Tag: Transparency

SB 298

Posted Nahliah WebberLeave a commentPosted in LS2020, Oppose

School Accountability Assessment

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SB 137

Posted openPosted in LS2019, Pro

Amends and reenacts a bill regarding school discipline practices. This bill adds new definitions and subsections regarding school discipline policies. OPEN is in support of this bill to help move the work forward, but acknowledges the bill has imperfections and should be improved.

HB 53

Posted openPosted in LS2019, Watching

Increases requirements for youth suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention in schools, in-service training for school employees, services available to students, and reporting data to the DOE.

HB 337

Posted openPosted in LS2019, Watching

Adds protections for teachers and more information about grievance procedures for teachers and administrators who are frustrated by evaluation ratings, including those portions of such ratings derived from the observation and value-added assessment model components.

HB 550

Posted openPosted in Anti, LS2019

Provides that the identify of a person making a complaint relative to an early learning center, family child care or in-home provider, or fraud pertaining to the Child Care Assistance Program and related state Department of Education investigation records shall be confidential and shall not be public records.

SB 66

Posted openPosted in LS2019, Pro

Retains present law requiring open meetings of public bodies and changes the amount of the civil penalty from $100 to $500.

HB 160

Posted openPosted in LS2019, Pro

Requires the collection and reporting of information related to school safety and discipline, including numbers of school resource officers, student suspensions, expulsions, and removals to alternative settings, referrals to law enforcement, and school-related arrests.

HB 482

Posted openPosted in LS2019, Pro

Requires schools to involve parents in developing academic improvement plans, decreases time frame for plan presentation from 60 to 30 days, and adds reporting requirements for local superintendents and the state Department of Education.