1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying requirements for test result reports;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.30, subdivision 3.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 120B.30, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 3.Reporting. (a) The commissioner shall must report test results publicly and to 
1.7 	stakeholders, including the performance achievement levels developed from students' 
1.8 	unweighted test scores in each tested subject and a listing of demographic factors that 
1.9 	strongly correlate with student performance, including student homelessness, as data are 
1.10 	available, among other factors. The test results must not include personally identifiable 
1.11 	information as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 34, section 99.3. The 
1.12 	commissioner shall must also report data that compares performance results among school 
1.13 	sites, school districts, Minnesota and other states, and Minnesota and other nations.
1.14 	(b)  The commissioner shall must disseminate to schools and school districts test 
1.15 	information to school districts within 30 days of receiving results. The test information must 
1.16 	include individual student performance history and a more comprehensive report containing 
1.17 	testing information that meets local needs for evaluating instruction and curriculum. The 
1.18 	commissioner shall must disseminate test information to charter school authorizers no more 
1.19 	than 30 days after receiving results. The results must include individual student performance 
1.20 	history and a more comprehensive report containing testing information that contains 
1.21 	anonymized data where cell count data are sufficient to protect student identity and that 
1.22 	meets the authorizer's needs in fulfilling its obligations under chapter 124E.
2.1 	(c) A school district must disseminate the individual student performance data and 
2.2 	achievement report required under section 120B.30, subdivision 1a, paragraph (d), clause 
2.3 	(1), to the parent and teacher of each student no more than 30 days after the district receives 
2.4 	the information from the commissioner. The district must notify the parent and teacher that 
2.5 	the data and report are preliminary and subject to validation. The district must disseminate 
2.6 	the updated data and report to a teacher and parent only if the commissioner makes a 
2.7 	correction to the data and report after validation.
2.8 	(d) A school district must disseminate a testing report to the teacher and to the parent 
2.9 	of each student before the beginning of the following school year. The testing report must:
2.10 	(1) identify the student's achievement level in each content area; and
2.11 	(2) track the student's performance history.

2.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. Paragraphs (a), (b), and (c), are effective for the 2021-2022 school 
2.13 	year and later. Paragraph (d) is effective for the 2022-2023 school year and later.