(1) (a) A local education provider that chooses to implement a local accountability system may submit to the department a supplemental performance report for the local education provider and for each public school operated by the local education provider. A district charter school is not required to participate in the authorizing school district's supplemental accountability system or in related reporting unless the charter school chooses to participate with the authorizing school district in a grant application pursuant to section 22-11703. The supplemental performance report supplements the information that is submitted by the local education provider and included on the performance reports described in section 22-11503. The supplemental performance report may include information concerning achievement of:
The additional measures adopted by the local education provider through the localaccountability system to determine achievement of the statewide performance indicators; and
The additional local performance indicators of student success, including system support for student success measured by the local education provider through the local accountability system.
The information provided in a supplemental performance report does not affect theaccreditation rating assigned to a school district pursuant to section 22-11-208 or the type of plan that a school is required to adopt pursuant to section 22-11-210.
The department shall publish the supplemental performance reports submitted by alocal education provider pursuant to subsection (1)(a) of this section on the data portal and provide public access to the supplemental performance reports that is adjacent to the public school and school district performance reports described in section 22-11-503.
(2) (a) A local education provider that chooses to implement a local accountability system may provide to the department, as an alternative to the plan format provided by the department, a different format for the type of plan that is associated with the local education provider's accreditation rating pursuant to section 22-11-208, if the local education provider is a school district, or the type of plan that the local education provider is required to implement pursuant to section 22-11-210, if the local education provider is a charter school. A plan provided in an alternative format must take into account the data collected through the local accountability system and any associated improvement efforts that the local education provider implements. A plan provided in an alternative format must meet the state and federal reporting requirements, as identified by the department, that apply to the plan types implemented pursuant to this article 11. If a local education provider uses an alternative format, a public school operated by the local education provider may also use an alternative format for the type of plan that the public school is required to implement, which format is compatible with that used by the local education provider.
A local education provider that uses an alternative plan format shall submit the planin accordance with the deadlines established by the state board for performance, improvement, priority improvement, and turnaround plans, including submitting the plan on a biennial basis for a local education provider that is a school district and accredited or accredited with distinction or a local education provider that is a charter school and required to implement a performance plan.
The department shall publish a local education provider's alternatively formatted planon the data portal and provide public access to the plan.
Source: L. 2019: Entire part added, (SB 19-204), ch. 415, p. 3657, § 1, effective August 2.