We want to thank you for your patience and your cooperation during this time between our independent accreditation language passing in the ed reform bill this session and what we hope is the tail end of the rules making process. IACS and the independent schools disagreed with some fundamental assumptions made in the rules as […]
SEVP/SEVIS Accreditation Issues
We have had a few schools contact us about the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) school certification. A number of our schools have had their recertification rejected because they are accredited only by the Iowa Department of Education. Iowa State accreditation is NOT recognized by the Student & Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) as a legitimate accrediting […]
Independent Accreditation Rules
Just FYI – The Legislature’s Administrative Rules Committee posted the rules the State Board of Education recently passed. We see not problem with these rules going through the Admin Rules Committee. These are the over-arching rules. Procedures, forms, and other details will be created by the Dept. of Ed very shortly. ARC 0964C — Independent accrediting […]
School Start Date Developments
Many have asked about the school start date issue and the rule that has been working its way through the Dept. of Ed and State Board of Education. Here is a brief update: First, IACS has always opposed every effort to restrict local control of start dates. IACS believes that educators, elected school boards, and private schools […]
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