Sponsored by:
Senator SHIRLEY K. TURNER
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
SYNOPSIS
Establishes timeline for DOE to provide State assessment results to public schools and for public schools to provide results to parents.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning student testing in public schools and supplementing Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section, "State assessment" means an assessment required pursuant to State or federal law and administered to all students in a specific grade level or subject area and whose results are aggregated for analysis at the district, school, or student subgroup level.
b. No later than 30 days prior to the last day of each school year, the Department of Education shall ensure that the results of any State assessment administered in the school year are provided to public schools.
c. No later than 15 days following the receipt of State assessment results pursuant to subsection b. of this section, a public school shall provide to the parents or guardians of a student enrolled in the public school the student’s results on the State assessment.
2. The Commissioner of Education shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt rules and regulations as necessary to implement this act.
3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall first apply to the first full school year following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Department of Education to ensure that the results of any State assessment are provided to public schools no later than 30 days prior to the last day of each school year. The bill also provides that no later than 15 days following the receipt of State assessment results, a public school would provide to the parents or guardians of a student enrolled in the public school the student’s results on the State assessment.
Current State regulations require chief school administrators to provide educators, parents, and students with the results of State assessments within 30 days of receipt of the results from the department. However, State law and regulations do not establish a deadline by which the department is required to provide State assessment results to public schools.
This bill would require the department to provide State assessment results to public schools no later than 30 days prior to the last day of each school year. The bill would also require public schools to provide State assessment results to parents and guardians of students enrolled in the public school no later than 15 days after receiving the results from the department.