Our school district is proud and pleased to announce that due to the district being designated a "high performing" school district by the New Jersey Department of Education that we qualify for a Quality Single Accountability Continuum (QSAC) monitoring waiver.
Once every three years public school district are required to be monitored in accordance with N.J.A.C. 6A:30-3.1 (a)-(d) and 3.2 by the New Jersey Department of Education. Districts undergo a comprehensive monitoring that entails district performance reviews (DPRs) related to program and instruction, fiscal management, governance, personnel, and operations.
The monitoring process includes a self-evaluation by the school district by a committee comprised of teachers, parents, Board of Education members and administration. In addition, the Burlington County of Education conducts an on-site visitation / monitoring. School districts must achieve a minimum of 80% in each DPR to pass QSAC monitoring and be designated as a "high performing" school district.
Our school district was monitoring during the 2012-2013 school year and earned the designation of a "high performing" school district. We were scheduled to be monitored during the school year.
However, the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE) established an equivalent process that allows "high performing" school districts to demonstrate continued compliance with QSAC regulations without undergoing a comprehensive monitoring.
This equivalent process involved the NJDOEs review of the 2015-2016 QSAC Statement of Assurance and analysis of other critical QSAC indicators in each of the five mandated District Performance Review areas.
Southampton has successfully met these requirements and was recently notified by NJDOE that the district is eligible to apply for the QSAC Equivalency Waiver. This equivalency waiver provides an approved district with a three year extension prior to the next comprehensive monitoring.
The Southampton Board of Education approved the application for the QSAC Equivalency Waiver at the December 14, 2015 Board of Education meeting. A presentation was made to the Board and public at this meeting. A copy of the Powerpoint presentation is attached to this article.
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