1. (a) A district shall prepare and submit to the department a district improvement plan, or the department may prepare a district improvement plan for the district, if a district has been designated as tier II or tier III under 4 AAC 06.872(a). The district improvement plan must be submitted to the department not later than 150 days from receiving notice of school designations each school year. The improvement plan must be submitted in a format or computerized platform as required by the department, unless the department approves an alternative format or platform.

2. (b) The district improvement plan must address how the district will ensure improvement in schools in the district designated for comprehensive support and improvement under 4 AAC 06.840(a) or targeted support and improvement under 4 AAC 06.840(b). The plan must address:

   1. (1) technical assistance to be provided to each school, based on the unique needs of the school;
   2. (2) how the district will review and approve evidence-based interventions for implementation at a designated school;
   3. (3) how the district will identify and rectify any resource inequities in state, local, or federal funding at a designated school;
   4. (4) how the district will support collaboration with stakeholders (including principals and other school leaders, teachers, secondary students, parents and community members and tribal representatives) at a designated school;

   5. (5) how the district will support a designated school in addressing each of the domains of successful schools:

      1. (A) curriculum;
      2. (B) assessment policy and practice;
      3. (C) instruction;
      4. (D) school learning environment;
      5. (E) professional development policy and practices;
      6. (F) leadership; and
   6. (6) how the district will work with the department to identify and obtain needed technical assistance and support.
3. (c) Upon approval by the department, the district will implement the plan. Each district improvement plan will be monitored and periodically reviewed by the department. If the schools in the district designated for comprehensive support and improvement under 4 AAC 06.840(a) or targeted support and improvement under 4 AAC 06.840(b) are not showing improvement, the department may require revisions to the district improvement plan under 4 AAC 06.872.

(Eff. 11/23/2003, Register 168; am 9/12/2008, Register 187; readopt 10/25/2008, Register 188; am 8/20/2012, Register 203; am 10/16/2013, Register 208; am 10/20/2018, Register 228; am 12/25/2020, Register 236)