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MS HB1439
MS HB1439School Accountability Dashboard Act; establish to provide parents with critical student performance data.
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Introduced
01/20/2025
01/20/2025
In Committee
02/17/2025
02/17/2025
Crossed Over
02/06/2025
02/06/2025
Passed
Dead
03/04/2025
03/04/2025
Introduced Session
Potential new amendment
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An Act To Establish A School Accountability Dashboard For Mississippi Public Schools To Promote Transparency And Provide Parents With Critical Student Performance Data; To Require School Districts To Publish The School Accountability Dashboard Beginning With The 2025-2026 Academic School Year; To Specify The Timeline By Which The Initial And Subsequent Updates To The Dashboard Are Required To Be Published; To Grant The Department A One-year Period To Identify Any Relevant Data Not Currently Collected To Determine What Said Data Is And Include It In The Dashboard Beginning With The 2026-2027 School Year; To Require The Information In The Dashboard To Be Compiled Into An Easily Accessible, User-friendly Single-page Graphic And Published On The Main Page Of The School District's And The Department's Website; To Require The State Department Of Education To Issue Guidance And The Standardized Dashboard Template To All School Districts By August 1, 2025; To Require The School Accountability Dashboard To Be Aligned With The State's Performance-based Accreditation System And Prescribe The Minimum Data Metrics To Be Included; To Amend Sections 37-17-6 And 37-17-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity Thereto; And For Related Purposes.
AI Summary
This bill establishes the Mississippi School Accountability Dashboard Act, which requires all public school districts to create and publish a comprehensive, user-friendly performance dashboard beginning in the 2025-2026 academic school year. The dashboard will provide parents, educators, and communities with transparent, easily accessible information about school performance, including metrics such as school accountability letter grades, graduation rates, student proficiency in reading and math, truancy rates, college and career readiness indicators, and teacher qualifications. The State Department of Education will develop a standardized template aligned with the state's existing performance-based accreditation system and will issue guidance to school districts by August 1, 2025. The dashboard will be published on both the school district's and the state department's websites, with an initial one-year grace period for the department to identify and incorporate any additional relevant data not currently collected. Importantly, the bill emphasizes that the dashboard is intended to be a public reporting tool and will not impose punitive measures based solely on the reported data, but rather aims to promote transparency and support student success by providing comprehensive performance information.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (1)
Last Action
Died In Committee (on 03/04/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2025/pdf/history/HB/HB1439.xml |
| BillText | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1439PS.htm |
| Amendment No 1 | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/ham/HB1439_H_Amend_01.htm |
| BillText | https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1439IN.htm |
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