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State board discusses Professional Standards Board work on charter administrator rule and ARTC program requirements
Summary
State Board members and PSB staff reviewed technical updates and stakeholder work on regulation 15-96 (charter school instructional administrator) and discussed ARTC program requirements for leadership preparation; DOE and PSB outlined program requirements, provisional approvals and public reporting.
Members of the State Board of Education spent a substantial portion of the May 15 meeting discussing proposed language and stakeholder outreach on regulation 15-96, which concerns charter school instructional administrators and related alternative-route to certification (ARTC) leadership programs.
Lodea Bradshaw, executive director of the Professional Standards Board, presented three groups of regulation changes (salary supplements, style changes and school nurse language) and then addressed the charter‑administrator regulation. Board staff and members recounted an April 28 stakeholder meeting with PSB and other representatives in which many of the board’s four requested clarifications were incorporated. Board members said the suggested title "charter school instructional administrator" will make distinctions clearer between that role and a head of school.
Dr. Sailor (PSB/DOE representative) walked the board through ARTC leadership‑program requirements: programs must align to the Professional Standards for Educational Leaders, meet a minimum equivalency (about 18 graduate credits or syllabus-based equivalent), include 240 hours of clinical experience, and provide 20 hours of coaching for program graduates placed in leadership roles. PSB/DOE staff said programs undergo provisional approval, annual data collection and public reports every two years; programs scoring below a tier threshold have a two‑year improvement window before potential revocation.
Board members asked for clarity on background qualifications and section numbering; DOE staff said the next steps are to present the refined language to the PSB on June 10, publish in July, and return to both bodies in August. Several board members praised the stakeholder process and recommended clear routing of specific additional requests to the PSB rather than assuming acceptance.
No formal board action was taken on 15-96 at the May meeting; staff said they expect the PSB and DOE process to continue through the summer with public reporting requirements spelled out in Delaware Administrative Code.
