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To amend section 3302.03 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
revise the performance ratings for school | 2 |
districts and buildings. | 3 |
Section 1. That section 3302.03 of the Revised Code be | 4 |
amended to read as follows: | 5 |
Sec. 3302.03. (A) Annually the department of education shall | 6 |
report for each school district and each school building in a | 7 |
district all of the following: | 8 |
(1) The extent to which the school district or building meets | 9 |
each of the applicable performance indicators created by the state | 10 |
board of education under section 3302.02 of the Revised Code and | 11 |
the number of applicable performance indicators that have been | 12 |
achieved; | 13 |
(2) The performance index score of the school district or | 14 |
building; | 15 |
(3) Whether the school district or building has made adequate | 16 |
yearly progress; | 17 |
(4) Whether the school district or building is excellent, | 18 |
effective, needs continuous improvement, is under an academic | 19 |
watch, or is in a state of academic emergency. | 20 |
(B) Except as otherwise provided in | 21 |
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(1) A school district or building shall be declared excellent | 23 |
if it | 24 |
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ninety-four per cent of the applicable state performance | 31 |
indicators or has a performance index score established by the | 32 |
department, except that if it does not make adequate yearly | 33 |
progress for two or more of the same subgroups for three or more | 34 |
consecutive years, it shall be declared effective. | 35 |
(2) A school district or building shall be declared effective | 36 |
if it | 37 |
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least seventy-five per cent but less than ninety-four per cent of | 39 |
the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance | 40 |
index score established by the department | 41 |
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adequate yearly progress for two or more of the same subgroups for | 46 |
three or more consecutive years, it shall be declared in need of | 47 |
continuous improvement. | 48 |
(3) A school district or building shall be declared to be in | 49 |
need of continuous improvement if it fulfills one of the following | 50 |
requirements: | 51 |
(a) It makes adequate yearly progress, meets at least | 52 |
thirty-one per cent but less than seventy-five per cent of the | 53 |
applicable state performance indicators, and has a performance | 54 |
index score established by the department. | 55 |
(b) It does not make adequate yearly progress and either | 56 |
meets at least fifty per cent but less than seventy-five per cent | 57 |
of the applicable state performance indicators or has a | 58 |
performance index score established by the department. | 59 |
(4) A school district or building shall be declared to be | 60 |
under an academic watch if it fulfills one of the following | 61 |
requirements: | 62 |
(a) It makes adequate yearly progress, does not meet at least | 63 |
thirty-one per cent of the applicable state performance | 64 |
indicators, and has a performance index score established by the | 65 |
department. | 66 |
(b) It does not make adequate yearly progress and either | 67 |
meets at least thirty-one per cent but less than fifty per cent | 68 |
of the applicable state performance indicators or has a | 69 |
performance index score established by the department. | 70 |
(5) A school district or building shall be declared to be in | 71 |
a state of academic emergency if it does not make adequate yearly | 72 |
progress, does not meet at least thirty-one per cent of the | 73 |
applicable state performance indicators, and has a performance | 74 |
index score established by the department. | 75 |
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community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised | 82 |
Code in which a majority of the students are enrolled in a dropout | 83 |
prevention and recovery program. | 84 |
A school district or building shall not be assigned a higher | 85 |
performance rating than in need of continuous improvement if at | 86 |
least ten per cent but not more than fifteen per cent of the | 87 |
enrolled students do not take all achievement assessments | 88 |
prescribed for their grade level under division (A)(1) or (B)(1) | 89 |
of section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code from which they are | 90 |
not excused pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of section | 91 |
3301.0711 of the Revised Code. A school district or building | 92 |
shall not be assigned a higher performance rating than under an | 93 |
academic watch if more than fifteen per cent but not more than | 94 |
twenty per cent of the enrolled students do not take all | 95 |
achievement assessments prescribed for their grade level under | 96 |
division (A)(1) or (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised | 97 |
Code from which they are not excused pursuant to division | 98 |
(C)(1) or (3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. A | 99 |
school district or building shall not be assigned a higher | 100 |
performance rating than in a state of academic emergency if more | 101 |
than twenty per cent of the enrolled students do not take all | 102 |
achievement assessments prescribed for their grade level under | 103 |
division (A)(1) or (B)(1) of section 3301.0710 of the Revised | 104 |
Code from which they are not excused pursuant to division | 105 |
(C)(1) or (3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code. | 106 |
(C)(1) The department shall issue annual report cards for | 107 |
each school district, each building within each district, and for | 108 |
the state as a whole reflecting performance on the indicators | 109 |
created by the state board under section 3302.02 of the Revised | 110 |
Code, the performance index score, and adequate yearly progress. | 111 |
(2) The department shall include on the report card for each | 112 |
district information pertaining to any change from the previous | 113 |
year made by the school district or school buildings within the | 114 |
district on any performance indicator. | 115 |
(3) When reporting data on student performance, the | 116 |
department shall disaggregate that data according to the following | 117 |
categories: | 118 |
(a) Performance of students by age group; | 119 |
(b) Performance of students by race and ethnic group; | 120 |
(c) Performance of students by gender; | 121 |
(d) Performance of students grouped by those who have been | 122 |
enrolled in a district or school for three or more years; | 123 |
(e) Performance of students grouped by those who have been | 124 |
