2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 158 - CONDUCT OF SCHOOLS -- SPECIAL PROGRAMS .6455 School accountability system -- List of certifications, licensures, and credentials -- Reimbursement for assessment -- Consequences for schools that fail to exit support status -- Components of accountability system -- Appeals of performance judgments.
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158.6455 School accountability system -- List of certifications, licensures, and
credentials -- Reimbursement for assessment -- Consequences for schools that
fail to exit support status -- Components of accountability system -- Appeals of
performance judgments.
It is the intent of the General Assembly that schools succeed with all students and receive
the appropriate consequences in proportion to that success.
(1) (a) The Kentucky Board of Education shall create an accountability system to
classify districts and schools in accordance with the academic standards and
student assessment program developed pursuant to KRS 158.6453.
(b) The accountability system shall include:
1.
An annual overall summative performance evaluation of each school
and district compared to goals established by the Kentucky Department
of Education. The evaluation for each school and district shall:
a.
Not consist of a single summative numerical score that ranks
schools against each other; and
b.
Be based on a combination of academic and school quality
indicators and measures, with greater weight assigned to the
academic measures;
2.
Student assessment results;
3.
Progress toward achieving English proficiency by limited English
proficiency students;
4.
Quality of school climate and safety;
5.
High school graduation rates;
6.
Postsecondary readiness for each high school student, which shall be
included as an academic indicator, and shall be measured by:
a.
Meeting or exceeding a college readiness benchmark score on the
college admissions examination used as the statewide assessment
in KRS 158.6453(5)(b)5. The college readiness benchmark score
shall be established by the Council on Postsecondary Education; or
b.
Achievement of college credit, postsecondary articulated credit,
apprenticeship time toward a credential or associate degree, or any
industry-recognized certifications, licensures, or credentials, with
more weight in accountability for industry-recognized
certifications, licensures, or credentials identified as high demand
in accordance with the process described in paragraph (c) of this
subsection. Eligible industry-recognized certifications, licensures,
or credentials shall not be limited to those earned in conjunction
with a minimum sequence of courses. Each high school shall
publicly report the credits, hours, and credentials on an annual
basis; and
7.
Any other factor mandated by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act of
2015, Pub. L. No. 114-95, or its successor.
(c)
(2)
(3)
Based on data from the Kentucky Center for Education and Workforce
Statistics, each local workforce investment board, in conjunction with local
economic development organizations from its state regional sector, shall
annually compile a list of industry-recognized certifications, licensures, and
credentials specific to the state and regional workforce area, rank them by
demand for the state and regional area, and provide the list to the Kentucky
Workforce Innovation Board. The Kentucky Workforce Innovation Board, in
conjunction with the Kentucky Department of Education, may revise the lists
before the Kentucky Department of Education disseminates the lists to all
school districts to be used as postsecondary readiness indicators.
(d) 1.
The Kentucky Department of Education shall pay for the cost of an
assessment taken by a high school student for attaining an industryrecognized certification, credential, or licensure if the student
consecutively completes at least two (2) related career pathway courses
approved by the department prior to taking the assessment.
2.
If a high school student has not completed the two (2) course
requirement described in subparagraph 1. of this paragraph but meets
performance-based experience eligibility and passes an assessment, the
department shall provide a weighted reimbursement amount to the
school district for the cost of the assessment based on the level of
demand of the certificate, credential, or license earned. The Kentucky
Board of Education shall promulgate regulations establishing the
performance-based experience eligibility requirements and weighted
reimbursement amounts.
(e) Prior to promulgating administrative regulations to revise the accountability
system, the board shall seek advice from the School Curriculum, Assessment,
and Accountability Council; the Office of Education Accountability; the
Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee; and the
National Technical Advisory Panel on Assessment and Accountability.
A student's test scores shall be counted in the accountability measure of:
(a) 1.
The school in which the student is currently enrolled if the student has
been enrolled in that school for at least a full academic year as defined
by the Kentucky Board of Education; or
2.
