1000 Community Relations

1100 Philosophy and Objectives

1110 Accountability/Commitment to Accomplishment

District advisory accountability committee
The district accountability committee will consist of at least one parent, one teacher, one school administrator and one taxpayer from the district. The board will strive to have balance of membership consistent with the district’s racial/ethnic proportions. The superintendent or other staff member designated by the board will serve as the resource person.

Members of the accountability committee will serve basic terms of one year and will be surveyed each spring as to their willingness to serve additional one-year terms. The committee will elect a chair from its membership, establish a schedule of meetings and adopt general rules for its operation.

The board, in cooperation with the district advisory accountability committee, will approve general organizational accountability guidelines for the district and school-level committees to follow which assure that:

1. The district and individual schools comply with the state’s accountability and accreditation requirements.

2. The district advisory accountability committee reviews the goals/objectives and plans of individual schools and makes annual recommendations to the board regarding the accountability programs and budgets of individual schools.

3. The district advisory accountability committee reports annually to the board on the effectiveness and efficiency of school district services provided to the individual schools and the quality of the educational programs in individual schools.

School-level advisory accountability committee
School-level committees’ membership will consist of a broad representation of the school community with a goal of balancing the membership consistent with the racial/ethnic proportions of the school attendance area. Committee members may include parents, including parents of exceptional students; at least one teacher and an administrator from the school; representatives from the community, including one community member without children in public school and one senior citizen; and students as appropriate.

The school advisory accountability committee will work with the principal and the community to develop, improve, implement and review the school improvement plan, to review student and school performance and achievement, and to assist in reporting achievement information to the community.

School-level accountability committees will adopt goals and objectives for the improvement of education in the building and to increase the ratings for the school’s accreditation category and will participate in the school improvement planning process. School-level committees in secondary schools will adopt a plan to maximize graduation rates. In addition, each school-level committee will make recommendations to the superintendent relative to priorities for expenditures of district funds by the school.

School-level reporting
At the end of every school year, the school level accountability committee shall submit a written report to the board of education, the district accountability committee and the community concerning the learning environment in the school during that school year. To be included are:

1. Current student performance results related to local academic standards.

2. A summary of implementation and results of the school improvement plan.

3. Dropout and school completion rates.

4. At the secondary level, the number or percentage of the school’s total student population completing “advanced” courses, percentage of students taking college aptitude examinations and their scores, and percentage of graduates entering post-secondary education (where applicable.)

5. Conduct and disciplinary actions taken during the school year, including the number and percentage of students suspended and/or expelled.

6. Accomplishments of the school related to its mission, goals and objectives.

7. Information from the school accountability committee about its accomplishments.

Accomplishment reporting to the public
The board of education, with the assistance of the district advisory accountability committee, shall annually prepare a progress report to the public which discloses student performance and the results of the school improvement process.

The district will report the following information to the public each year:

1. Student achievement based on the attainment of district standards.

2. School district strategies to improve student achievement in the schools.

3. Comparisons of school district adopted content area standards with state model standards.

4. Revenues, expenditures and costs of various segments of the district and school operations.

5. Information from the district advisory accountability committee about its accomplishments.

The board will also report on the extent to which the district has achieved its goals/objectives and on the plan to improved educational achievement and maximize graduation rates, including an evaluation of education decisions made during the previous year which have affected school services and processes, and on achievement of the state accreditation indicators.
















Adopted: 4/20/99

Moffat County School District RE-1 Regulation 1110