1. (a) Pursuant to RSA 186:8, II, and RSA 21-N:6, V, the department shall administer Ed 306.

2. (b) The following school approval categories shall apply to the administration of Ed 306:

   1. (1) Approved for a 5-year period provided that a school meets and continues to meet all requirements of Ed 306;
   2. (2) Conditionally approved; and
   3. (3) Unapproved.

3. (c) A school which does not meet all of the applicable requirements of Ed 306 shall be designated as conditionally approved, provided that:

   1. (1) All identified deficiencies and a timetable for their correction shall be incorporated into the approval designation; and
   2. (2) The department shall work with the school officials and the local school board toward correcting all deficiencies.
4. (d) A conditionally approved school which fails to meet the requirements of an approved school within 3 consecutive school years shall be designated as unapproved.
5. (e) One year prior to the expiration of a school's approval, the chairperson of the local school board and the superintendent of the respective district shall provide documentation of compliance with all applicable standards.
6. (f) By October 1, the superintendent of schools shall electronically certify that the schools in the SAU meet all requirements of Ed 306 through the online education statistics system (ESS) school approval checklist at https://my.doe.nh.gov/myNHDOE/Login/Login.aspx.
7. (g) Pursuant to Ed 306.07, all facilities operated by the school district for K-12 educational purposes shall be approved to operate or conditionally approved to operate in accordance with Ed 320.
8. (h) A school not meeting the requirements of (g) above shall be designated as unapproved.
9. (i) If compliance with any other requirement of Ed 306 is in question, the school board chairperson and superintendent shall provide the commissioner with an alternative approval proposal as provided in Ed 306.25. If approved, the alternative approval proposal shall be made publicly available by the school district.
10. (j) The department shall designate qualified professionals to visit schools to conduct school monitoring visits to verify that a school complies with Ed 306.
11. (k) Each year the department shall provide an approval designation, as identified in (b) above, for each public school and public academy with an expiring approval status.
12. (l) The department shall notify in writing the chairperson of the local school board and the superintendent of each school’s final approval designation.
13. (m) If the school board disagrees with the approval designation, the district may appeal the approval designation to the state board.
14. (n) An appeal to the state board shall be filed within 30 days after delivery of the approval designation.
15. (o) The appeal shall be filed, in writing, by giving notice to the chair of the state board.
16. (p) The district shall provide all evidence rebutting the approval designation with the appeal. Evidence presented to the state board shall be limited to evidence available to the department at the time of the department’s monitoring of the district pursuant to (j) above.
17. (q) The state board shall hear the district’s appeal at the next regularly scheduled state board meeting.
18. (r) Should the district wish to present oral argument to the state board, they shall file a separate request for oral argument at the time of the appeal. If the district requests oral argument, the department shall also have the opportunity to provide oral argument to the state board if they so choose.
19. (s) It shall be the responsibility of the superintendent to notify the department of any change in conditions which affects a school’s compliance with these rules.

Source. (See Revision Notes #1, #2, #3, and #4 at part heading for Ed 306) #14150, eff 12-13-24