§ 22-38-105 — Applications for the right to operate pilot schools - contents

(1)
The state board shall promulgate regulations for the applications to be submitted
for the right to operate a pilot school that shall include:

(a) A description of the applicant, its experience in providing educational,
counseling, social, and other necessary services to expelled and other students,
and, in the case of nonprofit organizations, its balance sheets and operating
statements for the previous five years;

(b) Information regarding the educational background, experience, and
qualifications of personnel who will serve on the board of directors and operate the
school;

(c) The mission statement of the proposed pilot school;

(d) The goals, objectives, and performance standards to be achieved by the
pilot school;

(e) A description of the standards upon which the pilot school will select and
admit expelled and at-risk students and determine when an expelled student will
be admitted as a residential student;

(f) A description of the pilot school's educational program, student
performance standards, curriculum, and student conduct code;

(g) A description of the pilot school's plan for evaluating student
performance, the types of assessments that will be used to measure student
progress toward achievement of the school's student performance standards, the
timeline for achievement of such standards, and the procedures for taking
corrective action in the event that student performance at the pilot school falls
below such standards;

(h) Evidence that the proposed pilot school is economically sound, a
proposed budget for the term of the contract, and a description of the manner in
which an annual audit of the financial and administrative operations of the pilot
school is to be conducted;

(i) A description of the governance and operation of the pilot school,
including the nature and extent of parental, professional educator, social services,
and community involvement;

(j) An explanation of the relationship that will exist between the proposed
pilot school and its employees;

(k) A description of the insurance that the pilot school will obtain;

(l) A description of how the pilot school plans to meet the residential needs
of its students and, if the pilot school plans to provide transportation for students, a
plan for addressing their transportation needs;

(m) A description of how the school will assist students in adapting to a
public school or other appropriate learning or work environment upon the student's
departure from the pilot school;

(n) A description of how the residential pilot schools will transition the
student back into the home environment if the student will be returning home;

(o) A description of how the pilot school will involve parents in order to
enhance students' performance in the pilot school, including the use of any mutual
responsibility contracts authorized pursuant to section 22-38-104 (6);

(p) A description of the pilot school's plan to sponsor periodic meetings,
conferences, or training seminars to provide information concerning expelled or at-risk students to personnel in the school district or school districts that represent
the geographic area in which the pilot school is located;

(q) Identification of the entity that will evaluate the pilot school as required
pursuant to section 22-38-114;

(r) A description of how the pilot school plans to foster an awareness of
cultural needs; and

(s) Any other information deemed necessary by the state board.

(2) If accepted, the application shall serve as the basis of a contract between
the state board and the applicant.

Legislative History

Source: L. 96: Entire article added, p. 1814, � 5, effective July 1.