The state will provide to NCATE its policy leading to a "Change in State Status."

Change in state status occurs when state violations are not corrected by April 1 of the academic year following the state visit.  An institution with any uncorrected violations will be recommended to the State Board that they be placed on probationary status.

This will constitute a "Change in State Status" and NCATE will be notified.

The state will notify NCATE within thirty days of action taken that an NCATE institution has had a "Change in State Status."

An institution approved on probation that continues to have the same uncorrected violation(s) by May 31 of the year in which it is on probation shall be recommended by the Commissioner to the Board for denial of continuing approval for the next year.

The state will provide to NCATE supporting information regarding its decision to change the status of an NCATE accredited teacher education unit.

A copy of the documents recommending denial of continuing approval will be provided to NCATE at the completion of the appeals process, as described in Section 008.06 of Rule 20, and confirmation of the denial by the State Board of Education.

Upon the state's notification of a unit's  "Change in Status," NCATE will inform the unit of its intention to disclose the information in its list of accredited units on NCATES website and in all other published lists of accredited units.

Notification of an NCATE accredited unit's change in state status by the state will trigger a review by NCATE's Annual Report and Preconditions Audit Committee.

The NCATE president will notify the unit that the state has informed NCATE of a change in their state status and require the unit to submit a special report within 90 days. The report should describe: 1) the conditions surrounding the unit’s change in state status; and, 2) a plan or actions being taken by the unit to upgrade its state status.  The nature of the report may also be described in the protocol.  The report should not exceed 25 pages.

The Annual Report and Preconditions Audit Committee will consider the unit’s change in state status at its next meeting. The Committee will review the unit’s report and the state’s policy for changing the status of the unit.  The Committee will consider circumstances surrounding the areas) of concern; the relationship between those circumstances and the NCATE standards; and, the extent to which the unit has adequately addressed those concerns.

After deliberating the case, the Committee will make a recommendation to either 1) Accept the report, 2) Request Additional Information, or 3) Recommend and on-site review, to the Process and Evaluation Committee for action.  The NCATE president will notify the unit and the state partnership contact of the Annual Report and Preconditions Audit Committee’s decision.

In cases of reinstatement, states must notify NCATE of a unit’s reinstated status in writing within thirty days of the decision.  NCATE will remove the “Change in State Status” notation from its list of accredited units on the NCATE website and all other published lists of accredited units and communicate the revised status to its state partners.

At the unit’s expense, to further investigate concerns identified by the Annual Report and Preconditions Audit Committee. The visit will follow the procedures for a conditional visit and must occur within 120 days of the Committee’s action.  A team of BOE members and representatives of the state will conduct the visit.  The visit will focus on the specified concerns identified by the Annual Report and Preconditions Audit Committee. The NCATE Unit Accreditation Board (UAB) will consider the unit’s accreditation status at its next meeting and grant the unit continuing accreditation, continuing accreditation with probation, or revocation of accreditation. If the UAB renders the decision to continue accreditation, then the unit would resume its normal accreditation cycle. If the UAB renders the decision to accredit with probation, the institution must schedule a comprehensive on-site visit within in 2 years of the semester that the accreditation with probation decision was rendered.