to grading, classifying, and accrediting all common
				schools, and further allows private, parochial, and church schools to
				voluntarily comply with accreditation standards and to be so certified by the
				state board. This administrative regulation implements this duty by prescribing
				general standards to be used in evaluation of public elementary, middle and
				secondary schools, and of those nonpublic schools voluntarily seeking an
				accreditation evaluation.
Section 1.
			 Pursuant to the authority vested in the State Board for Elementary and
			 Secondary Education by
			 KRS
			 156.070 and
			 156.160,
			 the Kentucky Standards for Accrediting Elementary, Middle and Secondary
			 Schools, as amended on March 8, 1989, are presented herewith for filing with
			 the Legislative Research Commission, and incorporated by reference.
Section 2. Pursuant to the authority vested
			 in the State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education by
			 KRS
			 156.160(2), nonpublic
			 schools which voluntarily request accreditation shall be in compliance with all
			 standards and indicators included in the Kentucky Standards for Accrediting
			 Elementary, Middle and Secondary Schools limited to curriculum, textbooks, and
			 staff certification. Schools shall address all standards and indicators except
			 those marked "N/A" (not applicable). These Voluntary Nonpublic School
			 Accreditation Standards, July, 1989, are presented herewith for filing with the
			 Legislative Research Commission and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 3. The procedures for the voluntary
			 accreditation of individual nonpublic schools or related groups of such schools
			 under common management and control shall be as follows:
(1) All nonpublic schools or groups of
			 schools which voluntarily request accreditation shall notify the Division of
			 Accreditation by letter of their intentions.
(2) An Instructional Services Advisor
			 (I.S.A.) shall be assigned to a school and shall be the liaison between the
			 school and the Department of Education. The I.S.A. shall provide the school
			 with the department's self-study guide and provide technical assistance as
			 needed.
(3) An on-site team will
			 visit each school to validate the school's self-study. This team shall be
			 appointed by the Department of Education and shall consist of at least three
			 (3) persons - an I.S.A., a local nonpublic school official and another
			 Department of Education staff member.
(4) An additional team member shall be
			 appointed for each additional five (5) faculty members beyond fifteen
			 (15).
(5) A report shall be
			 generated by the on-site team and a copy presented to the school or related
			 group of schools. The school or related group of schools shall prepare a three
			 (3) year plan of action to correct all noncompliance. The plan shall be
			 monitored annually to assure that the plan of action is being
			 implemented.
(6) The school or
			 related group of schools shall then be placed on a five (5) year accreditation
			 cycle. The first year shall be the self-study and the on-site visit followed by
			 a three (3) year plan of action, and the last year shall be devoted to updating
			 the self-study.
(7) State funds
			 shall not be used for the accreditation of nonpublic schools. Such schools
			 shall reimburse the Department of Education the total costs of accreditation
			 certification, including necessary follow-up, either from their own funds or
			 from any appropriate federal grants.