CSHB 405(EDU): "An Act relating to reports on school and school district performance; and relating to accountability of public schools and school districts; and providing for an effective date."
00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 405(EDU) 01 "An Act relating to reports on school and school district performance; and relating to 02 accountability of public schools and school districts; and providing for an effective 03 date." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 14.03.120(d) is amended to read: 06 (d) Annually, before the date set by the district under (e) of this section, each 07 public school shall provide, in a public meeting of parents, students, and community 08 members, a report on the school's performance and the performance of the school's 09 students. The report shall be prepared on a form prescribed by the department and 10 must include 11 (1) information on accreditation; 12 (2) results of norm-referenced achievement tests; 13 (3) results of state standards-based assessments in reading, writing, and 14 mathematics;
01 (4) a description, including quantitative and qualitative measures, of 02 student, parent, community, and business involvement in student learning; 03 (5) a description of the school's attendance, retention, dropout, and 04 graduation rates, including the number and percentage of students who received a 05 diploma under a waiver from the competency examination required under 06 AS 14.03.075(a), as specified by the state board; 07 (6) the annual percent of enrollment change, regardless of reason, and 08 the annual percent of enrollment change due to student transfers into and out of the 09 school district; 10 (7) if Native language education is provided, a summary and 11 evaluation of the curriculum described in AS 14.30.420; [AND] 12 (8) the number and percentage of students in each school who take and 13 who successfully complete an alternative assessment program in reading, English, or 14 mathematics; and the number and percentage of pupils in each school who 15 successfully complete the alternative assessment program but who do not reach the 16 state performance standards at the competency exam level in reading, English, or 17 mathematics; a school may not report results under this paragraph unless the school 18 complies with the family educational rights and privacy requirements of 34 C.F.R. 99; 19 (9) the performance designation assigned the school under 20 AS 14.03.123; and 21 (10) other information concerning school performance and the 22 performance of the school's students as required by the state board in regulation. 23 * Sec. 2. AS 14.03.120(e) is amended to read: 24 (e) By a date set by the district, each public school in the district shall provide 25 the report described in (d) of this section to the district's governing body. Along with 26 the report, each public school shall submit a summary of comments made on the report 27 by parents, students, and community members. By July 1 of each year, [BEGINNING 28 IN 2000,] each district shall provide to the department a report on the performance of 29 each public school and the public school students in the district. The district's report 30 must 31 (1) be entitled "School District Report Card to the Public"; and
01 (2) include 02 (A) copies of the reports and summaries of comments 03 submitted under this section by each public school in the district; [AND] 04 (B) a compilation of the material described in (A) of this 05 paragraph by each public school in the district; 06 (C) the designation assigned the district under 07 AS 14.03.123; and 08 (D) other information concerning school performance and 09 the performance of the school's students as required by the state board in 10 regulation. 11 * Sec. 3. AS 14.03.123 is repealed and reenacted to read: 12 Sec. 14.03.123. School and district accountability. (a) By September 1 of 13 each year, the department shall assign a performance designation to each public school 14 and school district and to the state public school system. The performance designation 15 shall be based on student achievement measures that include the results of the 16 statewide student assessments from the previous school year. 17 (b) The department shall inform the governing body of each district of the 18 performance designation assigned under (a) of this section. 19 (c) The state board shall adopt regulations implementing this section and 20 providing for the statewide student assessment system and the process of assigning a 21 designation under (a) of this section, including 22 (1) the standards that will be used for assignment of each designation; 23 (2) a procedure for appealing a designation that may be used by the 24 principal of a public school or by the superintendent of a public school district; 25 (3) requirements for a school improvement plan and a district 26 improvement plan; and 27 (4) additional measures that may be progressively implemented by the 28 commissioner to improve school performance in accordance with this section and with 29 federal law; the additional measures may be unique to a certain school or district if 30 that school or district receives federal funding that is not available to all schools or 31 districts in the state and to the extent necessary to conform to federal law.
01 (d) In the accountability system for schools and districts required by this 02 section, the department shall 03 (1) implement 20 U.S.C. 6301 - 7941 (Elementary and Secondary 04 Education Act of 1965), as amended; 05 (2) implement criteria and priorities for accountability based on state 06 standards, including the use of 07 (A) multiple measures of student performance; and 08 (B) measures of student improvement; and 09 (3) to the extent practicable, minimize the administrative burden on 10 districts. 11 (e) In this section, 12 (1) "district" has the meaning given in AS 14.17.990; 13 (2) "state public school system" means the combination of all public 14 schools, public school districts, and state-operated schools; 15 (3) "statewide student assessment" means the assessment system 16 established under (c) of this section. 17 * Sec. 4. AS 14.03.078 and AS 36.30.850(b)(40) are repealed. 18 * Sec. 5. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 19 read: 20 TRANSITION: REGULATIONS. The Board of Education and Early Development 21 may proceed to adopt regulations to implement the changes made by this Act. The 22 regulations take effect under AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act), but not before the 23 effective date of the statutory change. 24 * Sec. 6. Section 5 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 25 * Sec. 7. Except as provided in sec. 6 of this Act, this Act takes effect July 1, 2004.