Bill Text: MI HB6018 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced

Michigan House Bill 6018 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Education: elementary; kindergarten readiness assessment; suspend for the 2020-2021 school year. Amends sec. 104 of 1979 PA 94 (MCL 388.1704).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-06 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/23/2020 [HB6018 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2019-HB6018-Introduced.html

HOUSE BILL NO. 6018

July 23, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Camilleri, Stone, Cherry, Hood, Brenda Carter, Kennedy, Anthony, Shannon, Bolden, Cynthia Neeley, Kuppa, Gay-Dagnogo, Wittenberg and Garrett and referred to the Committee on Education.

A bill to amend 1979 PA 94, entitled

"The state school aid act of 1979,"

by amending section 104 (MCL 388.1704), as amended by 2019 PA 58.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 104. (1) In order to receive state aid under this article, a district shall must comply with sections 1249, 1278a, 1278b, 1279, 1279g, and 1280b of the revised school code, MCL 380.1249, 380.1278a, 380.1278b, 380.1279, 380.1279g, and 380.1280b, and 1970 PA 38, MCL 388.1081 to 388.1086. Subject to subsection (2), from the state school aid fund money appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2019-2020 2020-2021 an amount not to exceed $32,009,400.00 $29,509,400.00 for payments on behalf of districts for costs associated with complying with those provisions of law. In addition, from the federal funds appropriated in section 11, there is allocated for 2019-2020 2020-2021 an amount estimated at $6,250,000.00 , funded from DED-OESE, title VI, state assessment funds, and from DED-OSERS, section 504 of part B of the individuals with disabilities education act, Public Law 94-142, plus any carryover federal funds from previous year appropriations, for the purposes of complying with the every student succeeds act, Public Law 114-95.

(2) The results of each test administered as part of the Michigan student test of educational progress (M-STEP), including tests administered to high school students, must include an item analysis that lists all items that are counted for individual pupil scores and the percentage of pupils choosing each possible response. The department shall work with the center to identify the number of students enrolled at the time assessments are given by each district. In calculating the percentage of pupils assessed for a district's scorecard, the department shall use only the number of pupils enrolled in the district at the time the district administers the assessments and shall exclude pupils who enroll in the district after the district administers the assessments.

(3) The department shall distribute federal funds allocated under this section in accordance with federal law and with flexibility provisions outlined in Public Law 107-116, and in the education flexibility partnership act of 1999, Public Law 106-25.

(4) From the funds allocated in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $2,500,000.00 $0.00 to an intermediate district described in this subsection for the continuation of statewide implementation of the Michigan kindergarten entry observation tool (MKEO), beginning in the fall of 2019, utilizing the Maryland-Ohio observational tool, also referred to as the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment, as piloted under this subsection in 2017-2018 and implemented in 2018-2019 and 2019-2020. The funding in this subsection is allocated to an intermediate district in prosperity region 9 with at least 3,000 kindergarten pupils enrolled in its constituent districts. All of the following apply to the implementation of the kindergarten entry observation tool under this subsection:

(a) The Subject to subdivision (b), the department, in collaboration with all intermediate districts, shall ensure that the Michigan kindergarten entry observation tool is administered in each kindergarten classroom to either the full census of kindergarten pupils enrolled in the classroom or to a representative sample of not less than 35% of the total kindergarten pupils enrolled in each classroom. If a district elects to administer the Michigan kindergarten entry observation tool to a random sample of pupils within each classroom, the district's intermediate district shall select the pupils who will receive the assessment based on the same random method. Beginning in 2020, the Subject to subdivision (b), the observation tool must be administered within 45 days after the start of the school year.

(b) The Michigan kindergarten entry observation tool must not be administered in the 2020-2021 school year.

(c) (b) The intermediate district that receives funding under this subsection, in collaboration with all other intermediate districts, shall implement a "train the trainer" professional development model on the usage of the Michigan kindergarten entry observation tool. This training model must provide training to intermediate district staff so that they may provide similar training for staff of their constituent districts. This training model must also ensure that the tool produces reliable data and that there are a sufficient number of trainers to train all kindergarten teachers statewide.

(d) (c) By March 1, 2021, and each year thereafter, the department and the intermediate district that receives funding under this subsection shall report to the house and senate appropriations subcommittees on school aid, the house and senate fiscal agencies, and the state budget director on the results of the statewide implementation, including, but not limited to, an evaluation of the demonstrated readiness of kindergarten pupils statewide and the effectiveness of state and federal early childhood programs that are designed for school readiness under this state's authority, including the great start readiness program and the great start readiness/Head Start blended program, as referenced under section 32d. By September 1, 2021, and each year thereafter, the department and the center shall provide a method for districts and public school academies with kindergarten enrollment to look up and verify their student enrollment data for pupils who were enrolled in a publicly funded early childhood program in the year before kindergarten, including the individual great start readiness program, individual great start readiness/Head Start blended program, individual title I preschool program, individual section 31a preschool program, individual early childhood special education program, or individual developmental kindergarten or program for young 5-year-olds in which each tested child was enrolled. A participating district shall analyze the data to determine whether high-performing children were enrolled in any specific early childhood program and, if so, report that finding to the department and to the intermediate district that receives funding under this subsection.

(e) (d) The department shall approve the language and literacy domain within the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment for use by districts as an initial assessment that may be delivered to all kindergarten pupils to assist with identifying any possible area of concern for a pupil in English language arts.

(f) (e) As used in this subsection:

(i) "Kindergarten" includes a classroom for young 5-year-olds, commonly referred to as "young 5s" or "developmental kindergarten".

(ii) "Representative sample" means a sample capable of producing valid and reliable assessment information on all or major subgroups of kindergarten pupils in a district.

(5) The department may recommend, but may not require, districts to allow pupils to use an external keyboard with tablet devices for online M-STEP testing, including, but not limited to, open-ended test items such as constructed response or equation builder items.

(6) Notwithstanding section 17b, the department shall make payments on behalf of districts, intermediate districts, and other eligible entities under this section on a schedule determined by the department.

(7) From the allocation in subsection (1), there is allocated an amount not to exceed $500,000.00 for 2019-2020 2020-2021 for the operation of an online reporting tool to provide student-level assessment data in a secure environment to educators, parents, and pupils immediately after assessments are scored. The department and the center shall ensure that any data collected by the online reporting tool do not provide individually identifiable student data to the federal government.

(8) As used in this section:

(a) "DED" means the United States Department of Education.

(b) "DED-OESE" means the DED Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.