(1) The legislature finds that innovation schools accomplish the following objectives: (a) Provide students and parents with a diverse array of educational options; (b) Promote active and meaningful parent and community involvement and partnership with local schools; (c) Serve as laboratories for educational experimentation and innovation; (d) Respond and adapt to different styles, approaches, and objectives of learning; (e) Hold students and educators to high expectations and standards; and (f) Encourage and facilitate bold, creative, and innovative educational ideas. (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall develop basic criteria and a streamlined review process for identifying Washington innovation schools. Any public school, including those with institution of higher education partners, may be nominated by a community, organization, school district, institution of higher education, or through self-nomination to be designated as a Washington innovation school. If the office of the superintendent of public instruction finds that the school meets the criteria, the school shall receive a designation as a Washington innovation school. Within available funds, the office shall develop a logo, certificate, and other recognition strategies to encourage and highlight the accomplishments of innovation schools. (3) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall: (a) Create a page on the office website to highlight examples of Washington innovation schools, including those with institution of higher education partners, that includes links to research literature and national best practices, as well as summary information and links to the websites of Washington innovation schools. The office is encouraged to offer an educational administrator intern the opportunity to create the web page as a project toward completion of his or her administrator certificate; and (b) Publicize the Washington innovation school designation and encourage schools, communities, institutions of higher education, and school districts to access the website and create additional models of innovation. [ 2011 c 202 s 2.]
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