Meets Standard. The school materially complies with applicable laws, rules, regulations and provisions of the charter contract relating to financial reporting requirements, including but not limited to: • Complete and on-time submission of financial reports, including annual budget, revised budgets (if applicable), periodic financial reports as required by the authorizer and any reporting requirements if the board contracts with an Education Service Provider (ESP) • On-time submission and completion of the annual independent audit and corrective action plans, if applicable • No charging of tuition • Adequate management and financial controls • All reporting requirements related to the use of public funds
Meets Standard. The school materially complies with applicable laws, rules, regulations and provisions of the charter contract relating to financial management and oversight expectations as evidenced by an annual independent audit, including but not limited to: • An unqualified audit opinion • An audit devoid of significant findings and conditions, material weaknesses or significant internal control weaknesses • An audit that does not include a going concern disclosure in the notes or an explanatory paragraph within the audit report
Meets Standard. The school materially complies with applicable laws, rules, regulations and provisions of the charter contract relating to health and safety, including but not limited to: • Health clearances and immunizations • Prohibiting smoking on campus • Appropriate student health services • Safety plan
Meets Standard. The school materially complies with applicable laws, rules, regulations and provisions of the charter contract relating to the handling of information, including but not limited to: • Maintaining the security of and providing access to student records under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and other applicable authorities • Complying with the Uniform Information Practices Act and other applicable authorities • Transferring of student records • Proper and secure maintenance of testing materials
Meets Standard. The school materially complies with applicable laws, rules, regulations and provisions of the charter contract relating to the school facilities, grounds and transportation, including but not limited to: • Compliance with building, zoning, fire health and safety codes • Fire inspections and related records • Viable certificate of occupancy or other required building use authorization • Compliance with DOE requirements for schools occupying DOE facilities • Student transportation
Meets Standard. Indicates sound financial viability based on the overall financial record. Either the school has already met the standard based on the financials under review, or previous financial concerns that produced a preliminary Pending rating have been adequately remedied based on more current financial data or addressed adequately based on additional information such that the Commission concludes that performance against the standard indicates sound financial viability.
Meets Standard. The school meets the standard if it satisfies each of the criteria statements described for the indicator OR if the authorizer currently has no evidence or information to indicate the school does not meet the criteria statements. There is evidence to indicate the school does not, or at some point in the school year did not, satisfy the criteria statements described for the indicator AND within 30 days after receiving a notification of non-compliance, the school submitted evidence to demonstrate immediate correction of any outstanding matters AND submitted a corrective action plan to prevent future occurrences of the same concern.
Meets Standard. The school materially complies with applicable laws, rules, regulations and provisions of the charter contract relating to ELL requirements (including Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act [ESEA] and U.S. Department of Education authorities), including but not limited to: • Equitable access and opportunity to enroll • Required policies related to the service of ELL students • Proper steps for identification of students in need of ELL services • Appropriate and equitable delivery of services to identified students • Appropriate accommodations on assessments • Exiting of students from ELL services • Ongoing monitoring of exited students
Meets Standard. 🞏 The school received an API between the 50th and 89th percentiles statewide for schools serving the same grade level.
Meets Standard. 🞏 The school met its school-specific academic goal(s).
