The LEA can use this outreach as an opportunity to establish a wider conversation about the school and invite greater parent participation in their child’s education — including participation in activities that support the school’s student achievement goals. The more transparent schools and LEAs are about student achievement and the overall condition of a school, the more likely that parents will be involved in the school and the public school system. G-7. What alternative governance arrangements must an LEA plan to implement? The restructuring plan that an LEA prepares must include one of the following governance” arrangements for the school, consistent with State law: “alternative Reopen the school as a public charter school; Replace all or most of the school staff, which may include the principal, who are relevant to the school’s inability to make AYP; Enter into a contract with an entity, such as a private management company, with a demonstrated record of effectiveness, to operate the school as a public school; Turn the operation of the school over to the SEA if this action is permitted under State law and the State agrees; or Implement any major restructuring of the school’s governance arrangement that is consistent with the NCLB principles of restructuring. (See H-1.) The list of available alternative governance arrangements are meant to afford an LEA multiple options so that the LEA can choose the best one to address the needs of students in each identified school. Each option leverages a significant shift in how the school is governed. The purpose of restructuring is for the school to improve its ability to teach children and achieve annual academic performance targets. By all achieving this purpose, the school is also removed from restructuring status. §1116(b)(8)(B) G-8. What constitutes major restructuring of the school’s governance” under “other §1116(b)(8)(B)(v) of NCLB? The focus of the school restructuring requirement is on the alternative governance arrangements that an LEA must carry out in a school that does not make AYP for five or more years. In preparing a restructuring plan, §1116(b)(8)(B)(v) permits an LEA to choose other major restructuring of the school’s governance arrangement “any that makes fundamental reforms, such as significant changes in the school’s staffing and governance, to improve academic achievement in the school and that has This substantial promise of enabling the school to make adequate yearly progress.” restructuring option provides the LEA the flexibility to choose additional reform
The LEA can use this outreach as an opportunity to establish a wider conversation about the school and invite greater parent participation in their child’s education — including participation in activities that support the school’s student achievement goals. The more transparent schools and LEAs are about student achievement and the overall condition of a school, the more likely that parents will be involved in the school and the public school system. G-7. What alternative governance arrangements must an LEA plan to implement? The restructuring plan that an LEA prepares must include one of the following “alternative governance” arrangements for the school, consistent with State law: Reopen the school as a public charter school; Replace all or most of the school staff, which may include the principal, who are relevant to the school’s inability to make AYP; Enter into a contract with an entity, such as a private management company, with a demonstrated record of effectiveness, to operate the school as a public school; Turn the operation of the school over to the SEA if this action is permitted under State law and the State agrees; or Implement any major restructuring of the school’s governance arrangement that is consistent with the NCLB principles of restructuring. (See H-1.) The list of available alternative governance arrangements are meant to afford an LEA multiple options so that the LEA can choose the best one to address the needs of students in each identified school. Each option leverages a significant shift in how the school is governed. The purpose of restructuring is for the school to improve its ability to teach all children and achieve annual academic performance targets. By achieving this purpose, the school is also removed from restructuring status. §1116(b)(8)(B) G-8. What constitutes “other major restructuring of the school’s governance” under §1116(b)(8)(B)(v) of NCLB? The focus of the school restructuring requirement is on the alternative governance arrangements that an LEA must carry out in a school that does not make AYP for five or more years. In preparing a restructuring plan, §1116(b)(8)(B)(v) permits an LEA to choose “any other major restructuring of the school’s governance arrangement that makes fundamental reforms, such as significant changes in the school’s staffing and governance, to improve academic achievement in the school and that has substantial promise of enabling the school to make adequate yearly progress.” This restructuring option provides the LEA the flexibility to choose additional reform
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