Okla. Admin. Code § 210:35-3-201

Current through Vol. 42, No. 3, October 15, 2024

Section 210:35-3-201 - Statement of the standard

(a) Each public school site, including charter school sites, must submit an Application for Accreditation to the Accreditation Standards Section of the State Department of Education by the due date specified on the Application. School sites are accredited for one year. An accredited school site shall meet all applicable regulations and statutory requirements at the beginning of and throughout the school year.

(b) Accreditation status of school sites and school districts shall be classified according to the following categories:

(1) Accredited With Distinction: A school district and all of its sites were accredited with no deficiencies in the previous academic year, and the school applied for and received the distinction audit with the highest-level recommendation.

(2) Accredited With No Deficiencies: All standards are being met.

(3) Accredited With Deficiencies: A school site or district fails to meet one or more of the standards but the deficiency does not seriously detract from the quality of the school's educational program.

(4) Accredited With Warning: A school site or district fails to meet one or more of the standards and the deficiency seriously detracts from the quality of the school's educational program.

(5) Accredited With Probation: A school site or district:

(A) consistently fails to remove or make substantial progress towards removing all deficiencies noted the previous year; and/or,

(B) consistently violates regulations; and/or,

(C) deliberately and unnecessarily violates one or more of the regulations.

(6) Nonaccredited: The school site or district is no longer recognized by the State Board of Education.

(c) If a school site is placed on warning or probation, the school board and administration will meet with one or more representatives from the Accreditation Section to review their accreditation status. After the review from the representative(s), a determination will be made concerning warning, probation or nonaccredited status. The Accreditation Section will then present a recommendation to the State Board of Education.

(d) The State Department of Education shall develop and publish on its website the audit rubric for use in reviewing any school district seeking accreditation with distinction. A school district shall be reviewed under the rubric published on the Department's website as of July 1 preceding the relevant academic year.

(e) A school district that is Accredited with Distinction for one year will maintain that rating for every subsequent year in which it has zero deficiencies, up to a maximum of four years in a row, without needing subsequent audits for accreditation with distinction. Any district that is Accredited with Distinction shall be recognized at a meeting of the State Board of Education.

Okla. Admin. Code § 210:35-3-201

Added at 8 Ok Reg 2159, eff 5-17-91 (emergency); Added at 9 Ok Reg 2371, eff 7-13-92 ; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 360, eff 10-13-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2306, eff 6-11-98 ; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 20, eff 9-17-01 (emergency); Amended at 19 Ok Reg 982, eff 5-13-02 ; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 99, eff 10-7-08 (emergency); Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1472, eff 6-11-09 ; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1054, eff 6-27-13

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 31, Issue 24, September 2, 2014, eff. 9/12/2014

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 34, Issue 24, September 1, 2017, eff. 9/11/2017

Amended by Oklahoma Register, Volume 41, Issue 23, August 15, 2024, eff. 8/25/2024