Under what circumstances would the Public Education Department (PED) take over schools that do not meet Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)?
The PED is devoted to the continuous improvement of schools so that students can achieve lifelong learning. The PED has never taken over a school, which is one of the options under the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Other options are to replace all or most of the staff as allowed by law; turn over management of the public school to the PED; make other governance changes; or, implement any other major restructuring of the school’s governance that is consistent with the principles of restructuring. New Mexico’s Secretary of Education issued guidance to public school districts on February 22, 2008 that clarifies how the PED currently assists schools that do not make adequate progress. Under that guidance, the Secretary clarified the following: The local district has primary responsibility for assisting its schools that do not make adequate progress toward meeting established student academic achievement targets. However, if the local district does not carry out its responsibili
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