14 Del. Admin. Code § 103-3.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 7, January 1, 2025

Section 103-3.0 - Accountability School and Accountability District

3.1 For AYP purposes, the school or district to which a student's performance is assigned for a full academic year shall be the Accountability School or Accountability District. No student shall have his/her total performance assigned to more than one Accountability School or Accountability District in a given school year.

3.1.1 For a student enrolled in an intradistrict intensive learning center, intradistrict special school, or intradistrict special school program operating within one or more existing school facilities, the district has the option of tracking the assessment scores of the students back to the school of residence or to the school or program that is providing the instruction. The school or program shall be the Accountability School. The district shall communicate its decision regarding this option to the Department of Education by May 15th in any year when a district determines a change is needed. The option that the district decides for accountability purposes for one year shall remain the same for the second year. Further provided, the Department of Education will monitor the assignment of students to ensure students are appropriately assigned. For a student enrolled in interdistrict special schools or programs that have an agreement to serve students from multiple school districts, the special school that provides the instructional program shall be considered the Accountability School for that student. For district accountability purposes, the district of residence shall be the district to which these special school students are included for accountability.

3.1.2 For a student enrolled in an alternative program pursuant to 14 Del.C. Ch.16 or the program serving pregnant students pursuant to 14 Del.C. § 203, the Accountability School or District shall be the school/district that assigned such student to the program. The time the students were enrolled in the alternative or transitional program shall be credited to the Accountability School or District.

3.1.3 For a student who participates in a choice program the Accountability School or District shall be the school or district to which the student has been enrolled for the given year.

3.1.4 For accountability purposes, a school shall be considered a new school if: less than sixty percent of the students would have been enrolled in the same school together without the creation of the new school; or it is the first year of operation of a charter school; or two or more grade levels have been added to the school or to a charter school's charter.

3.1.5 If a school is determined not to be a new school, the school shall receive the accountability rating and related consequences of the school in which the majority of students would attend in that year.

14 Del. Admin. Code § 103-3.0

7 DE Reg. 1692 (06/01/04)
10 DE Reg. 89 (07/01/06)
13 DE Reg. 1064 (02/01/10)
14 DE Reg. 1353 (06/01/11)