§ 22-32.5-110. District of Innovation – Review of Innovation Schools and Innovation School Zones – Repeal

1. Three years after the local school board of a district of innovation approves an innovation plan or a plan for creating an innovation school zone, and every three years thereafter, the local school board shall review the level of performance of the innovation school and each public school included in the innovation school zone and determine whether the innovation school or innovation school zone is achieving or making adequate progress toward achieving the academic performance results identified in the school’s or zone’s innovation plan. The local school board, in collaboration with the innovation school or the innovation school zone, may revise the innovation plan, including but not limited to revising the identification of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement that need to be waived to implement the innovations, as necessary to improve or continue to improve academic performance at the innovation school or innovation school zone. Any revisions to the innovation plan shall require the consent of a majority of the teachers and a majority of the administrators employed at and a majority of the school accountability committee for each affected public school.
2. 1. Following review of an innovation school’s performance, if a local school board finds that the academic performance of students enrolled in the innovation school is not improving at a sufficient rate, the local school board may revoke the school’s innovation status.
   2. Following review of the performance of an innovation school zone, if a local school board finds that the academic performance of students enrolled in one or more of the public schools included in the innovation school zone is not improving at a sufficient rate, the local school board may remove the underperforming public school or schools from the innovation school zone or may revoke the designation of the innovation school zone.
3. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, a local school board:
      1. Shall not review an existing innovation school, innovation school zone, or a public school included in an innovation school zone or make any revisions to an existing innovation school plan or innovation school zone plan pursuant to this section during the 2021-22 school year; and
      2. Shall not make revisions to an existing innovation school or innovation school zone plan that have not been approved before June 11, 2021.
   2. This subsection (3) is repealed, effective July 1, 2022.

Source: L. 2008: Entire article added, p. 1430, § 1, effective May 28. L. 2009: (1) amended, (SB 09-163), ch. 293, p. 1543, § 46, effective May 21; (1) amended, (SB 09-090), ch. 291, p. 1444, § 18, effective August 5. L. 2021: (3) added, (SB 21-268), ch. 222, p. 1175, § 14, effective June 11.