Washington Administrative Code › Title 180 - Education, State Board of › Chapter 180-17 - Accountability › Section 180-17-070 - Level II needs assessment and revised required action plan requirements

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1) Upon assignment
			 of a school district to Level II required action district status, the state
			 board shall notify the superintendent of public instruction who shall direct
			 that a Level II needs assessment and review be conducted to determine the
			 reasons why the previous required action plan did not succeed in improving
			 student achievement. The superintendent of public instruction shall contract
			 with an external review team to conduct a needs assessment and review. The
			 review team must consist of persons under contract with the superintendent who
			 have expertise in comprehensive school and district reform and may not include
			 staff from agency, the school district that is the subject of the assessment,
			 or members of the staff of the state board of education. The needs assessment
			 shall be completed within ninety calendar days of the Level II designation and
			 presented to the board at its next regularly scheduled meeting or a special
			 board meeting.
(2) The needs
			 assessment and review shall include an evaluation of the extent to which the
			 instructional and administrative practices of the school materially changed in
			 response to the original Level I needs assessment and the periodic reviews
			 conducted by the office of the superintendent of public instruction, during
			 Phase I required action. The needs assessment and review may consider both
			 school and community factors which may include, but are not limited to, class
			 size, resources and building capacity, recent bond or levy failures,
			 kindergarten readiness, student mobility, poverty, student homelessness, rate
			 of parental unemployment, and other factors contributing to the opportunity
			 gap.
(3) Based on the results of
			 the Level II needs assessment and review, the superintendent of public
			 instruction shall work collaboratively with the school district board of
			 directors to develop a revised required action plan for Level II. The school
			 district board of directors shall seek public comment on the proposed Level II
			 required action plan prior to submitting the plan to the state board of
			 education for approval.
(4) The
			 Level II required action plan shall include the following components:
(a) A list of the primary reasons why the
			 previous plan did not succeed in improving student achievement.
(b) A list of the conditions which will be
			 binding on the district in the Level II plan. These may include:
(i) Assignment of on-site school improvement
			 specialists or other personnel by the superintendent of public
			 instruction;
(ii) Targeted
			 technical assistance to be provided through an educational service district or
			 other provider;
(iii) Assignment or
			 reassignment of personnel;
(iv)
			 Reallocation of resources, which may include redirection of budgeted funds or
			 personnel, as well as changes in use of instructional and professional
			 development time;
(v) Changes to
			 curriculum or instructional strategies;
(vi) Use of a specified school improvement
			 model; or
(vii) Other conditions
			 which the superintendent of public instruction determines to be necessary to
			 ensure that the revised action plan will be implemented with fidelity and will
			 result in improved student achievement.