From the ECS State Policy Database Accountability--Accreditation

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary MT Adopted 10/2012 P-12 Accreditation, Including Teacher Evaluation ARM 10.55.601-1003 Modifies accreditation. One modification deletes old section on teacher evaluation and replaces with new. Requires that evaluation system fo... More... MT Adopted 10/2012 P-12 Assessment Required for Accrediation ARM 10.56.101 Chapter 55 Accreditation Standards provide a framework to ensure the constitutional right of every Montana student to a basic system of free... More... MS Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Authorizes Consolidation of Low-Performing Schools and School Districts in Emergency Situations S.B. 2737 Relating to low-performing schools and school districts: Provides that if a local school district violates accreditation standards determine... More... OK Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Temporary Waiver for Certain Mandates S.B. 1443 Extends the period during which schools cannot be penalized or denied accreditation for failure to comply with certain standards such as tex... More... ID Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Rules Governing School Accreditation and Uniformity ID ADC 08.02.02.140 All public secondary schools, serving any grade(s) 9-12, will be accredited. Accreditation is voluntary for elementary schools, grades K-8, ... More... ID Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Creating a Process to Ensure all Schools can Participate in State Functions Such as Playoffs S.B. 1301 Directs the state department of education to define and implement a process outlining secondary school accreditation requirements for the pu... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 High School Accreditation; Industry Certifications H.B. 642/S.B. 514 Requires the Board of Education to adopt regulations adjusting the formula for calculating the final high school accreditation status to add... More... NH Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Accountability Standards met with NEASC Accreditation H.B. 130 Allows a school to demonstrate compliance with New Hampshire's input-based school accountability standards by furnishing evidence that it ha... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 High School Accrediation H.B. 342 Provides that the State Board of Education (SBE) is an authorized accrediting entity for public schools. Requires the SBE to adopt rigorous ... More... ND Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Certification System for Public and Nonpublic Schools H.B. 1029 Establishes a certification system for the approval of public and nonpublic schools. Authorizes the Superintendent of Public Instruction to ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Charter School Reporting S.B. 436 Requires a public charter school to annually submit a report detailing: (1) The number of applications for enrollment received; (2) The numb... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Alternative Accreditation H.B. 2494 Provides that any school board, on behalf of one or more of its schools, may request from the Board of Education releases from state regulat... More... VA Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Delayed Implementation of Certain Statutes and Regulations H.B. 1554/S.B. 810 Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes and regulations upon which the accreditation of schools in the Commonwealth is based tha... More... MO Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Accreditation H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions In fiscal years 2011 through 2013, the Department of Education cannot penalize a school district on its accreditation review for failing to ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Schools At Risk H.B. 1097 Requires the Department of Education to provide assistance to certain schools not meeting adequate performance of accreditation standards. R... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Delaying Implementation of Certain Statutes H.B. 111/S.B. 352 Relates to delayed implementation of certain statutes and regulations upon which accreditation is based, with the exception of the graduatio... More... IA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Deaccreditation of Districts and/or Nonpublic Schools S.B. 2289 Allows for the deaccreditation of districts or nonpublic schools. Allows the director of the department of education to order the positive f... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Special Accreditation Investigations H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part II Adds to circumstances under which special accreditation investigations must be conducted. Directs the commissioner to authorize special accr... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Assistance to Low-Performing Districts and Schools H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part IV Amends language regarding actions the commissioner may take as regards a district that does not satisfy accreditation criteria, academic per... More... CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 School Accountability and Accreditation S.B. 163 Repeals and reenacts the Educational Accreditation Act of 1998 to align accountability and accreditation measures and procedures; assigns sp... More... IA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Accreditation S.B. 360 Relates to the accreditation of school districts and nonpublic schools and the reorganization of school districts. If a recommendation is fo... More... VA Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Delay of Accreditation Implementation H.B. 2166 Provides for the delayed implementation of statutes, regulations and standards upon which the accreditation of schools or school divisions i... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 School District Accreditation Levels S.B. 2308 Relates to school district accreditation levels; revises accreditation terminology. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2... More... TX Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Accountability 19 TAC Chapter 97 Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter... More... UT Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Accreditation of Secondary Schools R277-413 Deletes previous Northwest Association of Accredited Schools and State Board of Education accreditation standards and provides newly revised... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Expands Use of State Institute Fund S.B. 68 Adds support activities related to school accreditation and teacher training and retention to the list of purposes for use of the State Inst... More... VA Rule Adoption 07/2006 P-12 Standards For Accrediting Public Schools 8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq. Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student... More... WV Rule Adoption 06/2006 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding a process for improving education and a performance-based accreditation system. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Accreditation and Resource Allocation S.B. 549 - Section 1 Provides that whenever the state board determines that a school has failed either to meet the accreditation requirements or standards adopte... More... MO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Lapse of Provisional Accrediation S.B. 894 If a school district has been classified as unaccredited within the previous five school years and the district is subsequently classified a... More... MI Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 New High School Graduation Requirements H.B. 5606 Establishes statewide high school graduation requirements effective with the class of 2010, including 4 units English; 3 units science, incl... