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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 437
BY SENATOR MORRELL
SCHOOLS. Requires BESE to create a performance review commission in any public
school district in which the Recovery School District has initiated a takeover of schools for
more than 5 years. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:1990.1, relative to the Recovery School District; to require the State Board2
of Elementary and Secondary Education to create Recovery School District3
Performance Review Commissions; to provide for membership; to provide for4
purpose; to provide for reports; to provide for a sunset; and to provide for related5
matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:1990.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง1990.1. Recovery School District Performance Review Commission; creation;9
membership; purpose; reports; sunset10
A. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall create11
a commission to review the performance of the schools under the jurisdiction12
of the Recovery School District in any city, parish, or other local public school13
district where schools have been transferred to and remained under the14
jurisdiction of the Recovery School District for five or more years.15
B. Each such commission created shall be composed of the following16
members:17 SB NO. 437
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(1) Two members appointed by the president of the State Board of1
Elementary and Secondary Education.2
(2) One member appointed by the president of the city, parish, or other3
local public school board of the district where the commission is created.4
(3) Two members appointed by the superintendent of the Recovery5
School District.6
(4) One member appointed by the mayor of the city where the7
commission is created.8
(5) Three members who shall be members of an association or other9
collaborative that manages or operates three or more charter schools, appointed10
by the president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.11
(6) One member appointed by a community-based organization located12
in the district where the commission is created that is actively engaged in efforts13
to improve the quality of public schools.14
C. Each commission created pursuant to this Section shall review the15
performance of the public schools within the local public school district that16
have been transferred to the jurisdiction of the Recovery School District17
through methods including but not limited to the following:18
(1) Comparison of student and school performance data.19
(2) Analysis of the quality of the school environment including student20
body diversity, the enrollment process, opportunities for parental involvement,21
and the physical plant.22
(3) Analysis of the quality of the curriculum, including magnet23
programs, art and music programs, clubs and service organizations, and24
athletics and other extracurricular and intracurricular activities.25
(4) Assessment of student, parent, and community satisfaction with the26
schools and the management of the Recovery School District.27
D. Each commission created pursuant to this Section shall submit a28
report of its findings and recommendations to the local public school board, the29 SB NO. 437
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state superintendent of education, and the State Board of Elementary and1
Secondary Education.2
E. Each commission created pursuant to this Section shall cease to exist3
two years from the date of its creation.4
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
Morrell (SB 437)
Proposed law requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to
create a commission to review the performance of the schools under the jurisdiction of the
Recovery School District (RSD) in any city, parish, or other local public school district
where schools have been transferred to and remained under the jurisdiction of the RSD for
five or more years.
Proposed law provides that each such commission created be composed of the following
members:
(1)Two members appointed by the president of BESE.
(2)One member appointed by the president of the city, parish, or other local public
school board of the district where the commission is created.
(3)Two members appointed by the superintendent of the RSD.
(4)One member appointed by the mayor of the city where the commission is created.
(5)Three members who shall be members of an association or other collaborative that
manages or operates three or more charter schools, appointed by the president of
BESE.
(6)One member appointed by a community-based organization located in the district
where the commission is created that is actively engaged in efforts to improve the
quality of public schools.
Proposed law requires each commission to review the performance of the public schools
within the local public school district that have been transferred to the jurisdiction of the
RSD through methods including but not limited to the following:
(1)Comparison of student and school performance data.
(2)Analysis of the quality of the school environment including student body diversity,
the enrollment process, opportunities for parental involvement, and the physical
plant.
(3)Analysis of the quality of the curriculum, including magnet programs, art and music
programs, clubs and service organizations, and athletics and other extracurricular and
intracurricular activities.
(4)Assessment of student, parent, and community satisfaction with the schools and the
management of the RSD. SB NO. 437
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Proposed law requires each commission to submit a report of its findings and
recommendations to the local public school board, the state superintendent of education, and
BESE.
Proposed law requires that each commission cease to exist two years from the date of its
creation.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 17:1990.1)