The Alternative Schools Guidebook has been updated to provide accurate guidance on the processes for application, approval, review, reconfiguration, annual accreditation, and evaluation for alternative schools.
The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) created this resource to ensure that all districts receive guidance to support the development of alternative schools that will meet student needs as well as accreditation and accountability requirements. Alternative schools are outlined in state statute under both duties of the State Board of Education (WS. 21-2-304(vi)) and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction (WS. 21-2-204(ii)) regarding accountability as it pertains to performance measures and determinations.
In addition to the duties enumerated above, the sixty-second Wyoming legislature enacted legislation providing for the approval of new alternative schools to be “included in a district’s configuration of schools under the block grant funding model.” This legislation amends Wyoming Statute 21-13-309 and requires an application to be approved by the WDE.
For more information, contact Micah Becker, Accreditation Consultant at micah.becker@wyo.gov or 307-777-8505.
