Each school district and area education agency receiving moneys for phase III during a school year shall file a report with the department of education. School district reports shall be filed by July 1 of the next following school year, and area education agency reports shall be filed by September 1 of the next following school year. The report shall describe the plan, its objectives, its implementation, the expenditures made under the plan including the salary increases paid to each eligible employee, and the extent to which its objectives were attained. The report may include any proposed amendments to the plan for the next following school year.
Annually, by November 1, the department shall summarize the information contained in the phase III reports filed by the school districts and area education agencies. The summary shall contain information including the numbers of districts and area education agencies that have implemented a performance-based pay plan, a supplemental pay plan, a combination of a performance-based and supplemental pay plan, and the number of districts and area education agencies that have established comprehensive school transformation programs. The summary shall highlight and briefly describe innovative and successful uses of phase III funds that have had a positive effect on student achievement within the district as measured by means of a widely recognized educational assessment tool or test. The department, in conjunction with the legislative fiscal bureau, shall identify additional items to be reported. Copies of the annual summary shall be submitted to each school district, the general assembly, and the legislative fiscal bureau by December 1.
School districts and area education agencies shall not charge other school districts or area education agencies for plans or information about innovative phase III plans that they have developed.
87 Acts, ch 224, §18; 89 Acts, ch 5, §7; 89 Acts, ch 319, §75; 98 Acts, ch 1215, § 46
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