Haw. Code R. § 8-54-30 - Appeals

(a) Any Hawaii educator preparation program that receives an adverse decision may appeal that decision. An adverse decision includes:

(1) The denial of an application for state approval of a unit or program;

(2) The conditional approval of a unit or program;

(3) The designation of "at-risk" or "low performing" status; or

(4) The denial or revocation of approval of a unit or program.

(5)

(b) An appeal must be based on the following grounds:

(1) National or state standards were disregarded;

(2) Stated procedures were not followed;

(3) Evidence favorable to the unit or program provided to the review team was not considered; or

(4) Evidence favorable to the unit or program provided to the board was not considered.

(c) An appeal will be heard by an administrative hearing officer who will make a recommendation to the board to either:

(1) Uphold the approval decision;

(2) Conduct a second board review of the original team findings; or

(3) Assign a new review team to review the unit or program to make another recommendation to the board.

Notes

Haw. Code R. § 8-54-30

[Eff 10/30/14] (Auth: HRS § 302A-805.5) (Imp: HRS §§ 302A-801 to -808)