No Child Left Behind - LEA Program Improvement
LEA Corrective Action
Corrective action is the collective name given to the steps taken by the Colorado Department of Education that substantially and directly respond to serious instructional, managerial, and organizational problems in the LEA that jeopardize the likelihood that students will achieve proficiency in the core academic subjects of reading and mathematics.
CDE must take corrective action if an LEA does not make adequate progress by the end of the second full school year it has been identified for improvement. However, because the healthy functioning of the LEA is so crucial to school and student academic success, the SEA may, at any time during the improvement process, identify an LEA for corrective action (1116(c)(10)(d).
Corrective Actions
If CDE identifies an LEA for corrective action, CDE must: (1) continue to ensure that the LEA is provided with technical assistance; and (2) take at least one of the following corrective actions, as consistent with State law:
- Defer programmatic funds or reduce administrative funds;
- Institute and fully implement a new curriculum based on State and local content and academic achievement standards that includes appropriate, scientifically research-based professional development for all relevant staff;
- Replace LEA personnel who are relevant to the inability of the LEA to make adequate progress;
- Remove individual schools from the jurisdiction of the LEA and arrange for their public governance and supervision;
- Appoint a receiver or trustee to administer the affairs of the LEA in place of the superintendent and school board; and/or
- Abolish or restructure the LEA.
In conjunction with at least one of the actions on this list, the SEA may also authorize parents to transfer their child from a school operated by the LEA to a higher-performing public school operated by another LEA that is not identified for improvement or corrective action. If it offers this option, the SEA must also provide transportation or provide for the cost of transportation to the other school.
CDE, in its Consolidated Application to the US Department of Education, has chosen to implement corrective action #1 from the list above as well as authorize parents to transfer their child to a higher-performing school.
Exiting Corrective Action
An LEA may exit from corrective action status when it makes adequate progress for two consecutive years following its identification for corrective action.
Resources
Corrective Action Plan Template for “High” and “Good” Districts
Corrective Action Plan Template for “Fair” and “Low” Districts
Corrective Action Plan Rubric – High
Corrective Action Plan Rubric – Good
Corrective Action Plan Rubric – Fair
Corrective Action Plan Rubric – Low
For Additional Information Contact:
Brad Bylsma
Title I - Senior Consultant
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