New school accreditation rules take effect

The new school accreditation rules in ARM 10.55 took effect on July 1, 2023. School accreditation standards include rules on curriculum, class sizes, teacher and staff qualifications, Indian Education for All, and student learning assessment to ensure all students receive a quality education. The new accreditation process has three steps:

1) Assurance Standards

To determine the assurance standards levels a 4-point system will be utilized: Family and Community Engagement, Professional Development, Academic Programming including how the education program enables students to recognize the distric...