New Public School Academies Located Within The Boundaries of A Community District. If the Academy is a new public school academy and either of the circumstances listed below in (a) or (b) apply to the Academy’s proposed site(s), the Academy represents to the University Board, intending that the University Board rely on such representation as a precondition to issuing this Contract, that the Academy has a substantially different governance, leadership, and curriculum than the public school previously operating at that site(s):
New Public School Academies Located Within The Boundaries of A Community District. If the circumstances listed below in (a) and (b) or (c) apply to the Academy’s site, the Academy represents to the University Board, intending that the University Board rely on such representation as a precondition to issuing this Contract, that the Academy will have a substantially different governance, leadership, and curriculum than the public school previously operating at that site: The Academy’s proposed site is the same location as a public school that (i) is currently on the list under Section 1280c(1), MCL 380.1280c(1), of the public schools in this State that the State School Reform/Redesign Office has determined to be among the lowest achieving 5% of all public schools; or (ii) has been on the list during the immediately preceding 3 school years. If an Accountability Plan has been in effect for at least 3 full school years, the Academy’s proposed site is at the same location as a public school that has been assigned a grade of “F” under the Accountability Plan for 3 of the preceding 5 school years; The Academy’s proposed site is not the same location of another public school academy, urban high school academy, school of excellence or strict discipline academy whose contract was revoked or terminated by an authorizing body.
