Educational accountability system; annual reports

HRS §302A-1004 — under Chapter 302A.

HRS §302A-1004

§302A-1004 Educational accountability system; annual reports. (a) The department shall implement a comprehensive system of educational accountability to motivate and support the improved performance of students and the education system. Data shall be reported as required by this section when the number of students in a particular data subgroup is greater than ten and shall be redacted when the number of students in a particular data subgroup is ten or fewer; provided that the personally identifiable information of each student shall be kept private. This accountability system shall:

(b) The department shall annually post on the department's website:

(c) The department shall also annually post on its website a state-, complex-, and school-level report for each school that details the past three years and includes an analysis of any disproportionality among student subgroups using the performance indicators in subsection (a)(6). Each report shall be uniformly formatted and designed by the department so as to provide school-based users and the public with all pertinent information. Report data shall be downloadable in raw form. Report information shall include:

(d) The department shall provide electronic access to computer-based financial management, student information, and other information systems to the legislature and the auditor. The department shall submit to the legislature and to the governor, at least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session, a school-by-school expenditure report that shall include:

(e) The superintendent of education is responsible for the development and implementation of an educational accountability system. The system shall include consequences and shall be designed through a collaborative process involving stakeholders that shall include parents, community members, the respective exclusive representatives, as well as others deemed appropriate by the superintendent.

For the purposes of this section, negotiations under chapter 89 shall be between the superintendent or the superintendent's designee and the respective exclusive representative and shall be limited to the impact on personnel arising from the superintendent's decision in implementing the educational accountability system. After the initial agreement is negotiated, provisions on the impact of the accountability on personnel may be reopened only upon mutual agreement of the parties.

(f) The department shall: