(a) (1) The Department of Education (Department) shall collect and release education-related data relating to student progress in Delaware schools. "Education-related data" includes reports and resources for topics such as student enrollment, educational staff, school and student performance, and student health and wellness. (2) On or before August 15, 2003, and on or before August 1 of each subsequent year, the Department shall issue reports on all Delaware public schools, including information for charter schools, reorganized and vocational-technical school districts, and statewide. The information provided under this paragraph (a)(2) shall report on this State's public education system and progress toward achieving the educational goals established by the General Assembly, State, and the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq. (b) (1) The purpose of the education-related data is to monitor progress and trends toward the achievement of this State's educational goals, to provide educators, families, and citizens with information they can use to make good choices for their children, and to hold the public educational system accountable for its performance and cost-effective use of public funds. Education-related data must be provided in a user-friendly form that permits educationally meaningful comparisons among schools and school districts, based on accurate, reliable, and normalized data. The Department must put a link to the reports required under paragraph (a)(2) of this section on all of the following: a. The home page of the Department's website. b. The school choice website under § 401 of this title. (2) a. Reports must compare the data required under this section by each school, school district, and at the statewide level. b. If informative and practicable to do so, reports must also compare the data required under this section to similar data at the national and regional level and for other states. (c) The reports required under paragraph (a)(2) of this section must contain all of the following: (1) Information pertaining to student testing and achievement, including proficiency rates, and educational outcomes as measured against this State's standards and other relevant indicators. (2) Information pertaining to accountability. (3) Information pertaining to school safety and discipline and student attendance, including truancy. (4) Information pertaining to school district administrator-student ratios, school teacher-student ratios, and other staffing ratios. (5) Information pertaining to pupil and staff population demographics, including the percent of low-income students, the percent of students with IEPs, and the percent of students who are ELL. (6) Information pertaining to school district revenues, expenditures, tax rates, and wealth. (7) Information pertaining to school curricular offerings, including the career pathways offered at a high school. (8) Information pertaining to parent and community involvement in the school and school district. (9) Information supplied by the school district or school pertaining to the criteria required under this subsection. (10) Information pertaining to the role of the Title IX Coordinator, including the Title IX Coordinator's contact information. (11) All other information as the Department, after consultation with the State Board, finds will serve the purposes under subsection (b) of this section. (12) Information relating to sports and other extracurricular activities. The information provided for each sport under this paragraph (c)(12) must include if the school has a team for girls, a team for boys, or the team is co-ed. (d) With the goal of encouraging the replication of effective educational policies and practices, the Education Profiles shall also highlight examples of exemplary programs, successful teaching, school climate or disciplinary strategies and other developments that may be of value in improving the performance of Delaware's students and public schools. (e) The Department shall require public school districts to file district reports containing the data necessary to prepare the Education Profiles and shall prescribe a uniform format for such district reports. To the extent that the information required for the district reports must be filed by districts with the State pursuant to a separate section of this Code or Department regulation, the Department shall not require a duplicative report. (f) The Education Profiles will be published, subject to an annual appropriation in the annual state budget act, at the expense of the State. Said profiles will be printed by the Department of Education in sufficient quantity and supplied to local school districts in sufficient quantity for distribution to district staff, parents and the community at large. (g) The Department of Education with the consent of the State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this section.
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