Source: http://wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4295%20SUB.htm&yr=2016&sesstype=RS&i=4295
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Committee Substitute House Bill 4295 History
[Originating in the House Committee on Education.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5B-14; and to further amend said code by adding thereto a new article, designated §18-5E-1, §18-5E-2, §18-5E-3, §18-5E-4, §18-5E-5, §18-5E-6 and §18-5E-7, all relating to all relating to Innovation in Education Schools and Innovation Zones; terminating funding for Innovation Zones and Local Solution Dropout Prevention and Recovery Innovation Zones; setting forth purpose of Innovation in Education Act; defining innovation in education school; specifying minimum requirements; authorizing soliciting, accepting and expending gifts, donations and grants with certain limits to remain for use in school accounts; authorizing state board designation of innovation in education school; requiring state board rule for implementation and authorizing emergency rule if necessary; providing process for application process, minimum content, review and approval; requiring innovation in education plan as part of application; specifying plan minimum contents, components and requirements; requiring operational agreement between school principal and county board; specifying minimum contents of operational agreement; requiring evaluations of Innovation in Education designated schools; authorizing amendment and suspension of components of Innovation in Education plans; authorizing termination of designation of a school as an Innovation in Education school; authorizing designation of demonstration schools; creating Innovation in Education Fund; authorizing expenditures from Innovation in Education Fund; and authorizing investment of Innovation in Education Fund moneys.
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-5B-14; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new article, designated §18-5E-1, §18-5E-2, §18-5E-3, §18-5E-4, §18-5E-5, §18-5E-6 and §18-5E-7, all to read as follows::
(3) Entrepreneurship; and
(4) Career pathways,
(b) Nothing in this article prohibits an Innovation in Education school from incorporating more than one of the attributes of STEM education, community school partnerships, entrepreneurship or career pathways into its program design, notwithstanding the primary designation under which it applies or is subsequently designated.
(a) The state board may designate a school as a STEM, community school partnership, entrepreneurship or career pathways Innovation in Education school in accordance with this article and shall promulgate a rule, including an emergency rule if necessary, in accordance with article three-b, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code to implement the provisions of this article. The rule shall include at least the following:
(1) A process for a school to apply for designation as an Innovation In Education school in STEM, community school partnership, entrepreneurship or career pathways;
(A) The proposed mission and vision of the school as it pertains to becoming an Innovation in Education school, including identification of the designation it seeks to obtain as a as a primary focus on (i) Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); (ii) community school partnership; (iii) entrepreneurship; or (iv) career pathways;
(D) A clear articulation the areas of autonomy and flexibility in curriculum, budget, school schedule and calendar, professional development, and staffing policies and procedures which would require a waiver of policy or code; and
The Innovation in Education Plan for a STEM, community school partnership, entrepreneurship or career pathways Innovation in Education school shall include each of the following:
(F) Progress among subgroups of students, including low-income students and students receiving special education;
(G) Student growth among different subgroups of students;.
(H) With respect to high school, postsecondary readiness, including the percentage of graduates submitting applications to postsecondary institutions, and postsecondary enrollment or employment; and
(I) Parent and community engagement; and
(B) Any rule, policy or statute exemptions the school is seeking: Provided, That a school may not request an exemption nor may an exemption be granted from any assessment program required by the state board or any provision of law or policy required by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 or other federal law;
(4) The annual performance targets set by the county board and the school to assess and evaluate the school’s progress in achieving its annual measureable goal as set forth in its Innovation in Education Plan, including any additional internal and external metrics of performance agreed to by the school and the county board to measure the school’s performance and student success. The annual performance targets may be refined or amended by mutual agreement of the county board and the school after the school has been fully operational for one year and has collected baseline performance data;
(2) Suspend one or more components of the school’s Innovation in Education Plan and operational agreement; or