| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to education; requiring reporting of student attendance data in school |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 performance reports; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.36, |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 subdivision 1. |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 120B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Subdivision 1.School performance reports and public reporting.(a) The commissioner |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8shall report: |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 (1) student academic performance data under section 120B.35, subdivisions 2 and 3; |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (2) academic progress consistent with federal expectations; |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11 (3) school safety and student engagement and connection under section 120B.35, |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12subdivision 3, paragraph (d); |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (4) rigorous coursework under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (c); |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14 (5) the percentage of students under section 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (b), clause |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15(2), whose progress and performance levels are meeting career and college readiness |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16benchmarks under sections 120B.307 and 120B.35, subdivision 3, paragraph (e); |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (6) longitudinal data on the progress of eligible districts in reducing disparities in students' |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18academic achievement and realizing racial and economic integration under section 124D.861; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (7) the acquisition of English, and where practicable, native language academic literacy, |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20including oral academic language, and the academic progress of all English learners enrolled |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 22 | 22 | | 25-02544 as introduced01/22/25 REVISOR CR/LJ |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE |
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| 24 | 24 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 25 | 25 | | S.F. No. 1470NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 26 | 26 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: CWODZINSKI) |
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| 27 | 27 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 28 | 28 | | Introduction and first reading02/17/2025 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Referred to Education Policy 2.1in a Minnesota public school course or program who are currently or were previously counted |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2.2as English learners under section 124D.59; |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.3 (8) two separate student-to-teacher ratios that clearly indicate the definition of teacher |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.4consistent with sections 122A.06 and 122A.15 for purposes of determining these ratios; |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.5 (9) staff characteristics excluding salaries; |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2.6 (10) student enrollment demographics; |
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| 35 | 35 | | 2.7 (11) foster care status, including all students enrolled in a Minnesota public school course |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2.8or program who are currently or were previously in foster care, student homelessness, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 2.9district mobility; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2.10 (12) extracurricular activities.; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | 2.11 (13) student attendance data for the previous school year. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2.12 (b) The school performance report for a school site and a school district must include |
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| 41 | 41 | | 2.13school performance reporting information and calculate proficiency rates as required by the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 2.14most recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 2.15 (c) The commissioner shall develop, annually update, and post on the department website |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.16school performance reports consistent with paragraph (a) and section 120B.11. |
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| 45 | 45 | | 2.17 (d) The commissioner must make available performance reports by the beginning of |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2.18each school year. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 2.19 (e) A school or district may appeal its results in a form and manner determined by the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 2.20commissioner and consistent with federal law. The commissioner's decision to uphold or |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2.21deny an appeal is final. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 2.22 (f) School performance data are nonpublic data under section 13.02, subdivision 9, until |
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| 51 | 51 | | 2.23the commissioner publicly releases the data. The commissioner shall annually post school |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2.24performance reports to the department's public website no later than September 1, except |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2.25in years when the reports reflect new performance standards. The commissioner shall post |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2.26the school performance reports no later than October 1 in years with new performance |
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| 55 | 55 | | 2.27standards for academic standards-based assessments, and no later than November 1 in years |
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| 56 | 56 | | 2.28with new performance standards adopted under Minnesota Rules, part 3501.1200, for English |
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| 57 | 57 | | 2.29language proficiency assessments. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 2.30 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective July 1, 2025. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 60 | 60 | | 25-02544 as introduced01/22/25 REVISOR CR/LJ |
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