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HB 1872 Schools denied accreditation, etc.; principal and assistant principal training program.

Introduced by: David L. Bulova | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Schools denied accreditation or accredited with warning for two consecutive years; principal and assistant principal training program; release from policies and regulations. Requires the Board of Education to develop a training program designed to impart to principals and assistant principals the knowledge and leadership skills necessary to oversee the improvement of student performance in public elementary, middle, or high schools that have been denied accreditation or accredited with warning for two consecutive years. The bill permits the training program to be developed in partnership with one or more institutions of higher education or other organizations that the Board deems appropriate. The bill requires the Board to develop criteria for determining successful completion of the training program. The bill permits the school board in any school division in which the principal and each assistant principal of a public elementary or secondary school that has been denied accreditation or accredited with warning for two consecutive years have successfully completed the training program to request, and requires the Board to grant, release from (i) state regulations currently granted to any school in the school division or (ii) school division policies and state regulations currently granted to any public charter school in the school division. Such releases shall remain in effect for five years or until any such administrator no longer meets the criteria for training program completion or is not enrolled in the training program and may be renewed for additional five-year periods. The bill requires the Board publish on its website a current list of releases from state regulations granted to any school or school division policies and state regulations currently granted to any public charter school that have been granted by the Board.


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