HB 1234

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD FOR MISSISSIPPI PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND PROVIDE PARENTS WITH CRITICAL STUDENT PERFORMANCE DATA; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PUBLISH THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2026-2027 ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR; TO SPECIFY THE TIMELINE BY WHICH THE INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT UPDATES TO THE DASHBOARD ARE REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED; TO GRANT THE DEPARTMENT A ONE-YEAR PERIOD TO IDENTIFY ANY RELEVANT DATA NOT CURRENTLY COLLECTED TO DETERMINE WHAT SAID DATA IS AND INCLUDE IT IN THE DASHBOARD BEGINNING WITH THE 2027-2028 SCHOOL YEAR; TO REQUIRE THE INFORMATION IN THE DASHBOARD TO BE COMPILED INTO AN EASILY ACCESSIBLE, USER-FRIENDLY SINGLE-PAGE GRAPHIC AND PUBLISHED ON THE MAIN PAGE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S AND THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE; TO REQUIRE THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ISSUE GUIDANCE AND THE STANDARDIZED DASHBOARD TEMPLATE TO ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY AUGUST 1, 2026; TO REQUIRE THE SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY DASHBOARD TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE'S PERFORMANCE-BASED ACCREDITATION SYSTEM AND PRESCRIBE THE MINIMUM DATA METRICS TO BE INCLUDED; TO AMEND SECTIONS 37-17-6 AND 37-17-8, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, IN CONFORMITY THERETO; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.