SF 921

1st Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 03/15/2013 09:13am

A bill for an act
relating to education; providing for a charter school; authorizing annual portfolio
report; amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.10, subdivision 14.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.10, subdivision 14, is amended to
read:

Subd. 14.

Annual public reports.

new text begin (a) new text end A charter school must publish an annual report
approved by the board of directors. The annual report must at least include information
on school enrollment, student attrition, governance and management, staffing, finances,
academic performance, operational performance, innovative practices and implementation,
and future plans. A charter school must distribute the annual report by publication, mail,
or electronic means to the commissioner, authorizer, school employees, and parents and
legal guardians of students enrolled in the charter school and must also post the report on
the charter school's official Web site. The reports are public data under chapter 13.

new text begin (b) An authorizer must annually compile the individual reports of all schools that it
charters and are published in accordance with paragraph (a) and submit a portfolio report
to the commissioner and the public. An authorizer's annual portfolio report must include:
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new text begin (1) the academic and financial performance of all operating charter schools overseen
by the authorizer;
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new text begin (2) the status of the authorizer's charter school portfolio, identifying all charter
schools in each of the following categories: approved, but not open; open and operating;
and closed, including the year closed and reason for closure;
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new text begin (3) the authorizing function provided by the authorizer to the charter schools within
its portfolio, including the authorizer's financial plan that is submitted to the commissioner
under this section; and
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new text begin (4) an authorizer with a charter school performing in the bottom 25 percent of both
the state's multiple measures rating and focus rating under the waiver from the federal
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, with the exception of charter schools that
fall under the provisions outlined in paragraph (d), shall also include in its portfolio
report information about its process for overseeing and evaluating all poorly performing
charter schools under this clause to ensure compliance with all statutory and contractual
obligations to increase students' academic performance and achievement and remove the
charter schools from that bottom 25 percent.
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new text begin (c) An authorizer shall publish on its Web site the performance of all charter schools
within its portfolio.
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new text begin (d) The reporting requirement outlined in paragraph (b), clause (4), does not apply
to a charter school:
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new text begin (1) that limits admission to students eligible to participate in the graduation
incentives program under section 124D.68;
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new text begin (2) where 70 percent or more of enrolled students are eligible to participate in the
graduation incentives program under section 124D.68; or
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new text begin (3) where 50 percent or more of enrolled students are eligible to receive special
education services.
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