THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SMUCKER, SCARNATI, FONTANA, PICCOLA, RAFFERTY AND BROWNE, MARCH 9, 2011

REFERRED TO EDUCATION, MARCH 9, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An

act relating to the public school system, including certain

provisions applicable as well to private and parochial

schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the

laws relating thereto," in school districts, further

providing for value-added assessment system.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 221 of the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30,

No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949, added November

17, 2010 (P.L.996, No.104), is amended to read:

Section 221.  Value-added Assessment System.--(a)  Beginning

on the effective date of this section, the Department of

Education shall make available on its publicly accessible

Internet website the following:

(1)  Value-added assessment system data for the school

district level [and], the school level, the grade level and the

classroom level. The Department of Education's disclosure of

value-added assessment system data shall be subject to the

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (Public Law

90-247, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g) or a successor Federal statute.

(2)  Instructions that may assist the public in understanding

and interpreting the data provided under paragraph (1).

(b)  For purposes of this section:

"Value-added assessment system" shall mean a statistical

analysis of results on the Pennsylvania System of School

Assessment test or any other test established by the State Board

of Education to meet the requirements of section 2603-B(d)(10)

(i) pursuant to 22 Pa. Code § 403.3 (relating to single

accountability system) that uses measures of student learning to

enable the estimation of classroom, grade, school or school

district statistical distributions.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.