10.55.601    ACCREDITATION STANDARDS: PROCEDURES

(1) The Board of Public Education adopts standards of accreditation upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(2) The Board of Public Education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction establish procedures and schedules for reviewing the accreditation status of each school.

(3) To ensure a learner-centered system and establish a plan for continuous education improvement, the school district shall develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate an integrated strategic action plan and make the plan publicly available. To align with local context and needs, the district integrated strategic action plan shall be updated at least every three years based on a comprehensive needs assessment with meaningful stakeholder input and feedback that comply, at a minimum, with applicable requirements in Title 2, chapter 3, part 1, MCA.  The plan must clarify what specific steps must be taken to achieve the district graduate profile and reflect a continuous improvement process.

(4) Each plan shall include:

(a) a school district graduate profile as defined in ARM 10.55.602;

(b) the school district's educational goals pursuant to the requirements of ARM 10.55.701;

(c) a description of planned progress toward implementing all content and program area standards, in accordance with the schedule in ARM 10.55.603;

(d) a description of strategies for assessing student progress toward meeting all content standards, pursuant to the requirements of ARM 10.55.603 and 10.56.101;

(e) a professional development component, in accordance with ARM 10.55.714;

(f) a description of how the district will meet programmatic requirements of state and federal grants; and

(g) a description of strategies for addressing the needs of gifted and talented students in accordance with ARM 10.55.804, children with disabilities in accordance with ARM 10.55.805, English learner students in accordance with ARM 10.55.806, and at-risk students as defined in 20-1-101, MCA.

(5) The local board of trustees shall report and submit their adopted integrated strategic action plan to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(6) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop and implement procedures necessary to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the integrated strategic action plan of each school district.

(7) To ensure learner centered systems and continuous educational improvement, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide guidance, resources, and evaluation to assist in the implementation of the district integrated strategic action plan to improve learning outcomes for all students.

History: Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-2-114, 20-2-121, 20-7-101, MCA; IMP, Mont. Const. Art. X, sec. 9, 20-2-121, 20-3-106, 20-7-101, MCA; NEW, 1989 MAR p. 342, Eff. 7/1/89; AMD, 1992 MAR p. 43, Eff. 1/17/92; AMD, 1992 MAR p. 1472, Eff. 7/17/92; AMD, 1993 MAR p. 682, Eff. 4/30/93; AMD, 1994 MAR p. 2524, Eff. 9/9/94; AMD, 1995 MAR p. 1037, Eff. 6/16/95; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 2707, Eff. 10/9/98; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 3340, Eff. 12/8/00; AMD, 2002 MAR p. 172, Eff. 2/1/02; AMD, 2012 MAR p. 2042, Eff. 7/1/13; AMD, 2023 MAR p. 255, Eff. 7/1/23.