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HF1030 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Student attendance reporting required.

Related bill: SF1469

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House File No. 1030 is a legislative bill in Minnesota that focuses on enhancing the reporting requirements related to student attendance and performance in education. Here's a simplified outline of what the bill proposes:

  1. Clarified Reporting on State Assessments (Section120B.305, subdivision 2):

    • Timely Information: Ensures that information regarding individual student performance, school, district, and state levels is provided quickly and in an understandable format.
    • Growth Indicator: Includes a specific indicator to track each student's growth in achievement.
    • Standards Measurement: Checks if the students have met the state’s academic standards.

  2. Specific Reporting Enhancements:

    • Immediate Data Availability: Requires that individual student performance data and reports be made available within three days of taking assessments, except when new standards are being applied.
    • Consistent Growth Tracking: Helps in tracking consistent growth measurements from each assessment a student takes over time.
    • Prediction Tools: Utilizes data to project students' future achievements in secondary and postsecondary education.
    • Diagnostic Tools: Provides specific information about students’ strengths and weaknesses to help teachers and administrators improve instruction.

  3. Benchmark Setting:

    • Career and College Readiness: In collaboration with the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, establishes benchmarks indicating readiness for career and college, aligned with academic standards.

  4. Public and Parental Access to Results:

    • Data Dissemination: Ensures the public and educational institutions get access to the assessments and test results promptly.
    • Parental Access: Allows schools and districts to provide parents with access to their child’s performance data and reports.

  5. Inclusion of Attendance Data:

    • Attendance Report: Each student’s state assessment results report must include attendance data, showing the number and percent of school days the student was absent in the previous year.

This bill aims to improve transparency and utility in the reporting of educational assessments, making it easier for educators and parents to support student achievement and monitor progress based on comprehensive and accessible data.

Bill text versions

Actions

DateChamberWhereTypeNameCommittee Name
February 16, 2025HouseFloorActionIntroduction and first reading, referred toEducation Policy
March 05, 2025HouseFloorActionAuthor added
March 19, 2025HouseFloorActionAuthor added

Citations

 
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      "summary": "The bill references section 136F.302 to establish a link between high school test benchmarks and college readiness.",
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