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34		-	BILL NO. 3510 By: Johns, Waldron, ~~Deck,~~ and
35		-	~~Munson of~~ the House
	29	+	BILL NO. 3510 By: Johns, Waldron, and Deck of
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45	42		An Act relating to school reports; amending 70 O.S.
46	43		2021, Section 3-151.1, which relates to high school
47	44		graduation rates; modifying calculation of the four-
48	45		year and extended-year adjusted cohort graduation
49	46		rates; amending 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.545, which
50		-	relates to annual school reports; excluding chronic
51		-	absenteeism data from measures and re ports; directing
52		-	grades of school sites to include certain climate
53		-	surveys; expanding items to include in postsecondary
54		-	opportunities; and providing an effective d ate.
	47	+	relates to annual school reports ; including
	48	+	additional statewide measures for qua lity or success;
	49	+	excluding chronic absenteei sm data from measures and
	50	+	reports; expanding items to include in postsecondar y
	51	+	opportunities; providing an effective date ; and
	52	+	declaring an emergency .
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59	58		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
60	59		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3-151.1, is
61	60		amended to read as follows:
62	61		Section 3-151.1 A. For purposes of establishing a uniform and
63	62		accurate definition of high school graduation rate f or school
64	63		districts and secondary schools in the state, the State Board of
65	64		Education shall adopt and implement a four -year adjusted cohort
66	65		graduation rate and an extended-year adjusted cohort graduation
67	66		rate. The Board shall utilize and report the four -year adjusted
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95	93		cohort graduation rate and the extended-year adjusted cohort
96	94		graduation rate at the secondary school site, the school district
97	95		and the state level, and the graduation rates shall be reported in
98	96		the aggregate as well as disaggregated by subgroup s as required in
99	97		the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001 (ESEA), P .L. No.
100	98		107-110, also known as the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
101	99		B. The Board shall use the four -year adjusted cohort graduation
102	100		rate for purposes of determining the high sch ool graduation rate
103	101		indicator for the academic performance data calculation b eginning
104	102		with state and district report cards providing results of
105	103		assessments administered in the 2011 -2012 school year. The Board
106	104		shall use the four-year adjusted cohort gradua tion rate for
107	105		establishing the high school graduation rate for measuring alte rnate
108	106		year percentage growth targets as set forth in Section 3 -151.2 of
109	107		this title beginning with the 2012 -2013 school year.
110	108		C. The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate shal l be
111	109		defined as the numbe r of students who graduate in four (4) years
112	110		with a standard high school diploma divided by the number of
113	111		students who entered high school four (4) years earlier , adjusted
114	112		for transfers. Students who transfer in and out of the sch ool,
115	113		émigrés emigrate to another country, and deceased students shall not
116	114		be included in the adjusted cohort graduation rate . Students who
117	115		graduate in four (4) years shall include students who earn a
118	116		standard high school diploma at the end of their fourth year, before
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146	143		the end of their fourth year, and during a summer session
147	144		immediately following their fourth year. To remove a student from a
148	145		cohort, a school district shall confirm in writing or by electronic
149	146		means that a student has transferred out of the school site or
150	147		school district, has emigrated to another country , or is deceased.
151	148		For a student who transfers out of a school site or school dis trict,
152	149		the written or electronic confirmation sha ll be official and
153	150		document that the student has enrolled in another school site or
154	151		school district or in an educational program that culm inates in a
155	152		high school diploma recognized by a state or private high er
156	153		educational institution accredited or recogniz ed by the Oklahoma
157	154		State Regents for Higher Education for pur poses of admission to the
158	155		institution. Students who are not enrolled in a pr ogram which
159	156		culminates in the award of a credential recognized by a state or
160	157		private higher educational institution for purpos es of admissions
161	158		shall not be included in the graduat ion rate calculation as s et
162	159		forth in this subsection as a student who graduat ed in four (4)
163	160		years with a standard high school diploma but shall be included in
164	161		the number of students who entered high scho ol four (4) years
165	162		earlier.
