R277-920-3. Superintendent's Identification of Schools for Critical Needs Status -- Readiness Review

  (1) Subject to Subsection (2), on or before September 30, the Superintendent shall identify schools for critical needs status if the school is a:

  (a) low performing school;

  (b) high school with a four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate of less than or equal to 67% for two consecutive school years;

  (c) Title I school with chronically underperforming student groups as described in Section R277-920-11; or

  (d) Title I school that:

  (i) has not been identified under Subsection (1)(a), (b), or (c); and

  (ii) performed in the lowest 5% of Title I schools over the past three years on average according to the percentage of points earned under the school accountability system.

  (2) The Superintendent shall make the identification under:

  (a) Subsection (1)(b) beginning with the 2018-2019 school accountability results and every two years thereafter;

  (b) Subsection (1)(c) beginning with the 2022-2023 school accountability results and every three years thereafter; and

  (c) Subsection (1)(d) beginning with the 2021-2022 school accountability results and every three years thereafter.

  (3)(a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(b), schools in critical needs status are required to comply with the provisions of Title 53E, Chapter 5, Part 3, School Turnaround and Leadership Development Act.

  (b) Schools that are identified under Subsections (1)(b), (1)(c), and (1)(d) are exempt from the requirement to contract with an independent school turnaround expert described in Section 53E-5-305.