Section 511IAC6.1-10-3. Application contents

   The applications described in section 2(a) of this rule must include the following information:

(1) Demographic data on the school and the community in which the school is located including any social and economic characteristics that contribute to unique qualities of the school and its community.

(2) A description of each of the following:

(A) The events or activities that the school has engaged in and intends to engage in to promote its school restructuring program.

(B) The degree of participation in the school restructuring program by the various principal parties including the following:

(i) Teachers.

(ii) The governing body of the school corporation.

(iii) Parents.

(iv) The business community.

(C) The vision that the applicant has for the restructured school, including the following:

(i) Short term and long term goals.

(ii) Changes in curriculum and instruction.

(D) Procedures the school will use to waive rules and to seek a waiver of statutes.

(E) Professional development activities that will be conducted by the school to promote school restructuring.

(F) Procedures and methods that the school will use to evaluate its school restructuring program and report the results of the evaluation to the following:

(i) Parents.

(ii) The community.

(iii) The state board of education.

(G) The manner in which individual student progress will be measured and reported to parents.

(3) Evidence of the following:

(A) The cooperation and support of the principal parties cited in subdivision (2)(A), including the exclusive representative as defined in IC 20-29-2-9, for engaging in the school restructuring program.

(B) The commitment to increasing family involvement in the school.

(4) A description of the school's plan for admission of students who do not reside in the school's attendance area but who have legal settlement within the school corporation, unless inapplicable.

(5) A statement indicating whether the school corporation, on behalf of its applicant schools, or the applicant nonpublic school intends to:

(A) adopt the six (6) national education goals adopted by the national governor's association in February 1990;

(B) establish a community-wide strategy for achieving the national goals;

(C) develop a progress report for measuring each school's progress in achieving the national goals; and

(D) support experimental schools.

(6) If the school intends to do the things listed in subdivision (5), a description of the types of activities the school expects to conduct and the methods the school plans to employ to realize those intentions.

(7) Preliminary budget expectations.

(8) Any other information required by the state board in the application.

(Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 6.1-10-3; filed Jun 3, 1992, 9:00 a.m.: 15 IR 2213; readopted filed Oct 12, 2001, 12:55 p.m.: 25 IR 937; errata filed Jul 11, 2005, 10:00 a.m.: 28 IR 3307; readopted filed Nov 28, 2011, 3:20 p.m.: 20111228-IR-511110558RFA; readopted filed Dec 2, 2013, 3:26 p.m.: 20140101-IR-511130419RFA)