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1 1 Section 1. Section 256.9, Code 1995, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsections:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 49. Establish an annual uniform report
1 4 card system to be used by school districts. The director
1 5 shall specify the core areas to be included in each district's
1 6 report card and shall develop model reporting requirements
1 7 including, but not limited to, standardized test scores of
1 8 tests uniformly administered and those which students take
1 9 voluntarily, graduation rates, number of advanced placement
1 10 courses offered, pupil to teacher ratio, cost per student, tax
1 11 rate, dropout rate, and other relevant information. Minimum
1 12 reporting requirements shall also include the requirements
1 13 provided in sections 280.12 and 280.18 and the district's
1 14 progress toward meeting the goals identified in section
1 15 256.37. The director shall establish the date by which each
1 16 district's report card is due to the department. The report
1 17 card submitted under this section shall meet the reporting
1 18 requirements of section 280.18.
1 19 NEW SUBSECTION. 50. Reduce by twenty-five percent, by
1 20 July 1, 1997, compared to reporting requirements effective for
1 21 the school year beginning July 1, 1994, the paperwork that
1 22 results from state mandated reporting requirements imposed on
1 23 school districts and nonpublic schools.
1 24 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 279.43 SCHOOL REPORT CARD.
1 25 The board of directors of each school district shall
1 26 annually provide a copy of the report card defined under
1 27 section 256.9, subsection 49, to the department of education
1 28 and shall make copies of the report available to residents of
1 29 the district. At least annually, the district shall provide a
1 30 copy of the report card to the parents and legal guardians of
1 31 children enrolled in each public school in the district. The
1 32 report card shall be designed to inform the residents of the
1 33 district on goals, plans and progress toward goals identified
1 34 under sections 256.37 and 280.12, and achievement goals
1 35 established under section 280.18. The report card shall
2 1 contain information on the context in which education is being
2 2 offered, the education process, indicators of the success of
2 3 the education program, and performance indicators that provide
2 4 for state or national comparisons. The report card submitted
2 5 under this section shall meet the reporting requirements of
2 6 section 280.18.
2 7 Sec. 3. CONDITIONAL EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act shall not
2 8 take effect unless an appropriation is made which complies
2 9 with section 25B.2, subsection 3.
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill establishes an annual uniform report card system
2 12 to be used by school districts and annually provided by the
2 13 districts to the department of education. The districts shall
2 14 also make copies of the report card available to residents of
2 15 the district. At least annually, the district shall provide a
2 16 copy of the report card to the parents and legal guardians of
2 17 children enrolled in each public school in the district.
2 18 The director of the department of education shall specify
2 19 the core areas to be included in each district's report card
2 20 and shall develop model reporting requirements including, but
2 21 not limited to, standardized test scores of tests uniformly
2 22 administered and those which students take voluntarily,
2 23 graduation rates, number of advanced placement courses
2 24 offered, pupil to teacher ratio, cost per student, tax rate,
2 25 dropout rate, and other relevant information. Minimum
2 26 reporting requirements shall also include the requirements
2 27 provided in sections 280.12 and 280.18 and the district's
2 28 progress toward meeting the goals identified in section
2 29 256.37. The director shall establish the date by which each
2 30 district's report card is due to the department.
2 31 The report cards designed by the districts using the
2 32 department's model are to inform the residents of the district
2 33 on goals, plans and progress toward goals identified under
2 34 sections 256.37 and 280.12, and achievement goals established
2 35 under section 280.18. The report shall contain information on
3 1 the context in which education is being offered, the education
3 2 process, indicators of the success of the education program,
3 3 and performance indicators that provide for state or national
3 4 comparisons. The report submitted shall meet the reporting
3 5 requirements of section 280.18.
3 6 The department of education is also directed to reduce by
3 7 25 percent by July 1, 1997, compared to the reporting
3 8 requirements effective for the school year beginning July 1,
3 9 1994, the paperwork that results from state mandated reporting
3 10 requirements imposed on school districts and nonpublic
3 11 schools.
3 12 This bill may include a state mandate as defined in section
3 13 25B.3. The bill shall not take effect unless an appropriation
3 14 under section 25B.2, subsection 3, is made, fully funding the
3 15 cost of the bill or funding the state's proportionate share of
3 16 the cost.
3 17 LSB 1188HC 76
3 18 kh/sc/14
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