West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 126 - Education › Title 126 - LEGISLATIVE RULE BOARD OF EDUCATION › Series 126-075 - Innovation in Education (Policy 3236) › Section 126-75-7 - Operational agreement between Innovation in Education school and county board

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
7.1. An
				Innovation in Education school designated by the WVBE may not commence or
				continue operations without a signed operational agreement between the county
				board and the school principal which sets forth at least the following:
7.1.a. Any conditions which must be met
				before the Innovation in Education school may begin full operations. If
				necessary, the full implementation of an Innovation in Education school may be
				postponed for up to one school year following its initial designation to enable
				all conditions necessary for full operation to be met;
7.1.b. Any terms of the school's Innovation
				in Education Plan concerning curriculum, budget, school schedule, calendar,
				staffing, professional learning, and policies and procedures to be adhered to
				by both the county board and the school;
7.1.c. An agreed-upon process for amending or
				refining the school's Innovation in Education Plan to improve the school's
				performance and student success, including but not limited to, the request for
				additional exception of rules, policies, interpretations, and statutes through
				the local school improvement council process;
7.1.d. The annual performance targets set by
				the county board and the school to assess and evaluate the school's progress in
				achieving its annual measureable goals as set forth in its Innovation in
				Education Plan, including any additional internal and external metrics of
				performance agreed to by the school and the county board to measure the
				school's performance and student success. The annual performance targets may be
				refined or amended by mutual agreement of the county board and the school after
				the school has been fully operational for one year and has collected baseline
				performance data;
7.1.e. The
				process and criteria that the county board will use to annually monitor and
				evaluate the overall performance and student success of the school, including a
				process to conduct annual school visits;
7.1.f. Any information needed by the county
				board from the school for the purposes of accountability and reporting by the
				school on the implementation of its mission as an Innovation in Education
				school;
7.1.g. The process the
				county board will use to notify the school of any deficiencies and the process
				by which the school may submit an improvement plan; and
7.1.h. In the event that an Innovation in
				Education school's performance appears unsatisfactory, specific provisions
				addressing the parameters under which the county board may promptly notify the
				school in writing of perceived problems and provide reasonable opportunity for
				the school to remedy the problems, or if not remedied, may intervene or
				recommend to the WVBE that it place the school's designation on probationary
				status, require a remedial action plan, and potentially revoke the designation.
				At a minimum, these parameters shall include the circumstances of poor fiscal
				management and a lack of academic progress.