Sec. 34-8.11. Evaluation criteria.

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Sec. 34-8.11. Evaluation criteria. In determining whether to grant Learning Zone designation, the board shall consider the following factors:

(1)The extent to which the application demonstrates that improved student learning will be the paramount priority and outcome;

(2)Proposed adoption of high, rigorous standards of achievement and outcome for all students and staff;

(3)Proposed use of shared, collegial decision-making;

(4)Creative, flexible, and innovative proposed restructuring of the applicant attendance centers to create student-centered learning environments;

(5)Parental and community integration and involvement;

(6)Development of collaborative relationships with health and human services agencies;

(7)Ability to function on a localized, decentralized basis within the Chicago public school system;

(8)Appropriateness of budget and resource allocations, including those functions to be assumed and those to remain centralized;

(9)Impact of the statutes, regulations, rules, and policies for which waivers are sought; and

(10)Such other factors, not confined to the foregoing, that are fiscally sound and reasonably determinative of successful student outcome.