HB 1234

An act to establish a school accountability dashboard for mississippi public schools to promote transparency and provide parents with critical student performance data; To require school districts to publish the school accountability dashboard beginning with the 2026-2027 academic school year; To specify the timeline by which the initial and subsequent updates to the dashboard are required to be published; To grant the department a one-year period to identify any relevant data not currently collected to determine what said data is and include it IN the dashboard beginning with the 2027-2028 school year; To require the information IN the dashboard to be compiled into an easily accessible, user-friendly single-page graphic and published on the main page of the school district's and the department's website; To require the state department of education to issue guidance and the standardized dashboard template to all school districts by august 1, 2026; To require the school accountability dashboard to be aligned with the state's performance-based accreditation system and prescribe the minimum data metrics to be included; To amend sections 37-17-6 and 37-17-8, mississippi code of 1972, IN conformity thereto; And for related purposes.