Bancroft-Rosalie did not meet NCLB requirements, but is not a needs improvement school yet

Under the federal law No Child Left Behind, 480 Nebraska schools and 52 districts were designated in need of improvement because 100 percent of the students were not proficient as required To be designated in need of improvement, the school does not meet annual yearly progress for two consecutive years in any category. Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary and secondary schools both made AYP in all areas in 2012-13, but did not get 100% proficient in 2013-14. But I doubt anybody had 100% proficiency in both reading and math last year. As a result, federal sanctions will be applied to 265 of those schools and to 50 districts ― sanctions requiring districts to set aside funds, offer school choice or tutoring or to restructure. We have a year to see how schools deal with the federal sanctions, because B-R will be sanctioned in 2015-16 (unless the state of Nebraska requests a waiver of No Child Left Behind and it is accepted by the federal government). A waiver would require Nebraska schools to meet several federal requirements, including tying student performance to teacher and principal evaluations and having state standards that are comparable to the Common Core Standards.