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Most states have policies that provide sanctions and/or assistance for low-performing schools. Typically, low-performing schools are at first placed on probation or a "watch" list. If they fail to improve over time, sanctions may be progressively increased — from requiring an improvement plan, to the provision of technical assistance, to reconstituting or even closing a school. In some cases, where a number of schools in a district are low-performing, states have provisions to take over an entire district. Sanctions for students may include not receiving a high school diploma or not being promoted to the next grade.

Under the newly reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act, schools that don't make "adequate yearly progress" for two consecutive years are to receive technical assistance, and students in such schools are to be given the opportunity to transfer to another public school. If a school fails to improve for three consecutive years, students from low-income families can receive supplemental instructional services from a provider of their choice.

This issue site provides information about student, school and district sanctions.

 

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