Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 703 - EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT CABINET - BOARD OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - BUREAU OF LEARNING RESULTS SERVICES › Chapter 5 - Assessment and Accountability › Section 703 KAR 5:280 - School improvement procedures

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 158.6453, 158.6455, 158.782, 160.346,  20 U.S.C. 6301
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 156.029(7) requires
				the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) to adopt policies and administrative
				regulations that shall govern the Kentucky Department of Education (department)
				in planning and operating programs within its jurisdiction. KRS 156.070(5)
				requires the KBE, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner of Education
				(commissioner), to establish policy or act on all programs, services, and other
				matters that are within the administrative responsibility of the department.
				KRS 158.6453(3)(a) requires the KBE to create an assessment system that
				measures achievement of the state learning goals, ensures compliance with Title
				I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA),  20 U.S.C. sec. 6301, et seq., as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (2015)
				or its successor, and ensures school accountability. KRS 158.6455 requires the
				KBE to create an accountability system to classify schools and LEAs, and to
				establish appropriate consequences for schools failing to meet accountability
				measures. KRS 158.782 requires the KBE to promulgate administrative regulations
				establishing the process for monitoring and periodic review of schools'
				turnaround efforts for schools identified for comprehensive support and
				improvement pursuant to KRS 160.346. KRS 160.346 establishes the process for
				the required audit and turnaround efforts for schools identified for
				comprehensive support and improvement. Additionally, KRS 160.346 requires the
				KBE to create state-wide exit criteria for identified schools, additional
				action to support schools continuously failing to meet improvement goals, and
				additional support for LEAs with a significant number of schools identified for
				comprehensive and targeted support and improvement. Section 1111(c) of Title I
				of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every
				Student Succeeds Act,  20 U.S.C. 6311(c) and (d), requires the KBE to identify
				the state's lowest achieving schools as schools identified for comprehensive
				support and improvement and for those schools to follow the requirements of  20 U.S.C. 6311(c) and (d)  regarding school improvement. This administrative
				regulation establishes the process and procedures for school improvement
				efforts.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "Additional Targeted Support and
			 Improvement" means the process for schools identified pursuant to KRS 160.346(2)(b).
(2) "Advisory
			 leadership team" means the team established pursuant to KRS 160.346(8)(f) and
			 Section 7 of this administration regulation.
(3) "Annual improvement" means a school
			 reaching annual goals, established by the department, in the areas identified
			 for comprehensive support and improvement.
(4) "Audit" means the process established in
			 KRS 160.346(6)-(7).
(5) "Audit
			 team" means the department, which completes the audit pursuant to KRS 160.346(6)-(7).
(6) "Charter
			 school" means a "public charter school" as defined in KRS 160.1590(12).
(7) "Charter school
			 board of directors" or "governing board" means charter school board of
			 directors as defined in KRS 160.1590(6).
(8) "Comprehensive Support and Improvement"
			 means the process for schools identified pursuant to KRS 160.346(3).
(9) "District" or "school district" means the
			 local school district governed by a local board of education.
(10) "District audit" means an audit that:
(a) Reviews the functioning of the district
			 and the district's ability to manage an intervention in a school identified for
			 comprehensive support and improvement; and
(b) Meets the requirements of Section 4 of
			 this administrative regulation.
(11) "Evidence based interventions" is
			 defined in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as reauthorized by the
			 Every Student Succeeds Act (2015),  20 U.S.C.A. Section 7801.
(12) "Local education agency" or "LEA" means
			 a local school district as established in KRS 160.010 and KRS 160.020 or a
			 charter school board of directors as established in KRS 160.1590.
(13) "Minority" is defined in KRS 160.345(1)(a).
(14) "School audit"
			 means an audit that:
(a) Reviews the
			 functioning of a school;
(b)
			 Assesses principal capacity for leadership of school turnaround; and
(c) Meets the requirements of KRS 160.346(6)-(7).
(15)
			 "School improvement assistance" means a program designed by the department to
			 support improved teaching and learning.
(16) "School improvement plan" means the plan
			 created by schools identified for targeted support and improvement or
			 additional targeted support and improvement pursuant to KRS 160.346(4)-(5) and
			 embedded in the comprehensive school improvement plan required pursuant to  703 KAR 5:225.
(17) "Targeted Support
			 and Improvement" means the process for schools identified pursuant to KRS 160.346(2)(a).
(18) "Turnaround
			 plan" means the plan created pursuant to KRS 160.346(8)(g) and embedded in the
			 comprehensive school improvement plan required pursuant to  703 KAR 5:225.
(19) "Turnaround team" means
			 the team selected pursuant to KRS 160.346(8)(a).