enrolled in a district or school for more than one year and less | 125 |
than three years; | 126 |
(f) Performance of students grouped by those who have been | 127 |
enrolled in a district or school for one year or less; | 128 |
(g) Performance of students grouped by those who are | 129 |
economically disadvantaged; | 130 |
(h) Performance of students grouped by those who are enrolled | 131 |
in a conversion community school established under Chapter 3314. | 132 |
of the Revised Code; | 133 |
(i) Performance of students grouped by those who are | 134 |
classified as limited English proficient; | 135 |
(j) Performance of students grouped by those who have | 136 |
disabilities; | 137 |
(k) Performance of students grouped by those who are | 138 |
classified as migrants; | 139 |
(l) Performance of students grouped by those who are | 140 |
identified as gifted pursuant to Chapter 3324. of the Revised | 141 |
Code. | 142 |
The department may disaggregate data on student performance | 143 |
according to other categories that the department determines are | 144 |
appropriate. To the extent possible, the department shall | 145 |
disaggregate data on student performance according to any | 146 |
combinations of two or more of the categories listed in divisions | 147 |
(C)(3)(a) to (l) of this section that it deems relevant. | 148 |
In reporting data pursuant to division (C)(3) of this | 149 |
section, the department shall not include in the report cards any | 150 |
data statistical in nature that is statistically unreliable or | 151 |
that could result in the identification of individual students. | 152 |
For this purpose, the department shall not report student | 153 |
performance data for any group identified in division (C)(3) of | 154 |
this section that contains less than ten students. | 155 |
(4) The department may include with the report cards any | 156 |
additional education and fiscal performance data it deems | 157 |
valuable. | 158 |
(5) The department shall include on each report card a list | 159 |
of additional information collected by the department that is | 160 |
available regarding the district or building for which the report | 161 |
card is issued. When available, such additional information shall | 162 |
include student mobility data disaggregated by race and | 163 |
socioeconomic status, college enrollment data, and the reports | 164 |
prepared under section 3302.031 of the Revised Code. | 165 |
The department shall maintain a site on the world wide web. | 166 |
The report card shall include the address of the site and shall | 167 |
specify that such additional information is available to the | 168 |
public at that site. The department shall also provide a copy of | 169 |
each item on the list to the superintendent of each school | 170 |
district. The district superintendent shall provide a copy of any | 171 |
item on the list to anyone who requests it. | 172 |
(6)(a) This division does not apply to conversion community | 173 |
schools that primarily enroll students between sixteen and | 174 |
twenty-two years of age who dropped out of high school or are at | 175 |
risk of dropping out of high school due to poor attendance, | 176 |
disciplinary problems, or suspensions. | 177 |
For any district that sponsors a conversion community school | 178 |
under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, the department shall | 179 |
combine data regarding the academic performance of students | 180 |
enrolled in the community school with comparable data from the | 181 |
schools of the district for the purpose of calculating the | 182 |
performance of the district as a whole on the report card issued | 183 |
for the district. | 184 |
(b) Any district that leases a building to a community school | 185 |
located in the district or that enters into an agreement with a | 186 |
community school located in the district whereby the district and | 187 |
the school endorse each other's programs may elect to have data | 188 |
regarding the academic performance of students enrolled in the | 189 |
community school combined with comparable data from the schools of | 190 |
the district for the purpose of calculating the performance of the | 191 |
district as a whole on the district report card. Any district that | 192 |
so elects shall annually file a copy of the lease or agreement | 193 |
with the department. | 194 |
(7) The department shall include on each report card the | 195 |
percentage of teachers in the district or building who are highly | 196 |
qualified, as defined by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," | 197 |
and a comparison of that percentage with the percentages of such | 198 |
teachers in similar districts and buildings. | 199 |
(8) The department shall include on the report card the | 200 |
number of lead teachers employed by each district and each | 201 |
building once the data is available from the education management | 202 |
information system established under section 3301.0714 of the | 203 |
Revised Code. | 204 |
(D)(1) In calculating English language arts, mathematics, | 205 |
social studies, or science assessment passage rates used to | 206 |
determine school district or building performance under this | 207 |
section, the department shall include all students taking an | 208 |
assessment with accommodation or to whom an alternate assessment | 209 |
is administered pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of section | 210 |
3301.0711 of the Revised Code. | 211 |
(2) In calculating performance index scores, rates of | 212 |
achievement on the performance indicators established by the state | 213 |
board under section 3302.02 of the Revised Code, and adequate | 214 |
yearly progress for school districts and buildings under this | 215 |
section, the department shall do all of the following: | 216 |
(a) Include for each district or building only those students | 217 |
who are included in the ADM certified for the first full school | 218 |
week of October and are continuously enrolled in the district or | 219 |
building through the time of the spring administration of any | 220 |
assessment prescribed by division (A)(1) or (B)(1) of section | 221 |
3301.0710 of the Revised Code that is administered to the | 222 |
student's grade level; | 223 |
(b) Include cumulative totals from both the fall and spring | 224 |
administrations of the third grade English language arts | 225 |
achievement assessment; | 226 |
(c) Except as required by the "No Child Left Behind Act of | 227 |
2001" for the calculation of adequate yearly progress, exclude for | 228 |
each district or building any limited English proficient student | 229 |
who has been enrolled in United States schools for less than one | 230 |
full school year. | 231 |
Section 2. That existing section 3302.03 of the Revised Code | 232 |
is hereby repealed. | 233 |