Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 206 - Education, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General Agency, Board or Commission Rules › Chapter 26 - INSTITUTIONAL SCHOOL ACCREDITATION › Section 26-13 - Accreditation Status

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) Report to the
				Board. The Wyoming Department of Education shall annually verify compliance by
				the school with these regulations in a report to the State Board. The report
				shall be based on a review of verification documents submitted by the school or
				the review of verification documents and an on-site visit by a team established
				by the Department. Each school shall be given an opportunity to file a written
				response to the report. Responses must be received by the Department within
				thirty days of the receipt by the school of the report. The Department shall
				submit its findings to the State Board only after the opportunity for
				submission of response has been provided.
(b) Findings of the Board. The State Board of
				Education shall draw conclusions based on the report to the board submitted by
				the Department and any written response from the institutional school. Based on
				these findings it shall annually assign an accreditation status to each school.
				Schools may challenge assigned accreditation status as a contested case under
				the Wyoming Administrative Procedures Act.
(c) As a result of the findings of the board
				all schools shall be granted one of the following accreditation levels
				annually:
(i) Full Accreditation. The school
				has met the state standards in a fully satisfactory manner.
(ii) Conditional Accreditation. The school
				has met the state accreditation standards in less than a fully satisfactory
				manner. School to which conditional accreditation is assigned shall be provided
				the reasons for such action, shall be given a reasonable period of time to
				submit a plan to the Wyoming Department of Education to correct identified
				deficiencies; shall implement that plan, and no later than one year after the
				assignment of the conditional accreditation status submit a report to the
				department describing efforts to correct the deficiencies. The Department shall
				submit that report to the State Board of Education. The Board shall act as
				follows: ask for a further verification by the Department; extend the time the
				school is conditionally accredited; move the school to full accreditation; or
				move the school to non-accredited status. Failure of a school to submit a plan,
				failure of the school to implement its plan, or failure of the school to
				correct deficiencies shall be grounds for assigning the school nonaccredited
				status.
(iii) Non-Accredited. The
				school has not met the state accreditation standards. The State Board may
				attach penalties on an individual basis. Should the State Board assign
				non-accredited status, the school may submit a plan to the Department for
				correcting identified deficiencies and, if the plan is accepted by the
				Department, the school may request that the board assign conditional
				accreditation. If the plan incorporates full and immediate compliance with all
				regulations, the school may request that the State Board assign conditional
				accreditation. If the plan incorporates full and immediate compliance with all
				regulations, the school may request that the State Board assign full
				accreditation.