1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; defining cohort for reporting student performance data;
1.3 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.31, subdivision 4.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 120B.31, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 4. Student performance data. In developing policies and assessment 
1.7 	processes to hold schools and districts accountable for high levels of academic standards 
1.8 	under section 120B.021, the commissioner shall aggregate student data over time to 
1.9 	report student performance and growth levels measured at the school, school district, and 
1.10 	statewide level. When collecting and reporting the performance data, the commissioner 
1.11 	shall organize and report the data so that state and local policy makers can understand 
1.12 	the educational implications of changes in districts' demographic profiles over time. Any 
1.13 	report the commissioner disseminates containing summary data on student performance 
1.14 	must integrate student performance and the demographic factors that strongly correlate 
1.15 	with that performance. District and school reports of student performance and growth data 
1.16 	must contain summary data only on those students who were enrolled in the district or 
1.17 	school for at least 90 school days immediately preceding the day when the assessment 
1.18 	used to generate the data was administered.

1.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective for the 2015-2016 school year and 
1.20 	later.