§302A-1004 Educational assessment and accountability; annual reports. (a) The department shall establish a comprehensive system of educational accountability to motivate and support the improved performance of students and the education system. This accountability system shall:

(1) Link authority and adequate resources to responsibility;

(2) Define clear roles for all parties and lines of responsibility and mutual obligation;

(3) Involve fair and adequate assessment against agreed upon goals;

(4) Invoke appropriate actions (assistance, rewards, or sanctions) for observed performance;

(5) Involve a student assessment program that is explicitly aligned with the Hawaii content and performance standards and embodies high and rigorous expectations for the attainment of all students; and

(6) Involve a comprehensive school profile or report card for each school, which shall include, but not be limited to, student performance measures, school attendance, drop-out rates, and parental involvement. These reports shall be made available annually to the board, the governor, the legislature, the parents, and the general public.

Beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, the department shall submit to the legislature, the governor, and the board of education at least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular legislative session a report of the specifics of the design of the comprehensive accountability system, as well as the fiscal requirements and legislative actions necessary to create the accountability system.

(b) The department shall submit to the legislature and to the governor, at least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular legislative session, an educational status report that includes but is not limited to the following:

(1) Results of school-by-school assessments of educational outcomes, including reference to such student performance standards and school-by-school assessment models as may be developed by the commission on performance standards and adopted by the board. This paragraph is repealed on June 30, 2001;

(2) Summaries of school improvement plans;

(3) Summary descriptions of the demographic makeup of the schools, with indications of the range of these conditions among schools within Hawaii;

(4) Comparisons of conditions affecting Hawaii's schools with the conditions of schools in other states; and

(5) Other such assessments as may be deemed appropriate by the board.

(c) The department shall provide electronic access to computer-based financial management, student information, and other information systems to the legislature and the auditor. The department shall submit to the legislature and to the governor, at least twenty days prior to the convening of each legislative session, a school-by-school expenditure report that includes but is not limited to the following:

(1) The financial analysis of expenditures by the department with respect to the following areas:

(A) Instruction, including face-to-face teaching, and classroom materials;

(B) Instructional support, including pupil, teacher, and program support;

(D) Other commitments, including contingencies, capital improvement projects, out-of-district obligations, and legal obligations; and

(E) Leadership, including school management, program and operations management, and district management; and

(2) The measures of accuracy, efficiency, and productivity of the department, districts, and schools in delivering resources to the classroom and the student. [L 1996, c 89, pt of §2; am L 1999, c 74, §2 and c 199, §2]