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A-F Appeals Timeline: SY23-24

 

SY23-24 Letter Grades Timeline 

October 11, 2024

SBE Meeting Materials posted

October 21, 2024 Board Meeting

 
  • Board sets cut scores
  • Board approves Appeals Policies/Procedures
  • Board directs ADE to check letter grades and releases for schools and LEAs by November 1, 2024

October 21, 2024 - November 1, 2024

      Board/ADE communicate appeals process, coming letter grades, etc.

By November 1, 2024

 
  • Letter Grades released to public and press
  • Press release and comms. to schools/LEAs (from Board)
  • Appeals window opened

COB (5:00pm MST) on November 15, 2024

      Appeals window closed

Immediately following COB on November 15, 2024

 
  • Letter Grade file updated
    • Schools that appealed are labeled “UR” for Under Review
    • LEAs with schools that appealed are labeled “UR”
    • Letter grades without appeals ("UR") are considered finalized

November 18, 2024 – January 17, 2025

 A-F Appeals Committee reviews appeals and issues recommendation to Board

  • Meeting date(s) TBD

January 27, 2025 Board Meeting

 
  • Board acts on A-F Appeals Committee recommendations
  • School letter grades following Board action on appeals are posted
  • LEA letter grades remain “UR” until re-calculated
By February 24, 2025      Finalized LEA letter grades are posted

 

Guidance Presentations and Videos

Per A.R.S. 15-241.02(D), "if a school is assigned a letter grade of D pursuant to section 15-241 for a third consecutive year, the department of education shall visit the school site to confirm the classification data and to review the implementation of the school's improvement plan. The school shall be assigned a letter grade of F unless an alternate letter grade is assigned after an appeal pursuant to section 15-241, subsection J.  A school that is assigned a letter grade of D for fewer than three consecutive years may also be assigned a letter grade of F if the state board of education determines that there is no reasonable likelihood that the school will achieve an average level of performance within the next two years."

Schools will be eligible to submit application(s) for appeal to request the school’s letter grade remain a D rather than assigned an F pursuant to statute. That process will be outlined here once determined by the Board.

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