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ARTICLE 6.1. SCHOOL ACCREDITATION Rule 0.5. Applicability 511 IAC 6.1-0.5-1 Applicability to schools Authority: IC 20-19-2-8; IC 20-31-4-17 Affected: IC 20-31-4-2 Sec. 1. This article applies only to the following: (1) Public schools. (2) Nonpublic schools that voluntarily become accredited. (Indiana State Board of Education; 511 IAC 6.1-0.5-1; filed Feb 20, 2002, 9:43 a.m.: 25 IR 2231; readopted filed Nov 12, 2008, 10:15 a.m.:IR-511080524RFA) Rule 1. School Accreditation System 511 IAC 6.1-1-1 School accreditation Authority: IC 20-19-2-8; IC 20-31-1-1; IC 20-31-4-17 Affected: IC 20-24; IC 20-26-15; IC 20-31-4; IC 20-31-5; IC 20-31-8 Sec. 1. (a) A public school must be accredited. A nonpublic school may seek accreditation. (b) A school may be accredited by meeting the following criteria: (1) Comply with the legal standards in section 4 of this rule. (2) Comply with the school improvement plan requirements of IC 20-31-5 by doing one (1) of the following: (A) Complete a continuous and strategic school improvement and achievement plan that meets the requirements of IC 20-10.2-3 [IC 20-10.2 was repealed by P.L.1-2005, SECTION 240, effective July 1, 2005.] and 511 IAC 6.2-3. (B) Implement a quality-focused approach to strategic and continuous school improvement, such as the criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for Education or the criteria for a national or regional accrediting agency approved by the state board. (3) Meet school improvement and performance requirements under IC 20-31-8. (c) The board shall accredit a nonpublic school that: (1) becomes a freeway school under IC 20-26-15; and (2) complies with the terms of the freeway school contract. (d) The board shall accredit a school that: (1) becomes a charter school under