Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-31-37 - Accreditation recommendation and appeal

(a) Upon completion of the accreditation process during or before the education system's originally scheduled accreditation year, a recommendation from the accreditation review council regarding the accreditation rating to be assigned to the education system shall be communicated to the education system. Each recommendation shall include a statement of the reasons for the recommendation.

(b) The education system's governing body may file an appeal with the commissioner within 15 days after receipt of the recommendation. The education system's governing body may raise any issue and present any additional information that is relevant to its appeal.

(c) If the governing body files an appeal, a consultation shall be ordered by the commissioner and shall be conducted by an appeal team appointed by the commissioner.

(1) If there is agreement on the recommendation following the appeal, the appeal team shall forward the accreditation recommendation to the commissioner for submission to the state board.

(2) If there is not agreement on a recommendation following the appeal, the appeal team shall request the commissioner to appoint a hearing officer to conduct a hearing and forward an accreditation recommendation to the state board.

(d) Each recommendation for an accreditation rating shall be acted upon by the state board.

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Kan. Admin. Regs. § 91-31-37

Authorized by and implementing Article 6, Section 2(a) of the Kansas Constitution; effective July 1, 2005; amended by Kansas Register Volume 40, No. 38; effective 10/8/2021.