Bill Text: MN SF921 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Charter school annual portfolio report authorization
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-14 - Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Finance [SF921 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF921-Engrossed.html
1.2relating to education; providing for a charter school; authorizing annual portfolio
1.3report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.10, subdivision 14.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.10, subdivision 14, is amended to
1.6read:
1.7 Subd. 14. Annual public reports. (a) A charter school must publish an annual report
1.8approved by the board of directors. The annual report must at least include information
1.9on school enrollment, student attrition, governance and management, staffing, finances,
1.10academic performance, operational performance, innovative practices and implementation,
1.11and future plans. A charter school must distribute the annual report by publication, mail,
1.12or electronic means to the commissioner, authorizer, school employees, and parents and
1.13legal guardians of students enrolled in the charter school and must also post the report on
1.14the charter school's official Web site. The reports are public data under chapter 13.
1.15(b) An authorizer must annually compile the individual reports of all schools that it
1.16charters and are published in accordance with paragraph (a) and submit a portfolio report
1.17to the commissioner and the public. An authorizer's annual portfolio report must include:
1.18(1) the academic and financial performance of all operating charter schools overseen
1.19by the authorizer;
1.20(2) the status of the authorizer's charter school portfolio, identifying all charter
1.21schools in each of the following categories: approved, but not open; open and operating;
1.22and closed, including the year closed and reason for closure;
2.1(3) the authorizing function provided by the authorizer to the charter schools within
2.2its portfolio, including the authorizer's financial plan that is submitted to the commissioner
2.3under this section; and
2.4(4) an authorizer with a charter school performing in the bottom 25 percent of both
2.5the state's multiple measures rating and focus rating under the waiver from the federal
2.6Elementary and Secondary Education Act, with the exception of charter schools that
2.7fall under the provisions outlined in paragraph (d), shall also include in its portfolio
2.8report information about its process for overseeing and evaluating all poorly performing
2.9charter schools under this clause to ensure compliance with all statutory and contractual
2.10obligations to increase students' academic performance and achievement and remove the
2.11charter schools from that bottom 25 percent.
2.12(c) An authorizer shall publish on its Web site the performance of all charter schools
2.13within its portfolio.
2.14(d) The reporting requirement outlined in paragraph (b), clause (4), does not apply
2.15to a charter school:
2.16(1) that limits admission to students eligible to participate in the graduation
2.17incentives program under section 124D.68;
2.18(2) where 70 percent or more of enrolled students are eligible to participate in the
2.19graduation incentives program under section 124D.68; or
2.20(3) where 50 percent or more of enrolled students are eligible to receive special
2.21education services.
1.3report;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.10, subdivision 14.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 124D.10, subdivision 14, is amended to
1.6read:
1.7 Subd. 14. Annual public reports. (a) A charter school must publish an annual report
1.8approved by the board of directors. The annual report must at least include information
1.9on school enrollment, student attrition, governance and management, staffing, finances,
1.10academic performance, operational performance, innovative practices and implementation,
1.11and future plans. A charter school must distribute the annual report by publication, mail,
1.12or electronic means to the commissioner, authorizer, school employees, and parents and
1.13legal guardians of students enrolled in the charter school and must also post the report on
1.14the charter school's official Web site. The reports are public data under chapter 13.
1.15(b) An authorizer must annually compile the individual reports of all schools that it
1.16charters and are published in accordance with paragraph (a) and submit a portfolio report
1.17to the commissioner and the public. An authorizer's annual portfolio report must include:
1.18(1) the academic and financial performance of all operating charter schools overseen
1.19by the authorizer;
1.20(2) the status of the authorizer's charter school portfolio, identifying all charter
1.21schools in each of the following categories: approved, but not open; open and operating;
1.22and closed, including the year closed and reason for closure;
2.1(3) the authorizing function provided by the authorizer to the charter schools within
2.2its portfolio, including the authorizer's financial plan that is submitted to the commissioner
2.3under this section; and
2.4(4) an authorizer with a charter school performing in the bottom 25 percent of both
2.5the state's multiple measures rating and focus rating under the waiver from the federal
2.6Elementary and Secondary Education Act, with the exception of charter schools that
2.7fall under the provisions outlined in paragraph (d), shall also include in its portfolio
2.8report information about its process for overseeing and evaluating all poorly performing
2.9charter schools under this clause to ensure compliance with all statutory and contractual
2.10obligations to increase students' academic performance and achievement and remove the
2.11charter schools from that bottom 25 percent.
2.12(c) An authorizer shall publish on its Web site the performance of all charter schools
2.13within its portfolio.
2.14(d) The reporting requirement outlined in paragraph (b), clause (4), does not apply
2.15to a charter school:
2.16(1) that limits admission to students eligible to participate in the graduation
2.17incentives program under section 124D.68;
2.18(2) where 70 percent or more of enrolled students are eligible to participate in the
2.19graduation incentives program under section 124D.68; or
2.20(3) where 50 percent or more of enrolled students are eligible to receive special
2.21education services.