166	163		D. The extended-year adjusted cohort graduation ra te shall be
167	164		defined as the number of students who gr aduate in four (4) years or
168	165		five (5) years with a high school diploma divided by the number of
169	166		students who form the adjusted cohort for the four-year graduation
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197	193		rate as calculated as provided for in subs ection C of this section,
198	194		provided that the adjustme nts add to the cohort all students who
199	195		transfer into the cohort by th e end of the year of graduation being
200	196		considered and subtract students who transfer out, emigrate to
201	197		another country or are deceased by the end of that year. The
202	198		extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate shall be reported
203	199		separately from the four -year adjusted cohort graduation rate.
204	200		SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 1210.5 45, is
205	201		amended to read as follows:
206	202		Section 1210.545 A. Except as otherwise provided, as part of
207	203		the accountability system developed as provided for in Section
208	204		1210.541 of this title, the State Board of Education shall prepare
209	205		annual reports of the results of the Oklahoma School Testing Program
210	206		which describe student achievement i n the state, and each school
211	207		site, pursuant to the Elementary and Sec ondary Education Act of 1965
212	208		(ESEA) as reauthorized by P.L. No. 114 -95, also known as the Every
213	209		Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), and any r elated federal regulations.
214	210		B. The annual report as required pursuant to subsection A of
215	211		this section shall identify scho ol sites as having one of the
216	212		following grades for each indicator, separately, and by a single
217	213		overview grade of all indicators, defin ed according to rules of the
218	214		State Board of Education :
219	215		1. "A" means schools making excellent progress;
220	216		2. "B" means schools making above average progress;
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249	244		4. "D" means schools making less than satisfac tory progress;
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251	246		5. "F" means schools failing to m ake adequate progress.
252	247		C. Each school that has students who are test ed and included in
253	248		the school grading system as provided for in this section shall
254	249		receive a school grade, except as follows:
255	250		1. A school shall not receive a school grade if the number o f
256	251		students tested and included in the school grading system is less
257	252		than the minimum sample size necessary for statistical reliability
258	253		and prevention of the unlawful re lease of personally identifiable
259	254		student data. The State Board of Education is directed to establish
260	255		the lowest minimum sample size necessary to meet the re quirements of
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262	257		2. The academic performance of students who are enrolled full -
263	258		time in an online program that is off ered by a school district or
264	259		charter school that is n ot the district of residence or is not
265	260		located in the district of res idence of the student shall be
266	261		reported separately by the school district or charter school and
267	262		shall not be included when determining the grade of the school site
268	263		or charter school.
269	264		D. The State Board of Education may adopt alternate systems of
270	265		accountability for statewide virtual charter schools, alternative
271	266		education programs as defined in Section 1 210.568 of this title, and
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299	293		schools serving only grades prekindergarten or kindergarten t hrough
300	294		two.
301	295		E. The grade of a school shall be based on a multimeasur es
302	296		approach to accountability in accordance with the Elementary and
303	297		Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) as reauthorized by P.L. No.
304	298		114-95, also known as the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and any
305	299		federal regulations that include, but are not limited to, the
306	300		following indicators:
307	301		1. Statewide assessments, including the establishment of
308	302		student performance bands;
309	303		2. Graduation rates for high schools;
310	304		3. Statewide academic measures for elementary and middle
311	305		schools;
312	306		4. English language proficiency f or English learners; and
313	307		5. At least one additional statewide measure of school quality
314		-	or student success, including, but not limited to, school climate ,
315		-	school safety, student engagement, educator engagement, and/or
316		-	advanced coursework and postsecondary readiness. Chronic
317		-	absenteeism shall not be included as any statewide measure of school
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	308	+	or student success, including, but not limite d to, school climate,;
	309	+	school safety,; student engagement, which may include, but not be
	310	+	limited to, percentage of student s enrolled in community service
	311	+	learning, computer science, fine ar ts, physical education, and
	312	+	health; educator engagement,; and/or advanced coursework and
	313	+	postsecondary readin ess. Chronic absenteeism shall not be included
	314	+	as any statewide measure o f school quality or student success.