The school in which the student was previously enrolled if the student
was enrolled in that school for at least a full academic year as defined by
the Kentucky Board of Education; and
(b) The school district if the student is enrolled in the district for at least a full
academic year as defined by the Kentucky Board of Education; and
(c) The state if the student is enrolled in a Kentucky public school prior to the
beginning of the statewide testing period.
After receiving the advice of the Office of Education Accountability; the School
Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability Council; and the National Technical
Advisory Panel on Assessment and Accountability, the Kentucky Board of
(4)
(5)
(6)
Education shall promulgate an administrative regulation in conformity with KRS
158.6471 and 158.6472 and KRS Chapter 13A to establish more rigorous action,
intervention, and appropriate consequences for schools that fail to exit
comprehensive support and improvement status described in KRS 160.346. The
consequences shall be designed to improve the academic performance and learning
environment of identified schools and may include but not be limited to:
(a) A review and audit process to determine the appropriateness of a school's or
district's classification and to recommend needed assistance;
(b) School and district improvement plans;
(c) Eligibility to receive Commonwealth school improvement funds under KRS
158.805;
(d) Education assistance from highly skilled certified staff; and
(e) Observation of school personnel.
All students who drop out of school during a school year shall be included in a
school's annual average school graduation rate calculation.
After receiving the advice of the Education Assessment and Accountability Review
Subcommittee, the Office of Education Accountability; the School Curriculum,
Assessment, and Accountability Council; and the National Technical Advisory
Panel on Assessment and Accountability, the Kentucky Board of Education may
promulgate by administrative regulation, in conformity with KRS 158.6471 and
158.6472 and KRS Chapter 13A, a system of district accountability that includes
establishing a formula for accountability, goals for improvement over a three (3)
year period, rewards for leadership in improving teaching and learning in the
district, and consequences that address the problems and provide assistance when
one (1) or more schools in the district fail to exit comprehensive support and
improvement status after three (3) consecutive years of implementing the
turnaround intervention process described in KRS 160.346.
After receiving the advice of the Office of Education Accountability; the School
Curriculum, Assessment, and Accountability Council; and the National Technical
Advisory Panel on Assessment and Accountability, the Kentucky Board of
Education shall promulgate administrative regulations in conformity with KRS
158.6471 and 158.6472 and KRS Chapter 13A, to establish a process whereby a
school shall be allowed to appeal a performance judgment which it considers
grossly unfair. Upon appeal, an administrative hearing shall be conducted in
accordance with KRS Chapter 13B. The state board may adjust a performance
judgment on appeal when evidence of highly unusual circumstances warrants the
conclusion that the performance judgment is based on fraud or a mistake in
computations, is arbitrary, is lacking any reasonable basis, or when there are
significant new circumstances occurring during the three (3) year assessment period
which are beyond the control of the school.
Effective: April 10, 2017
History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 63, sec. 14, effective June 29, 2017; and ch. 156,
sec. 4, effective April 10, 2017. -- Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 4, effective
March 25, 2009. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 227, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2006. -
- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 58, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004; ch. 103, sec. 2,
effective July 13, 2004; and ch. 188, sec. 2, effective July 13, 2004. -- Amended
2000 Ky. Acts ch. 212, sec. 2, effective July 14, 2000; and ch. 452, sec. 6, effective
July 14, 2000. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 598, sec. 12, effective April 14, 1998. - Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 318, sec. 49, effective July 15, 1996; and ch. 362, sec.
6, effective July 15, 1996. -- Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 256, sec. 4, effective July
1, 1994; and ch. 408, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch.
476, Pt. I, sec. 5, effective July 13, 1990.
Legislative Research Commission Note (4/10/2017). This statute was amended by 2017
Ky. Acts chs. 63 and 156, which do not appear to be in conflict and have been
codified together.
Legislative Research Commission Note (3/25/2009). The Reviser of Statutes has altered
the internal numbering of subsection (2) of this statute from the way it appears in
2009 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 4, under the authority of KRS 7.136 (1)(c).
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