PROCEDURES FOR PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CRITERIA
A proposed amendment to any set of eligibility or improvement
criteria may be initiated by one of the following:
Six member principals in a particular category of schools who sign a
petition specifying a particular amendment;
A state committee, upon its own motion;
The Standards Committee, upon its own motion; and,
The Board of Trustees, upon its own motion, but no later than December
preceding the Annual Meeting of the Delegate Assembly.
A proposed amendment arising upon the petition of member principals and/or
a state committee shall be transmitted, accompanied by the state committee's
recommendation, to the Standards Committee which shall consider the proposed
amendment and make its own recommendation on it. The Standards Committee shall
transmit the proposed amendment to the Board of Trustees accompanied by one of
three recommendations: (a) Endorsed, (b) Not Endorsed, (c) On Its Merits [No
Recommendation].
Amendments arising from the Standards Committee shall be forwarded to the
Board of Trustees accompanied by one of three recommendations: (a) Endorsed,
(b) Not Endorsed, (c) On Its Merits [No Recommendation].
The Board of Trustees at its meeting no later than December
preceding the next meeting of the Delegate Assembly shall consider each
proposed amendment, affixing to it a recommendation: (a) Endorsed, (b) Not
Endorsed, (c) On Its Merits [No Recommendation].
The Executive Director shall notify each member of the Commission on
Accreditation and School Improvement of the proposed amendment(s) and
accompanying recommendations that are to be submitted to the Delegate Assembly
of the Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement at the forthcoming
annual meeting.
The proposed amendment(s) shall be acted upon by the Delegate Assembly
through a simple majority vote. (See Appendix C below.)
General considerations:
No amendments to any set of improvement or membership criteria
may be proposed in a manner other than that described above.
A petition to amend may be withdrawn at any stage of this process by a
written revocation signed by a majority of the member principals who signed
the original petition.
School members shall vote upon all major/substantial changes to the
membership and eligibility criteria for their category of schools. Delegate
Assembly members shall vote upon specific and/or individual revisions to the
membership and eligibility criteria.
