School Consequences for Failure to Make Progress

Schools that fail to meet AYP for two consecutive years:

• Must be identified as needing improvement
• Must be provided technical assistance
• Must offer public school choice (by the next year), unless prohibited by state law
• Local education agencies must establish cooperative agreements with other local education agencies (to the extent practicable) to offer additional public school choice options if all the schools in the LEA are "needing improvement"

After three consecutive years of failing to meet AYP:

• Must provide supplemental services to low-income families from list of state-approved service providers (parent's choice); services can be denied if none of the approved providers offer services in or near the local education agency
• Must provide transportation for students opting for supplemental services or transfer to another public school

After four years of failing to meet AYP:

LEA must choose one or more of the following:

• Replace relevant school staff
• Implement a new curriculum
• Decrease management authority at school level
• Appoint outside expert to advise the school
• Extend school day or school year
• Change internal organizational structure of the school

After five years of failing to meet AYP:

LEA must restructure school using one or more of the following "alternative governance" structures:

• Reopen school as a public charter school
• Replace all or most school staff
• State takeover (if permitted by law)
• Hire a private management contractor