MN SF1748

Commissioner must report student academic performance data including growth metrics, school safety, engagement, rigorous coursework, career and college readiness, racial and economic integration progress, English learner proficiency, student-to-teacher ratios, staff characteristics, enrollment demographics, foster care status, homelessness, and extracurricular activities.

Commissioner must develop and annually update school performance reports consistent with the most recently reauthorized Elementary and Secondary Education Act, posting them by September 1 each year (or October 1 in years with new performance standards).

Commissioner must assign one-star ratings to the lowest-performing five percent of Title I and non-Title I schools, and high schools with graduation rates below 67 percent.

Commissioner must assign two-star ratings to Title I schools with subgroups performing below lowest-performing schools, non-Title I schools with underperforming subgroups, and schools with consistently underperforming subgroups as determined by the commissioner.

Commissioner must assign four-star ratings to the highest-performing five percent of Title I and non-Title I schools and high schools with graduation rates at or above 90 percent, with three-star ratings assigned to all other schools.