HF 1413

as introduced - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026) Posted on 03/06/2025 05:08pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; modifying attendance reporting requirements; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

School performance reports and public reporting.

(a) The commissioner
shall report:

(1) student academic performance data under section 120B.35, subdivisions 2 and 3;

(2) academic progress consistent with federal expectations;

(3) school safety and student engagement and connection under section 120B.35,
subdivision 3, paragraph (d);

(4) rigorous coursework under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c);

(5) the percentage of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause
(2), whose progress and performance levels are meeting career and college readiness
benchmarks under sections 120B.307 and 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (e);

(6) longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in reducing disparities in students'
academic achievement and realizing racial and economic integration under section 124D.861;

(7) the acquisition of English, and where practicable, native language academic literacy,
including oral academic language, and the academic progress of all English learners enrolled
in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted
as English learners under section 124D.59;

(8) two separate student-to-teacher ratios that clearly indicate the definition of teacher
consistent with sections 122A.06 and 122A.15 for purposes of determining these ratios;

(9) staff characteristics excluding salaries;

(10) student enrollment demographics;

(11) foster care status, including all students enrolled in a Minnesota public school course
or program who are currently or were previously in foster care, student homelessness, and
district mobility; deleted text begin and
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(12) extracurricular activities deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; and
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new text begin (13) consistent attendance.
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(b) The school performance report for a school site and a school district must include
school performance reporting information and calculate proficiency rates as required by the
most recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

(c) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department website
school performance reports consistent with paragraph (a) and section 120B.11.

(d) The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning of
each school year.

(e) A school or district may appeal its results in a form and manner determined by the
commissioner and consistent with federal law. The commissioner's decision to uphold or
deny an appeal is final.

(f) School performance data are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9, until
the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually post school
performance reports to the department's public website no later than September 1, except
in years when the reports reflect new performance standards. The commissioner shall post
the school performance reports no later than October 1 in years with new performance
standards for academic standards-based assessments, and no later than November 1 in years
with new performance standards adopted under Minnesota Rules, part 3501.1200, for English
language proficiency assessments.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.36, is amended by adding a subdivision to
read:

new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Consistent attendance. new text end

new text begin (a) For purposes of school performance reports and
public reporting, "consistent attendance" means a student attends more than 90 percent of
school days while the student is enrolled at a school. A student must be enrolled for at least
half an academic year to be included in a school's calculation.
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new text begin (b) The commissioner must post consistent attendance data for the 2024-2025 school
year on the department's public website no later than September 1, 2025. The commissioner
must annually post consistent attendance data on the department's public website no later
than September 1 each year thereafter. After September 1 of each year, the commissioner
may update the reported data to the extent necessary to ensure that the reported data is valid
and accurate.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2025.
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