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SB1346: common school districts; realignment; exemption

PRIME SPONSOR: Senator Allen S, LD 6

BILL STATUS: Education

                               

 

Overview

Exempts a common school district that realigns schools or grades within those schools and other schools within the district from the annual achievement profile for one year after the realignment☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal Note.

History

The Arizona Department of Education compiles an annual achievement profile for each public school and local education agency (LEA) which is used to determine a standard measurement of acceptable academic progress. Statute requires the annual achievement profile to include, at a minimum, the following indicators:

·         multiple measures of academic performance or other academically-relevant indicators of school quality that are appropriate to assess a school's educational impact, as determined by the State Board of Education (SBE);

·         academic progress on statewide assessments in English, language arts and math;

·         academic progress on the English language learners assessments;

·         progress toward college and career readiness for LEAs offering instruction in any one of grades 9 through 12;

·         academic progress on assessments administered from the menu of assessments; and

·         multiple measures of educational performance or other indicators of school quality that assess a school's educational impact including graduation and attendance rates (A.R.S. § 15-241(D)).

The annual achievement profile is used to determine a school's or LEA's classification based on an A through F letter grade system adopted by the SBE in which a letter grade of A reflects an excellent level of performance and a letter grade of F reflects a failing level of performance (SBE letter grades).

Provisions

1.       Exempts a common school district that realigns schools or grades within those schools and the schools in that common school district from the requirements of the annual achievement profile for one year after the realignment.

2.       Makes technical changes.

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6.       Fifty-fourth Legislature                       SB 1346

7.       First Regular Session                            Version 1: Education

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