Appendix C; NCA Standard and Criteria.

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APPENDIX C

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,
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 below.)
General considerations:
1. No amendments to any set of improvement or membership criteria may be proposed in a manner other than that described above.
2. A petition to amend may be withdrawn at any stage of this process by a written revocation signed by a majority of the member principals who signed the original petition.
3. 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.

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