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Sponsor urges change so career‑and‑technical school data follow program that educates the student
Summary
A bill introduced by Representative Filowa would make the receiving CTE program the owner of student academic data while the student attends the program, a change sponsors say would prevent home districts from being penalized for students returned with low credits or attendance problems.
Representative Filowa told the committee she brought the bill at the request of the Johnston School Committee and the local superintendent. Filowa said students who leave their home districts to attend a career-and-technical-education (CTE) program sometimes return with low credits, low GPA or poor attendance and that "the data on that student becomes the data of the home school district" and is used in accountability measures to the home district.
Filowa said the legislation would make the enrolling CTE school the owner of the student’s data while the student is enrolled there, so that outcomes at the CTE program would not be attributed to the sending district’s accountability metrics. She said she would provide supporting materials from the superintendent to the clerk.
Committee members asked whether data exist on how many students move in and out of CTE programs; Filowa said she did not have those figures but would seek them. No district fiscal impacts were provided during the hearing; Filowa said the proposal was drafted with input from her local superintendent and school committee.
There was no vote on the substance of the bill during the hearing; the item was presented and witnesses declined extensive questioning in the absence of the superintendent, who could not attend because of a local water-main break.
