00                     CS FOR  SENATE BILL NO. 250(HES)                                                                   
01 "An Act relating to a report on the performance of public schools; and providing for an                                 
02 effective date."                                                                                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.03.120(f) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (f)  By January 15 of each year, beginning in 2001, the department shall                                     
06       provide to the governor and make available to the public and the legislature a report on                          
07       the performance of public schools in this state.  The report must be entitled "Alaska's                           
08       Public Schools: A Report Card to the Public."  The report must include                                            
09                 (1)  comprehensive information on each public school compiled,                                          
10       collected, and reported under (d) and (e) of this section for the prior school year;                              
11                 (2)  a summary of the information described in (1) of this subsection;                                  
12       the summary must be prepared in a manner that allows school performance to be                                     
13       measured against established state education standards; [AND]                                                     
14                 (3)  for a report due by or after January 15, 2005 [2003], the most                             

01       recent performance designation under AS 14.03.123 [AS 14.03.123(b)] received by                           
02       each public school; and                                                                                       
03                 (4)  the total funding received by each school district during the                                  
04       prior school year, including subtotals of the total funding received by each school                           
05       district for federal, state, local, and other funding and the per student amount of                           
06       funding during the prior school year in each district.                                                        
07    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.03.123(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
08            (a)  Beginning in September 2004 [AUGUST 2002], and during each of the                                   
09       following 12-month periods, the department shall assign each public school in each                                
10       district the performance designation of distinguished, successful, deficient, or in crisis                        
11       based on multiple student measures, including student achievement of essential skills.                      
12       The state board of education and early development shall establish this process by                                
13       regulation.                                                                                                       
14    * Sec. 3.  AS 14.03.123(f) is amended to read:                                                                     
15            (f)  Beginning January 1, 2005 [AUGUST 1, 2002], and periodically during                                 
16       each of the following 12-month periods, the department shall monitor the progress of                              
17       the implementation of each school improvement plan prepared under (e) of this                                     
18       section.                                                                                                          
19    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).