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CS/SB  247 PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN EDUCATIONAL INFO
Sponsored By: Sen Gabriel Ramos

Actions: [4] SEC/SHPAC-SEC [6] DP-SHPAC [15] DNP-CS/DP [19] PASSED/S (39-0) [17] HEC-HEC API.

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Summary:
 Senate Bill 247 (SB 247) adds a new section to Public Schools requiring the Public Education Department to publish the results of the department-approved summative assessments for science, mathematics and English language arts. SB 247 establishes a deadline for publication, requirements for the report and requires user-friendly access. SB 247 assigns duties to the Public Education Department.
Legislation Overview:
 Senate Bill 247 adds in Public Schools a anew section of the Assessment and Accountability Act (Act) as follows:
Section 1, Subsection A:
- provides a definition of “summative assessment”.
- requires the department shall publish the results of the summative assessments for science, mathematics and English language arts. 
- the department shall publish the results provided for in this section no later than September 1 of each calendar year; 
B. at a minimum, include the data specified in this subsection.
C. publish the results in an easily accessible, user-friendly format through a website or web page managed and regularly maintained by the department and provide links to the website or web page on the home page of the department's primary website. 
SECTION 2 makes the effective date July 1, 2025.
Committee Substitute:
 Senate Bill 247 (SB 247)is substituted as CS/SB 247 by the Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee.
The Title is changed to delete “assigning duties to the Public Education Department”.
Section 1 is amended to delete Section 1 of SB 247, which adds a new section of the Assessment and Accountability Act, to insert CS/SB 247 Section 1, which amends the Assessment and Accountability Act as follows:
SECTION 1 amends Section 22-2C-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2003, Chapter 153, Section 13, as amended) in STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM--INDICATORS--REQUIRED ASSESSMENTS--ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTS--LIMITS ON ALTERNATIVES TO ENGLISH LANGUAGE READING ASSESSMENTS to insert Subsection E as follows:
E. Before September 1 of each year, the department shall publish the results of the standards-based assessments required in Subsection B of this section in an easily accessible and user-friendly format through a website or web page managed and regularly maintained by the department. At a minimum, the results shall include: 
(1) the proficiency rates for each tested subject and grade reported by statewide, district and school level performance; and 
(2) the proficiency rates for each tested subject and grade reported by statewide, district and school level performance, disaggregated by student demographics, including: 
(a) race; 
(b) gender; 
(c) ethnicity; 
(d) tribal affiliation; 
(e) socioeconomic status; and 
(f) special education status.
The section is relettered.
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