Ariz. Admin. Code § 7-5-403

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section R7-5-403 - Minimum Operational Performance Expectations

A. The Board shall assess a charter holder's achievement of the minimum operational performance expectations. To avoid duplicative reporting burdens, the Board shall use data collected from a variety of sources that reflect on the charter holder's compliance with the charter contract, other contractual agreements with the Board, federal and state law, and this Chapter.

1. The Board may assess a charter holder's achievement of the minimum operational performance expectations at any time.

2. The Board shall assess a charter holder's achievement of the minimum operational performance expectations:

a. When considering the following submitted by the charter holder:

i. An application for a new charter;

ii. An application to transfer a charter school from an existing charter contract to a separate charter contract;

iii. A request to change the legal status of the charter holder;

iv. A request to change the entity that holds the charter; or

v. A request to change program of instruction including methods of instruction, criteria for promotion, or graduation requirements;

b. When considering an expansion request submitted by the charter holder to:

i. Add a new charter school to an existing charter,

ii. Add one or more grade levels to a charter,

iii. Increase the number of students the charter holder may serve,

iv. Add an Arizona Online Instruction program, or

v. Replicate an existing charter;

c. During the five-year-interval review required under A.R.S. § 15-183(I);

d. When considering an application for charter renewal submitted by the charter holder;

e. Upon receipt of information that a charter school operated by the charter holder failed to meet the minimum academic performance expectations for three consecutive years; and

f. Upon receipt of information that a charter school operated by the charter holder has been assigned a letter grade of "F" by the Department.

B. The Board shall annually assign a charter holder an overall operational performance rating based on the measures specified in the Operational Performance Framework, which reflect the degree to which the charter holder achieved the minimum operational performance expectations. The Board shall make each charter holder's operational performance dashboard publicly available on the Board's website.

C. The Board shall determine a charter holder meets the minimum operational performance standard if the charter holder receives no measure rated "falls far below standard" and no more than five measures rated "does not meet standard" for the evaluated year.

D. The Board shall determine a charter holder meets the minimum operational performance expectations if the charter holder receives an overall rating of "meets the Board's operational performance standard" in both of the two most recent years for which an overall rating was calculated and has no measure rated "falls far below standard" in the current year

E. The Board shall determine a charter holder does not meet the minimum operational performance expectations if the charter holder receives an overall rating of "does not meet the Board's operational performance standard" in at least one of the two most recent years for which an overall rating was calculated or has at least one measure rated "falls far below standard" in the current year

F. If the Board determines a charter holder does not meet the minimum operational performance expectations, the Board shall consider charter oversight under Article 6.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R7-5-403

New section made by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 693, effective 5/6/2017. Amended by final exempt rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 3245, effective 11/20/2020.