SF 1236

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 09/08/2015 03:45pm

A bill for an act
relating to education; reporting data on homeless and highly mobile students;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 120B.30, subdivision 3; 120B.31,
subdivision 4; 120B.36, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.30, subdivision 3, is amended to read:

Subd. 3.

Reporting.

The commissioner shall report test results publicly and to
stakeholders, including the performance achievement levels developed from students'
unweighted test scores in each tested subject and a listing of demographic factors
that strongly correlate with student performance new text begin , including student homelessness and
high mobility rates, among other factors new text end . The test results must not include personally
identifiable information as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.3.
The commissioner shall also report data that compares performance results among school
sites, school districts, Minnesota and other states, and Minnesota and other nations. The
commissioner shall disseminate to schools and school districts a more comprehensive
report containing testing information that meets local needs for evaluating instruction and
curriculum. The commissioner shall disseminate to charter school authorizers a more
comprehensive report containing testing information that contains anonymized data where
cell count data are sufficient to protect student identity and that meets the authorizer's
needs in fulfilling its obligations under section 124D.10.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to school year reports for the 2015-2016 school year and later.
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Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Student performance data.

In developing policies and assessment
processes to hold schools and districts accountable for high levels of academic standards
under section 120B.021, the commissioner shall aggregate student data over time to
report student performance and growth levels measured at the school, school district, and
statewide level. When collecting and reporting the performance data, the commissioner
shall organize and report the data so that state and local policy makers can understand the
educational implications of changes in districts' demographic profiles over time new text begin , including
student homelessness and high mobility rates, among other demographic factors new text end . Any
report the commissioner disseminates containing summary data on student performance
must integrate student performance and the demographic factors that strongly correlate
with that performance.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to school year reports for the 2015-2016 school year and later.
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Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

School performance reports.

(a) The commissioner shall report
student academic performance under section 120B.35, subdivision 2; the percentages of
students showing low, medium, and high growth under section 120B.35, subdivision
3, paragraph (b); school safety and student engagement and connection under section
120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (d); rigorous coursework under section 120B.35,
subdivision 3, paragraph (c); 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.30, subdivision 1,
and 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (e); 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; the acquisition of English, and where
practicable, native language academic literacy, including oral academic language, and the
academic progress of English learners under section 124D.59, subdivisions 2 and 2a; 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; staff
characteristics excluding salaries; student enrollment demographics; new text begin student homelessness
and new text end district mobility new text begin rates new text end ; and extracurricular activities. The report also must indicate a
school's adequate yearly progress status under applicable federal law, and must not set
any designations applicable to high- and low-performing schools due solely to adequate
yearly progress status.

(b) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department
Web site school performance reports.

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

(d) A school or district may appeal its adequate yearly progress status in writing to
the commissioner within 30 days of receiving the notice of its status. The commissioner's
decision to uphold or deny an appeal is final.

(e) 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 Web site no later than September 1,
except that in years when the reports reflect new performance standards, the commissioner
shall post the school performance reports no later than October 1.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment
and applies to school year reports for the 2015-2016 school year and later.
new text end