Bill Text: MI HB4882 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; school districts; accountability system for public schools based on transparency of data; establish. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1280f.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-09-22 - Printed Bill Filed 09/18/2015 [HB4882 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB4882-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4882
September 17, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Hooker, Howrylak, Glenn, Goike and Johnson and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1280f.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1280f. (1) Not later than July 1, 2016, the department,
in consultation with education stakeholders, shall develop and
implement an accountability system for public schools based on
transparency of data concerning each public school. This
accountability system shall consist of an annual accountability
dashboard for each public school and for each school district in
accordance with this section.
(2) The annual accountability dashboard for each public school
shall include all of the following:
(a) The department shall compile and publish for each public
school all of the following metrics for the 2 most recent school
years:
(i) Pupil proficiency in reading and mathematics, based on
results from state assessments.
(ii) Student growth in reading and mathematics, based on
learning gains as determined by the department.
(iii) The average ratio of pupils to teachers.
(iv) The percentage of the total budget for the public school
that is spent on instruction.
(b) If the public school operates grade 3, the department
shall also compile and publish for the public school for the 2 most
recent school years the percentage of pupils in grade 3 who
achieved a score of at least proficient in reading on the grade 3
state assessment.
(c) If the public school operates all or some of grades 9 to
12, the department shall also compile and publish for the public
school all of the following metrics for the 2 most recent school
years:
(i) The number and percentage of pupils enrolled in at least 1
course for college credit, either at the public school or through
dual enrollment.
(ii) If the public school operates grade 11, the composite ACT
score for pupils enrolled in that public school.
(iii) The graduation and dropout rates for pupils enrolled in
that public school.
(d) The governing body of the public school may include up to
3 additional metrics, as selected by the governing body. If the
governing body includes 1 or more additional metrics under this
subdivision, the governing body shall maintain and make available
for public inspection documentation that substantiates the accuracy
of the additional metrics. Any of the following may be included as
an additional metric:
(i) Accreditation status with a regional or other accrediting
body.
(ii) The number of college level equivalent courses offered by
the public school and the number and percentage of pupils enrolled
in those courses and successfully completing those courses.
(iii) Average daily attendance.
(iv) The percentage of graduates who enter college as a
freshman within 2 years after graduating from high school.
(v) Another metric selected by the governing board.
(e) The governing body of the public school may include a
narrative explaining 1 or more of the metrics under subdivision (a)
to (d) or adding additional information as determined by the
governing body.
(3) The annual accountability dashboard for a school district
shall include all of the information under subsection (2) for all
of the public schools operated by the school district, in the form
and manner prescribed by the department.
(4) After the implementation of the accountability system
under this section, all of the following apply:
(a) Before August 1 of each year, the department shall notify
each public school and school district of all of the following and
provide an appeal process that is concluded by that August 1:
(i) For each public school it operates, the metrics determined
by the department under subsection (2)(a) to (d) for that year.
(ii) The detailed formula and factors for determining each
metric.
(iii) The building-level data used to generate each metric.
(b) On August 1 of each year, or on the next business day if
that August 1 is not a business day, the department shall post on
its website, with a link from the homepage, and shall report to the
legislature all of the information under subdivision (a) and all of
the following additional information:
(i) The number of teachers teaching in the public school for
the corresponding school year who were rated as effective or highly
effective under the performance evaluation system under section
1249 and the total number of teachers teaching in that public
school for that school year.
(ii) The number of school administrators serving in the public
school for the corresponding school year who were rated as
effective or highly effective under the performance evaluation
system under section 1249 and the total number of school
administrators serving in that public school for that school year.
(c) The school district or public school academy shall do both
of the following for each public school it operates:
(i) Include the information under subdivisions (a) and (b) in
the posting of information under section 18(2) of the state school
aid act of 1979, MCL 388.1618.
(ii) Prominently display the information under subdivisions
(a) and (b) on its website, with a link on its homepage and, if the
school district or public school academy maintains a homepage for a
particular public school, a link on that school's homepage to the
information for that public school.
(d) The school district or public school academy may include
the additional local metrics under subsection (2)(d), the narrative
information under subsection (2)(e), or both, in the information
supplied under subdivision (c).
(e) If the department changes any aspect of the accountability
system, before implementing the change, the department shall
provide written notice of the change to the senate and house
standing committees on education and shall make department
personnel available to those committees to discuss the change as
requested by the committees.
(5) Except as may be required under federal law, the state
board or the department shall not establish any evaluation or
ranking system for public schools or school districts other than
the accountability system under this section.
(6) The department shall not maintain any reporting system
that designates a color ranking, letter grade, or any other
composite designation for a public school or school district.
(7) The department shall maintain and make available for
public inspection all data and documentation that substantiate the
accuracy of the accountability system, except for the data and
documentation concerning the additional local metrics under
subsection (2)(d). The department shall make the data and
documentation concerning the metrics under subsection (2)(a) to (c)
available to each public school, school district, and intermediate
school district at least 30 days before compiling and publishing
the metrics under subsection (2)(a) to (c) each year.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