319	315		F. Of the indicators included in subsection E of this section,
320	316		not less than seventy percent (70%) of the overview grade must be
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	343	+	given to indicators 1, 2, 3 and 4 and, in the aggregate, with not
	344	+	more than thirty percent (30% ) of the grade given to in dicator 5.
350	345		G. Further, the grade of an elementary or middle school site
351	346		shall include, but not be limited to, a measure of status for
352	347		English language arts (ELA ), math and science, growth in ELA and
353		-	math, English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) progress , and
354		-	chronic absenteeism climate surveys administer ed to students, school
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	348	+	math, and English Language Pro ficiency Assessment (ELPA) progress,
	349	+	and chronic absenteeism .
357	350		H. The grade of a high school site shall includ e, but not be
358	351		limited to, a measure of status for English language arts (ELA) ,
359	352		math and science status, English Language Proficiency Assessment
360	353		(ELPA) progress, graduation rate, chronic absenteeism, and
361		-	postsecondary opportunities , and climate surveys administered to
362		-	students, school staff, and parents and legal guardians of students
363		-	enrolled in the school si te. For purposes of this section
	354	+	postsecondary opportunities. For purposes of this se ction
364	355		postsecondary opportunities shall include Advanced Placement,
365	356		International Baccalaureate, dual and concurrent enrollment, scoring
366	357		Silver Level or above on American College Testing (ACT) WorkKeys,
367	358		internships, mentorships and apprenticeship s, military readiness as
368	359		evidenced by being accepted for enlistment into any branch of the
369	360		military within the first year after high school graduation or
370	361		earning a military-readiness score on the Armed S ervices Vocational
371	362		Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), and industry certifications. The Board
372	363		shall adopt a time line for moving from completion of such
373	364		opportunities to crediting achievement of such opportunities.
	365	+	I. The annual report shall identify the performance of each
	366	+	school as having improved, rema ined the same, or dec lined. This
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401		-	I. The annual report shall identify the performance of each
402		-	school as having improve d, remained the same, or declined. This
403	393		school improvement rating shall be based on a comparison of th e
404	394		student and school performance data of the current year to the
405	395		previous year data.
406	396		J. The State Department of Education shall annually develop a
407	397		school site report card to be del ivered to parents throug hout each
408	398		school district. The report card shall b e in accordance with the
409	399		requirements of the Elementary and Secondary E ducation Act of 1965
410	400		(ESEA), as reauthorized and amended by P.L. No. 114 -95, also known
411	401		as the Every Student S ucceeds Act (ESSA) and i ncludes the grade for
412	402		the school, information regar ding school improvement, an explanation
413	403		of school performance, and indi cators of return on investment. The
414	404		report card for each school site shall be published annually by the
415	405		Department on its website, an d every school district shall provide
416	406		the school site report card to the parent or guardian of each
417	407		student enrolled in th e school site. In order to provide
418	408		information regarding school performance for school r eport cards
419	409		issued during the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school year, the
420	410		Department shall include an explanation of the changes to the
421	411		statewide system of student assess ments as required in Section
422	412		1210.508 of this title and how the transition in assessments may
423	413		impact school performance. The Departme nt shall issue school report
	414	+	cards using the 2016 -2017 school year assessment data that is
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453	442		K. The Legislature may factor in the performance of schools in
454	443		calculating any performance -based funding policy that is provided to
455	444		public school distric ts.
456	445		L. The State Board of Education shall promulga te rules to
457	446		implement the provisions of this section.
458		-	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2025.
459		-	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMM ITTEE ON EDUCATION
460		-	April 2, 2024 - DO PASS AS AMENDED
	447	+	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 2024.
	448	+	SECTION 4. It being immediately nece ssary for the preserv ation
	449	+	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
	450	+	declared to exist, by reason whereof thi s act shall take effect and
	451	+	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
	452	+	Passed the House of Representatives the 12th day of March, 2024.
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