SB 575 -- SCHOOL BUILDING REPORT CARDS

SPONSOR:  Caskey (Davis)

COMMITTEE ACTION:  Voted "do pass by consent" by the Committee
on Education-Elementary and Secondary by a vote of 23 to 0.

This bill revises the statute on school district reporting to be
consistent with a building-level reporting requirement.  The
statute currently requires the State Board of Education to adopt
a policy for public reporting of district information.  As
revised, the statute calls for an annual report for each
building to be made available in several ways, including but not
limited to, providing the report when a student enrolls or
receives grades, in newspapers, or by posting on the Internet.
The bill deletes the requirement for the development of multiple
reporting models; substitutes a standard form, which districts
may use; and deletes the information required on extracurricular
activities and their costs, as well as deleting the requirement
for reporting the number of hours of attendance, while retaining
the requirement for days of attendance.  Instead of reporting
financial information on a building level only when a district
has 2 or more buildings that hold the same grades, the bill
requires reporting on the district as a whole and by attendance
center.

FISCAL NOTE:  No impact on state funds.

PROPONENTS:  Supporters say that current law focuses on district
level accountability; the bill standardizes reporting on a
building level and removes some cumbersome reporting
requirements.

Testifying for the bill were Senator Caskey; Missouri School
Boards Association; School Administrators Coalition; Missouri
Federation of Teachers; and Missouri National Education
Association.

OPPONENTS:  There was no opposition voiced to the committee.

Becky DeNeve, Senior Legislative Analyst

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated November 26, 2001 at 11:48 am