71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
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LC 3752
 
                         Senate Bill 873
 
Sponsored by Senator DERFLER; Senator NELSON
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Directs Superintendent of Public Instruction to include
components of quality learning identified in Oregon Quality
Education Model in school district and school performance
reports.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to education performance reports; creating new
  provisions; amending ORS 329.105; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 329.105 is amended to read:
  329.105. (1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
collect data and produce annual school district and school
performance reports containing information on student
performance, student behavior and school characteristics.
  (2)(a) In consultation with representatives of parents,
teachers, school district boards and school administrators, the
State Board of Education shall adopt, by rule, criteria for
grading schools. Such criteria shall take into account both
overall performance and improvement in performance. The
Superintendent of Public Instruction, based on the criteria
adopted by the State Board of Education, shall assign a grade to
each school for student performance, student behavior and school
characteristics and also shall assign an overall grade to the
school. The grades shall include classifications for exceptional
performance, strong performance, satisfactory performance, low
performance and unacceptable performance.
  (b) The grades received by a school shall be included in the
school district and school performance reports.
  (c) If a school is within the low performance or unacceptable
performance classification in any category, the school shall file
a school improvement plan with the Superintendent of Public
Instruction and with the school district board and the 21st
Century Schools Council for the school.
   { +  (3) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall
include in the school district and school performance reports the
components of quality learning identified in The Oregon Quality
Education Model published by the Oregon Legislative Assembly in
June 1999. + }
    { - (3) - }  { +  (4) + } The Superintendent of Public
Instruction shall notify the public and the media by January 30
of each year that school district and school performance reports
are available at schools and school districts and at the
Department of Education website and offices. The superintendent
shall also include notice that copies of school and district
improvement plans can be obtained from school and school district
offices. Each school district shall send a copy of the school
district and applicable school performance reports to each parent
of a child enrolled in a public school in the school district.
  SECTION 2.  { + The amendments to ORS 329.105 by section 1 of
this 2001 Act apply to school district and school performance
reports issued by the Superintendent of Public Instruction on or
after the effective date of this 2001 Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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