00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 352                                                                         
01 "An Act extending the dates for assignment of performance designations of public                                        
02 schools and the dates for reports and monitoring based on those designations; and                                       
03 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 14.03.120(f) is amended to read:                                                                  
06            (f)  By January 15 of each year, beginning in 2001, the department shall                                     
07       provide to the governor and make available to the public and the legislature a report on                          
08       the performance of public schools in this state.  The report must be entitled "Alaska's                           
09       Public Schools: A Report Card to the Public."  The report must include                                            
10                 (1)  comprehensive information on each public school compiled,                                          
11       collected, and reported under (d) and (e) of this section for the prior school year;                              
12                 (2)  a summary of the information described in (1) of this subsection;                                  
13       the summary must be prepared in a manner that allows school performance to be                                     
14       measured against established state education standards; and                                                       

01                 (3)  for a report due by or after January 15, 2005 [2003], the most                             
02       recent performance designation under AS 14.03.123 [AS 14.03.123(b)] received by                           
03       each public school [DURING THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR].                                                                
04    * Sec. 2.  AS 14.03.123(a) is amended to read:                                                                     
05            (a)  Beginning in September 2004 [AUGUST 2002], and during each of the                                   
06       following 12-month periods, the department shall assign each public school in each                                
07       district the performance designation of distinguished, successful, deficient, or in crisis                        
08       based on multiple student measures, including student achievement of essential skills.                        
09       The state board of education and early development shall establish this process by                                
10       regulation.                                                                                                       
11    * Sec. 3.  AS 14.23.123(f) is amended to read:                                                                     
12            (f)  Beginning January 1, 2005 [AUGUST 1, 2002], and periodically during                                 
13       each of the following 12-month periods, the department shall monitor the progress of                              
14       the implementation of each school improvement plan prepared under (e) of this                                     
15       section.                                                                                                          
16    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).