HB 2972 Summary

• Expands school district reporting requirements to include data on probationary promotions, student portfolio reviews, and good-cause exemptions for third-grade reading proficiency.

• Requires districts to report eight specific data elements for promoted students including success expectations, subsequent progress, student age, attendance history, mobility history, individualized instruction descriptions, and special education eligibility determinations.

• Directs the State Department of Education to analyze and interpret collected data to evaluate the effectiveness of probationary promotion options, portfolio reviews, and good-cause exemptions in aggregate format protecting student confidentiality.

• Requires public reporting of aggregate and district-specific promotion data on the State Department website and distribution to the Governor, Secretary of Education, legislative leadership, and education committee chairs.

• Effective November 1, 2016.