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Exempting Level 4 or 5 Accredited Districts from Certain Requirements H.B. 1121 Relates to school districts; establishes home rule; exempts Level 4 or 5 accredited districts from certain requirements. Authorizes the Stat... More... WV Rule Adoption 07/2005 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules relating to a performance based accreditation system to improve education. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4602 (SN)... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Accreditation Indicators and Dropout/Graduation Rates S.B. 91 Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. S... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of State Accountability System and Revised Designations S.B. 214 (Section 1-2) Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Beh... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 School Accountability Reports and State Accreditation S.B. 214 (Section 4-6) Section 4: Repeals and reenacts 22-7-605 pertaining to the content and format of state-mandated school accountability reports. Section 5: ... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Diagnostic Academic Growth Calculation S.B. 214 (Section 7-8) Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation adde... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 H.B. 2247 (section 6) Requires every accredited school to teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 200... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 2010 Commission H.B. 2247 (section 7-9) Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to: (a) Condu... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Accreditation Standards H.B. 2757 Requires the department of education to conduct an on-campus Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools review for each school d... More... OH Rule Adoption 10/2004 P-12 Accreditation of Education Programs OAC 4715-12-04 Amends rules regarding accreditation of education programs, applications, fees, suspensions, and revocations. OHIO REG 11562 (SN)... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Special Education in Private Schools A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions) Require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct an investigation onsite at any time without prior notice when there is substanti... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Nonpublic Schools Serving Special Education Students A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions) Requires a master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools for the provision of special education and related services to include that... More... WV Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding a process for improving education through a performance based accreditation system. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4415 (SN)... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Standards of Quality S.B. 479, H.B. 1014 Reorganizes the Standards of Quality and makes substantive amendments that would (i) increase from one half-time to one full-time principal ... More... AR Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Standards for Accreditation of Public Schools ADE 156 Establishes rules governing standards of accreditation of Arkansas public schools. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20156%20standards.pdf... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 Standards/Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools Uncodified Establishes rules regarding standards for accreditation of Arkansas public schools; describes the process for how public schools or district... More... TX Rule Adoption 05/2003 P-12 Youth Commission Schools 37 TAC 91.41 Amends rules concerning education administration. Clarifies that Youth Commission schools are accredited under certain provisions. TEXAS REG... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2003 P-12 Emergency Amendment to Standards of Accreditation ADE 153 Allow the Arkansas State Board of Education to waive the minimum of 178 days required in the Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Accreditation H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Amends §§ 6-15-202 - 6-15-209. Revises state accreditation regulations and consequences for schools and districts failing to meet Arkansas S... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Testing and Reporting of K-12 ESL Students S.B. 109 Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency p... More... KS Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study S.B. 9 Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Guidance Counselors, Reading Specialists H.B. 1136 Amends the Standards of Quality to require, within the Standards of Accreditation, guidance counselors in elementary schools at the followin... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Posting Information on losing accreditation A.B. 1725 Chapter No.598, Requires a school board to give official notice at a school board meeting if a public school within the district that has el... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Exemption from Accreditation S.B. 223 Exempts elementary and secondary education institutions operated by churches, religious organizations and faith-based ministries from requir... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Waivers S.B. 2166 Allows any school or school district to apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver of any rule governing the accreditati... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Accreditation Process S.B. 661 Increases the cycle of accreditation from three years to six years. The language in the bill leaves the cycle open so that some schools can ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Minimum Wage for School Employees H.B. 2553 From the legislation: FULL-TIME CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT RECEIVE AN HOURLY RATE OF COMPENSATION LESS THAN SIX DOLLARS AND TWENTY FIVE ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Admission Contingent on Accreditation S.B. 1324 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation pursuant to the Standards of Accreditation promulga... More... MT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Multiyear accreditation of schools; accreditation of 7th and 8th grades funded at high school rates H.B. 103 Allows for multiyear accreditation of schools; requires compliance with teacher certification laws to receive multiyear accreditation; provi... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Using Accreditation as Factor for Admission H.B. 2144 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admis... More... CO Vetoed 06/2000 P-12 State Board Accreditation of Schools H.B. 1219 Concerns accreditation by the State Board of Education; provides that the Board of Education will appraise and accredit school districts in ... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Accreditation Standards H.B. 2474 Provides for the adoption of administrative rules; requires school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to adopt policies relating to ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Transfer of Credits, Accreditation H.B. 987 Provides that the Board of Education recognizes, for purposes of facilitating the transfer of academic credits for students who have attende... More... TX Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Accreditation and Accountability H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part I Makes former Section 39.071 new Section 39.051, and repeals portions of existing 39.051, "Academic Excellence Indicators." Provides that in ... More...