CS/HB 7057 - School Administration Summary

• Requires district school boards to adopt strategic plans aligning financial resources and academic performance with the school board's mission and long-term goals.

• Establishes ethical conduct standards for administrative personnel and school officers, prohibiting confidentiality agreements that conceal misconduct affecting student health, safety, or welfare.

• Creates an early warning system for middle grades (6-8) to identify students needing additional support based on attendance, suspensions, course failure, and standardized assessment scores.

• Establishes a new state-approved school leader preparation program system with Level I and Level II programs for developing school administrators and principals with accountability measures.

• Creates a safe schools allocation funding mechanism distributed based on crime rates and student enrollment, contingent on compliance with school safety and bullying/harassment reporting procedures.