SF1470

SF1470 (Legislative Session 94 (2025-2026))

Reporting requirement of student attendance data in school performance reports

Related bill: HF1054

AI Generated Summary

Senate File No. 1470 is a legislative bill in Minnesota that focuses on enhancing the reporting requirements for school performance. The bill mandates that schools must include student attendance data from the previous year in their performance reports. This is in addition to other details that are already required, such as academic performance, progress towards meeting various educational benchmarks, school safety measures, student engagement levels, and several other metrics related to student and staff demographics and activities. The intention behind this bill is to provide a more comprehensive understanding of school performance to better support areas needing improvement. The bill also lays out guidelines for how these reports are to be developed, updated, and shared publicly each school year. Additionally, schools or districts may appeal their performance results according to stipulated procedures. All performance data are considered nonpublic until officially released by the commissioner.

Bill text versions

Introduction PDF file

Actions

Date	Chamber	Where	Type	Name	Committee Name
February 16, 2025	Senate	Floor	Action	Introduction and first reading
February 16, 2025	Senate	Floor	Action	Referred to	Education Policy

Citations

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