House Public Education Committee Chair Brad Buckley filed HB 4 as part of his priority legislation. The bill makes changes to the public school assessment and accountability systems, including actions and proceedings challenging those state systems. Some highlights of HB 4 include:
- Mandates the commissioner of education to issue A-F ratings each school year
- Allows the commissioner to issue performance ratings later than August 15 in years in which the performance standards change
- Prohibits the commissioner from assigning an overall rating of “Not Rated” to all districts or all campuses on a statewide basis
- Removes the requirement that the commissioner ensure a performance evaluation allows all districts and campuses the mathematical possibility to receive an A rating
- Removes the provision requiring the commissioner to provide a document (accountability manual) outlining accountability performance measures, methods and procedures to be used in evaluation performance for each school year, and there would no longer be a timeline for the commissioner to provide that information.
Read a full summary of HB 4 (updated on March 1).
