To amend section 3302.03 of the Revised Code to revise the law regarding school district and school building academic performance ratings.

Section 1. That section 3302.03 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 3302.03.  (A) Annually the department of education shall report for each school district and each school building in a district all of the following:

(1) The extent to which the school district or building meets each of the applicable performance indicators created by the state board of education under section 3302.02 of the Revised Code and the number of applicable performance indicators that have been achieved;

(2) The performance index score of the school district or building;

(3) Whether the school district or building has made adequate yearly progress;

(4) Whether the school district or building is excellent, effective, needs continuous improvement, is under an academic watch, or is in a state of academic emergency.

(B) Except as otherwise provided in division (B)(6) of this section:

(1) A school district or building shall be declared excellent if it fulfills one of the following requirements:

(a) It makes adequate yearly progress and either meets at least ninety-four per cent of the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department.

(b) It has failed to make adequate yearly progress for not more than two consecutive years and either meets at least ninety-four per cent of the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department.

(2) A school district or building shall be declared effective if it fulfills one of the following requirements:

(a) It makes adequate yearly progress and either meets at least seventy-five per cent but less than ninety-four per cent of the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department.

(b) It does not make adequate yearly progress and either meets at least seventy-five per cent of the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department, except that if it does not make adequate yearly progress for three consecutive years, it shall be declared in need of continuous improvement.

(3) A school district or building shall be declared to be in need of continuous improvement if it fulfills one of the following requirements:

(a) It makes adequate yearly progress, meets less than seventy-five per cent of the applicable state performance indicators, and has a performance index score established by the department.

(b) It does not make adequate yearly progress and either meets at least fifty per cent but less than seventy-five per cent of the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department.

(4) A Except as provided in division (B)(6) of this section, a school district or building shall be declared to be under an academic watch if it does not make adequate yearly progress and either meets at least thirty-one per cent but less than fifty per cent of the applicable state performance indicators or has a performance index score established by the department.

(5) A Except as provided in division (B)(6) of this section, a school district or building shall be declared to be in a state of academic emergency if it does not make adequate yearly progress, does not meet at least thirty-one per cent of the applicable state performance indicators, and has a performance index score established by the department.

(6) When designating performance ratings for school districts and buildings rated in the previous year as in need of continuous improvement under divisions (B)(1) to (5) of this section, the department shall not assign a school district or building a lower designation from its previous year's designation based solely on one subgroup not making adequate yearly progress.

(7) If a school district declared excellent or effective under division (B)(1) or (2) of this section has failed to make adequate yearly progress for three or more consecutive years, the department shall add the label "conditional" to the district's rating. On the district's report card under division (C) of this section, the department shall indicate beside the district's rating, as so labeled, which of district's subgroups did not make adequate yearly progress.

(C)(1) The department shall issue annual report cards for each school district, each building within each district, and for the state as a whole reflecting performance on the indicators created by the state board under section 3302.02 of the Revised Code, the performance index score, and adequate yearly progress.

(2) The department shall include on the report card for each district information pertaining to any change from the previous year made by the school district or school buildings within the district on any performance indicator.

(3) When reporting data on student performance, the department shall disaggregate that data according to the following categories:

(a) Performance of students by age group;

(b) Performance of students by race and ethnic group;

(c) Performance of students by gender;

(d) Performance of students grouped by those who have been enrolled in a district or school for three or more years;

(e) Performance of students grouped by those who have been enrolled in a district or school for more than one year and less than three years;

(f) Performance of students grouped by those who have been enrolled in a district or school for one year or less;

(g) Performance of students grouped by those who are economically disadvantaged;

(h) Performance of students grouped by those who are enrolled in a conversion community school established under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code;

(i) Performance of students grouped by those who are classified as limited English proficient;

(j) Performance of students grouped by those who have disabilities;

(k) Performance of students grouped by those who are classified as migrants;

(l) Performance of students grouped by those who are identified as gifted pursuant to Chapter 3324. of the Revised Code.

The department may disaggregate data on student performance according to other categories that the department determines are appropriate. To the extent possible, the department shall disaggregate data on student performance according to any combinations of two or more of the categories listed in divisions (C)(3)(a) to (l) of this section that it deems relevant.

In reporting data pursuant to division (C)(3) of this section, the department shall not include in the report cards any data statistical in nature that is statistically unreliable or that could result in the identification of individual students. For this purpose, the department shall not report student performance data for any group identified in division (C)(3) of this section that contains less than ten students.

(4) The department may include with the report cards any additional education and fiscal performance data it deems valuable.

(5) The department shall include on each report card a list of additional information collected by the department that is available regarding the district or building for which the report card is issued. When available, such additional information shall include student mobility data disaggregated by race and socioeconomic status, college enrollment data, and the reports prepared under section 3302.031 of the Revised Code.

The department shall maintain a site on the world wide web. The report card shall include the address of the site and shall specify that such additional information is available to the public at that site. The department shall also provide a copy of each item on the list to the superintendent of each school district. The district superintendent shall provide a copy of any item on the list to anyone who requests it.

(6) This division does not apply to conversion community schools that primarily enroll students between sixteen and twenty-two years of age who dropped out of high school or are at risk of dropping out of high school due to poor attendance, disciplinary problems, or suspensions.

For any district that sponsors a conversion community school under Chapter 3314. of the Revised Code, the department shall combine data regarding the academic performance of students enrolled in the community school with comparable data from the schools of the district for the purpose of calculating the performance of the district as a whole on the report card issued for the district.

(7) The department shall include on each report card the percentage of teachers in the district or building who are highly qualified, as defined by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001," and a comparison of that percentage with the percentages of such teachers in similar districts and buildings.

(8) The department shall include on the report card the number of master teachers employed by each district and each building once the data is available from the education management information system established under section 3301.0714 of the Revised Code.

(D)(1) In calculating reading, writing, mathematics, social studies, or science proficiency or achievement test passage rates used to determine school district or building performance under this section, the department shall include all students taking a test with accommodation or to whom an alternate assessment is administered pursuant to division (C)(1) or (3) of section 3301.0711 of the Revised Code.

(2) In calculating performance index scores, rates of achievement on the performance indicators established by the state board under section 3302.02 of the Revised Code, and adequate yearly progress for school districts and buildings under this section, the department shall do all of the following:

(a) Include for each district or building only those students who are included in the ADM certified for the first full school week of October and are continuously enrolled in the district or building through the time of the spring administration of any test prescribed by section 3301.0710 of the Revised Code that is administered to the student's grade level;

(b) Include cumulative totals from both the fall and spring administrations of the third grade reading achievement test;

(c) Except as required by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" for the calculation of adequate yearly progress, exclude for each district or building any limited English proficient student who has been enrolled in United States schools for less than one full school year.

Section 2. That existing section 3302.03 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.