Amend the bill in section 1 in §10012 by striking out all of subsections 1 and 2 and inserting the following:
For the purposes of this section, "traditional student" means a student who has attended any accredited public school, private school or public charter school in the State and received a high school diploma from a secondary school in the State or who has participated in a home instruction program pursuant to section 5001-A, subsection 3, paragraph A and who in the following academic year matriculates as a first-time, full-time student in a public institution of higher education.
Amend the bill by adding after section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 2. Longitudinal data system; status report. The Commissioner of Education shall provide a report by February 2, 2013 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs on the status of the Maine Statewide Longitudinal Data System established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6005. The report must provide details on the implementation of the longitudinal data system, including:
1. The current capacity of the longitudinal data system to compile, maintain and disseminate information concerning the educational histories, placement, employment and other measures of success of participants in state educational programs;
2. The timeline for implementation of the longitudinal data system, including the expected dates for full deployment of the system;
3. The identification of funding sources to meet the ongoing costs to maintain and update the longitudinal data system; and
4. The training opportunities provided for educators statewide related to the longitudinal data system and the status of the Department of Education's plan to provide ongoing professional development and training for teachers and school officials on the use of data to inform instructional practices.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE
Maine Community College System - Board of Trustees 0556
Initiative: Provides funds for the cost associated with collecting and compiling additional data related to students enrolled in certain remedial courses.
GENERAL FUND |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
All Other
|
$0 |
$130,000 |
|
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![inline graphic sline.gif](/meld/xml/ati/graphics/sline.gif) |
GENERAL FUND TOTAL |
$0 |
$130,000 |
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MAINE |
|
|
DEPARTMENT TOTALS |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
|
|
|
GENERAL FUND
|
$0 |
$130,000 |
|
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![inline graphic sline.gif](/meld/xml/ati/graphics/sline.gif) |
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS |
$0 |
$130,000 |
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
Educational and General Activities - UMS 0031
Initiative: Provides funds for the cost associated with collecting and compiling additional data related to students enrolled in certain remedial courses.
GENERAL FUND |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
All Other
|
$0 |
$122,500 |
|
![inline graphic sline.gif](/meld/xml/ati/graphics/sline.gif) |
![inline graphic sline.gif](/meld/xml/ati/graphics/sline.gif) |
GENERAL FUND TOTAL |
$0 |
$122,500 |
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE |
|
|
DEPARTMENT TOTALS |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
|
|
|
GENERAL FUND
|
$0 |
$122,500 |
|
![inline graphic sline.gif](/meld/xml/ati/graphics/sline.gif) |
![inline graphic sline.gif](/meld/xml/ati/graphics/sline.gif) |
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS |
$0 |
$122,500 |
SECTION TOTALS |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
|
|
|
GENERAL FUND
|
$0 |
$252,500 |
|
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![inline graphic sline.gif](/meld/xml/ati/graphics/sline.gif) |
SECTION TOTAL - ALL FUNDS |
$0 |
$252,500 |
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summary
This amendment is the minority report of the Joint Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs. The amendment makes the following changes to the bill.
1. It limits the compilation of information to remedial courses in English language arts and mathematics.
2. To ensure that personally identifiable information that would make a student's identity easily traceable is not disclosed, it prohibits an institution of higher education from reporting disaggregated data for students enrolled in remedial courses when there are 5 or fewer traditional students who received high school diplomas from the same secondary school and enrolled in the same remedial course at the same campus.
3. It eliminates the provision in the bill that requires the public institutions of higher education to report information on students enrolled in remedial courses to school boards and superintendents of school administrative units whose high school graduates are enrolled in remedial courses.
4. It adds a repeal provision to provide that the compilation and reporting requirements related to remedial education are repealed July 1, 2016 unless the United States Congress enacts a law by this date that requires the compilation and reporting of substantially the same data required by this legislation by public institutions of higher education.
5. It adds a provision to the bill to require that the Maine Community College System, the University of Maine System and the Maine Maritime Academy develop forms for reporting information for school administrative unit evaluation in order to provide beneficial performance information to the public institutions of higher education, the Department of Education and the school boards and superintendents of the school administrative units whose graduates are enrolled as first-time, full-time students at a campus in one of the public institutions of higher education.
6. It directs the Commissioner of Education to provide a status report by February 2, 2013 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education and cultural affairs on the implementation of the Maine Statewide Longitudinal Data System established pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, section 6005.
It adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)