Pennsylvania Statutes Title 24 P.S. Education § 2-222. Drop-out data collection

(1) To report the graduation rates and drop-out rates in this Commonwealth.

(2) To implement and maintain a data collection and reporting system that accounts for all students and calculates graduation rates and drop-out rates in all school entities in accordance with Federal regulations or guidelines. The department may comply with this section by modifying a currently existing data collection and reporting system to provide the information required under subsection (b).

(3) To require school entities to report student graduation and drop-out data to the department using the department's data collection system.

(b)(1) Beginning in the 2011-2012 school year and in each school year thereafter, the department shall annually prepare a report and provide a copy of the report to the Education Committee of the Senate and the Education Committee of the House of Representatives and shall post a copy of the report on the department's publicly accessible Internet website by December 1 of each year. The report shall contain, at a minimum, the following:

(2) School entities shall use the definitions and formulas established by the department if no Federal statute, regulation or guideline exists when reporting the graduation rates and drop-out rates to the department. School entities shall report these rates annually in a manner required by the department.

(3) The department may develop any guidelines or standards necessary to implement the requirements of this section.