HOUSE BILL No. 4828 May 22, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Cherry, Agee, Schauer, Profit, Baird, Gire, Cropsey, Tesanovich, Hale, Hanley and Anthony and referred to the Committee on Education. A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled "The revised school code," by amending section 1204a (MCL 380.1204a), as amended by 1996 PA 159, and by adding section 1204b. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT: 1 Sec. 1204a. (1) In addition to the requirements specified 2 in section 1280 for accreditation under that section, if the 3 board of a school district wants all of its schools to be accred- 4 ited under section 1280, the board shall prepare and submit to 5 the state board not later than September 1 each year, and shall 6 provide that each school in the school district distributes to 7 the public at an open meeting not later than October 15 each 8 year, an annual educational report. The annual educational 9 report shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following 10 information for each public school in the school district: 02702'97 TAV 2 1 (a) The accreditation status of each school within the 2 school district, the process by which pupils are assigned to par- 3 ticular schools, and a description of each specialized school. 4 (b) The status of the 3- to 5-year school improvement plan 5 as described in section 1277 for each school within the school 6 district. 7 (c) A copy of the SCHOOL DISTRICT'S core academic curriculum 8 and a description of its implementation, including how pupils are 9 ensured enrollment in those courses or subjects necessary for 10 them to receive adequate instruction in all of the core academic 11 curriculum, and the variances and explanation for the variances 12 from the STATE BOARD RECOMMENDED model core academic curriculum 13 CONTENT STANDARDS developed by the state board pursuant to sec- 14 tion1278(2)1278. 15 (d) A report for each school of aggregate student achieve- 16 ment based upon the results of any locally-administered student 17 competency tests, statewide assessment tests, or nationally 18 normed achievement tests that were given to pupils attending 19 school in the school district. IN REPORTING THE RESULTS OF AN 20 ASSESSMENT ADMINISTERED UNDER SECTION 1279 OR UNDER SECTION 104A 21 OF THE STATE SCHOOL AID ACT OF 1979, MCL 388.1704A, A SCHOOL MAY 22 LIMIT THE RESULTS IT REPORTS TO A REPORT OF THE PERCENTAGE OF 23 PUPILS WHO ACTUALLY GRADUATED FROM A HIGH SCHOOL OF THE SCHOOL 24 DISTRICT WHO ATTAINED A SCORE OF AT LEAST PROFICIENT ON THE 25 ASSESSMENT. 26 (e) For the year in which the report is filed and the 27 previous school year, the district pupil retention report as 02702'97 3 1 defined in section 6 of the state school aid act of 1979,being2section 388.1606 of the Michigan Compiled LawsMCL 388.1606. 3 (f) The number and percentage of parents, legal guardians, 4 or persons in loco parentis with pupils enrolled in the school 5 district who participate in parent-teacher conferences for pupils 6 at the elementary, middle, and secondary school level, as 7 appropriate. 8 (g) Beginning in the 1996-97 school year, if the school is a 9 high school, all of the following: 10 (i) The number and percentage of pupils enrolled in the 11 school who enrolled during the immediately preceding school year 12 in 1 or more postsecondary courses under the postsecondary 13 enrollment options act, 1996 PA 160, MCL 388.511 TO 388.524, or 14 under section 21b of the state school aid act of 1979,being15section 388.1621b of the Michigan Compiled LawsMCL 388.1621B. 16 (ii) The number of college level equivalent courses offered 17 to pupils enrolled in the school, in the school district, and in 18 consortia or cooperative programs available to pupils of the 19 school district. 20 (iii) The number and percentage of pupils enrolled in the 21 school who were enrolled in at least 1 college level equivalent 22 course during the immediately preceding school year, disaggre- 23 gated by grade level. 24 (iv) The number and percentage of pupils described in sub- 25 paragraph (iii) who took a college level equivalent credit 26 examination. 02702'97 4 1 (v) The number and percentage of pupils described in 2 subparagraph (iv) who achieved a score on a college level 3 equivalent credit examination that is at or above the level rec- 4 ommended by the testing service for college credit. 5 (h) A comparison with the immediately preceding school year 6 of the information required by subdivisions (a) through (g). 7 (2) At least annually, the department shall prepare and 8 submit to the legislature a report of the information described 9 in subsection (1)(g), aggregated for statewide and intermediate 10 school district totals, using the information submitted by school 11 districts. 12 (3) The state board shall prepare and make available to 13 school districts suggestions for accumulating the information 14 listed in subsection (1) and a model annual educational report 15 for school districts to consider in the implementation of this 16 section. 17 (4) As used in this section, "college level equivalent 18 course" and "college level equivalent credit examination" mean 19 those terms as defined in part 14a. 20 SEC. 1204B. IN REPORTING TO THE NEWS MEDIA OR TO THE GEN- 21 ERAL PUBLIC THE SCORES ACHIEVED BY PUPILS OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT ON 22 AN ASSESSMENT ADMINISTERED UNDER SECTION 1279 OR UNDER SECTION 23 104A OF THE STATE SCHOOL AID ACT OF 1979, MCL 388.1704A, THE 24 STATE BOARD, THE DEPARTMENT, OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC 25 INSTRUCTION SHALL REPORT ONLY THE PERCENTAGE OF PUPILS WHO ACTU- 26 ALLY GRADUATED FROM A HIGH SCHOOL OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHO 27 ACHIEVED A SCORE OF AT LEAST PROFICIENT ON THE ASSESSMENT. 02702'97