Education governance: Education Commissioner: reporting.
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Overview
This bill directs the state to develop a comprehensive plan, the ‘Closing the Achievement Gap State Operations and Support Plan,’ to address persistent achievement gaps among student groups. The plan will be created by a working group composed of representatives from various state agencies and local educational entities. The goal is to align state programs, funding, and accountability measures to better support local school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools in achieving educational equity.
Key provisions
- Establishes a working group to develop a state operations and support plan.
- Requires the working group to include representatives from the Governor, Legislature, State Board of Education, and other key state agencies.
- Sets a deadline of July 1, 2027, for the state board to select an organization to develop the plan.
- Requires the plan to include specific goals, benchmarks, and recommendations for supporting local educational agencies.
- Encourages the Budget Committees to annually evaluate the state’s progress in meeting the plan’s goals.
- Prohibits the creation of new local educational agency mandates or reporting requirements.
- Directs the working group to utilize existing statewide data collections.
- Defines ‘local educational agency’ for the purpose of the plan.
Who is affected
- State Board of Education
- Local Educational Agencies (School Districts, County Offices of Education, Charter Schools)
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