Section 105 ILCS 5/34-8.11 - Evaluation criteriaIn determining whether to grant Learning Zone designation, the board shall consider the following factors:
(1) The extent to which the application demonstrates that improved student learning will be the paramount priority and outcome;(2) Proposed adoption of high, rigorous standards of achievement and outcome for all students and staff;(3) Proposed use of shared, collegial decision-making;(4) Creative, flexible, and innovative proposed restructuring of the applicant attendance centers to create student-centered learning environments;(5) Parental and community integration and involvement;(6) Development of collaborative relationships with health and human services agencies;(7) Ability to function on a localized, decentralized basis within the Chicago public school system;(8) Appropriateness of budget and resource allocations, including those functions to be assumed and those to remain centralized;(9) Impact of the statutes, regulations, rules, and policies for which waivers are sought; and(10) Such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, that are fiscally sound and reasonably determinative of successful student outcome.P.A. 89-3, eff. 2/27/1995; 89-15, eff. 5/30/1995.