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Alaska Statutes Title 14. Education, Libraries, and Museums § 14.03.078. Annual progress reports

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<Text of subsec. (a) effective until June 30, 2034.>

(a) The department shall provide to the legislature and school districts by February 15 of each year by electronic means an annual report regarding the progress of each school and school district toward high academic performance by all students. The report required under this section must include

(1) information described under AS 14.03.120;

(2) progress of the department

(A) toward implementing the school accountability provisions of AS 14.03.123; and

(B) in assisting high schools to become accredited;

(3) a description of the resources provided to each school and school district for coordinated school improvement activities and staff training in each school and school district;

(4) each school district's and each school's progress in aligning curriculum with state education performance standards;

(5) a description of the efforts by the department to assist a public school or district that receives a low performance designation under AS 14.03.123;

(6) a description of intervention efforts by each school district and school for students who are not meeting state performance standards;

(7) the number and percentage of turnover in certificated personnel and superintendents;

(8) a summary of the categories of certificated administrative employees employed by each school district that includes the ratio of

(A) the number of certificated administrative employees in each category employed by each school district compared to the number of students enrolled in the school district on October 1 of the previous year;

(B) the total number of certificated administrative employees employed by each school district compared to the total number of teachers employed by the school district on October 1 of the previous year; and

(C) the total number of teachers employed by each school district compared to the total number of students enrolled in the school district on October 1 of the previous year;

(9) the progress made to implement the reading intervention programs established under AS 14.30.760--14.30.780, including data on how school districts are using in-service days for culturally responsive professional development in reading instruction; and

(10) the effectiveness and participation rates of the parents as teachers program established under AS 14.03.420, including measures of efficiency and effectiveness that demonstrate the effects of the program on school readiness.

<Text of subsec. (a) effective June 30, 2034.>

(a) The department shall provide to the legislature and school districts by February 15 of each year by electronic means an annual report regarding the progress of each school and school district toward high academic performance by all students. The report required under this section must include

(1) information described under AS 14.03.120;

(2) progress of the department

(A) toward implementing the school accountability provisions of AS 14.03.123; and

(B) in assisting high schools to become accredited;

(3) a description of the resources provided to each school and school district for coordinated school improvement activities and staff training in each school and school district;

(4) each school district's and each school's progress in aligning curriculum with state education performance standards;

(5) a description of the efforts by the department to assist a public school or district that receives a low performance designation under AS 14.03.123;

(6) a description of intervention efforts by each school district and school for students who are not meeting state performance standards;

(7) the number and percentage of turnover in certificated personnel and superintendents; and

(8) a summary of the categories of certificated administrative employees employed by each school district that includes the ratio of

(A) the number of certificated administrative employees in each category employed by each school district compared to the number of students enrolled in the school district on October 1 of the previous year;

(B) the total number of certificated administrative employees employed by each school district compared to the total number of teachers employed by the school district on October 1 of the previous year; and

(C) the total number of teachers employed by each school district compared to the total number of students enrolled in the school district on October 1 of the previous year.

(b) By December 31 of each year, the department shall provide to the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority established by AS 44.25.200 a report on the progress of school districts in the state toward the objective of AS 14.30.278(b), based on performance indicators included in the most current plan submitted by the state to the United States Secretary of Education as required under 20 U.S.C. 1412(a).

(c) Each school district shall make available to the public the portion of the report under (a)(8) of this section that pertains to the school district by posting the information in a prominent location on the school district's or local community's Internet website or by another easily accessible method.

(d) In this section, “administrative employee” means an employee who does not provide direct classroom instruction for students as a regular part of the employee's job.

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