AE - Accountability/Commitment to Accomplishment AE - Accountability/Commitment to AccomplishmentThe Board accepts its ultimate responsibility for the academic accomplishments of district students. Consistent with this responsibility and as required by law, the Board shall adopt and maintain an advisory accountability program to measure the adequacy and efficiency of the educational program.
All District Advisory Accountability Committee meetings and school advisory accountability committee meetings will be open to the public. Meeting notices for District Advisory Accountability Committee meetings shall be posted in the same place and manner as notices of Board meetings. Notices for school advisory accountability committee meetings shall be posted in the school one week in advance. All meeting notices shall be sent to the local news media.
District advisory accountability committee
The Board shall appoint a district advisory accountability committee that will make recommendations to the Board relative to the program of accountability. The areas of study by the committee will be determined cooperatively at least annually by the committee and the Board.
The District Advisory Accountability Committee shall:
1. review the goals/objectives and plans of individual schools and make annual recommendations to the Board regarding procedures for implementation of the plans for inclusion in the district budget
2. after consulting with school advisory accountability committees, make recommendations to the Board relative to priorities for expenditures of district funds
3. provide consultation to the Board on adoption, revision and implementation of a safe school plan
School advisory accountability committees
The Board is committed to maintaining a strong accountability program in each school. School advisory accountability committees shall serve the purposes and functions stated in law for both the school advisory council and the school accountability committee. School advisory accountability committees shall meet at least quarterly to:
1. by September 1 each year, adopt building goals/objectives for the improvement of education in the building
2. by September 1 each year, adopt a plan to improve educational achievement, maximize graduation rates and increase the ratings for the school's accreditation category
3. discuss the means for determining whether decisions affecting the educational process are advancing or impeding student achievement in the school
4. discuss reporting educational performance of the school and providing data for appraising such performance to students, parents, Board members and educators
5. prior to the Board's adoption of the annual budget, make recommendations to the superintendent (with copies of the recommendations sent to the District Advisory Accountability Committee and the Board of Education), regarding prioritization of expenditures of district moneys by the school
6. make recommendations to the Principal regarding expenditure of school grants
7. discuss safety issues related to the school environment and develop, revise and implement a safe school plan for the school consistent with the district's safe school plan and policies
Board of Education
Goals, objectives and plans
After consultation with the District Advisory Accountability Committee and review of recommendations made by the committee, the Board shall compile school building goals and objectives and plans for the improvement of education in the district. The Board shall annually report to the public the district's goals and objectives for the improvement of education in the district and the district's plan to improve educational achievement, maximize graduation rates, and increase the ratings for each school's accreditation category. The report shall be made available to the public no later than October 1st of each year.
Accreditation indicators
By December 1 each year, the Board shall disseminate a report to the taxpayers of the district and to the community regarding progress on district and school accreditation indicators. The report shall be made available to the State Board of Education, the general assembly, the governor and the public at large. Results shall be reported in a way that does not identify individual students. The report shall contain all elements required by the Education Accountability Act, an accreditation summary, other state accreditation indicators and additional indicators which assess progress on local district goals and objectives, as set forth in Colorado State Board of Education Rules and Regulations.
Adopted: May 1989
Revised and recoded: March 26, 2010
LEGAL REFS.: C.R.S. 22-2-117 (waivers from State Board of Education)
C.R.S. 22-7-101 through 22-7-107 (Educational Accountability
Act of 1971) (local accountability programs)
C.R.S. 22-7-205 (local goals & objectives)
C.R.S. 22-7-207 (building level committee recommendations)
C.R.S. 22-11-101 et seq. (Educational Accreditation Act of 1998)
C.R.S. 22-32-109.1(2)(b) (safe school reporting requirements)-
1 CCR 301-1, Rules 2202-R-2.01 et seq. (applicable regulations)
CROSS REFS.: AEA, Standards Based Education
AED*, Accreditation
BG, School Board Policy Process
DBD, Determination of Budget Priorities
JIC, Student Conduct, and subcodes
JK, Student Discipline, and subcodes
KB, Parent Involvement in Education
AEE*, Waiver of State Law and Regulation