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S.B. 82

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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT BACKPACK

             2     
2013 GENERAL SESSION

             3     
STATE OF UTAH

             4     
Chief Sponsor: Jerry W. Stevenson

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House Sponsor: ____________

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill provides for access by a student's parent or guardian or an authorized LEA
             10      user to the learning profile of a student from kindergarten through grade 12 in an
             11      electronic format known as a Student Achievement Backpack.
             12      Highlighted Provisions:
             13          This bill:
             14          .    defines terms;
             15          .    requires the State Board of Education to create the Utah Student Record Store
             16      website where:
             17              .    a student's parent or guardian may order an electronic PDF of the student's
             18      Student Achievement Backpack or request the transfer of student records; and
             19              .    an authorized LEA user may access student data in a Student Achievement
             20      Backpack that is relevant to the user's LEA or school;
             21          .    specifies the data to be included in a Student Achievement Backpack; and
             22          .    requires the State Board of Education to ensure that student data in a Student
             23      Achievement Backpack is accessible through an LEA's student information system
             24      by June 30, 2017.
             25      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             26          None
             27      Other Special Clauses:


             28          None
             29      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             30      ENACTS:
             31          53A-1-413, Utah Code Annotated 1953
             32     
             33      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             34          Section 1. Section 53A-1-413 is enacted to read:
             35          53A-1-413. Student Achievement Backpack -- Utah Student Records Store.
             36          (1) As used in this section:
             37          (a) "Authorized LEA user" means a teacher or other person employed by an LEA who
             38      is authorized to access data in a Student Achievement Backpack through the Utah Student
             39      Record Store.
             40          (b) "LEA" means a school district, charter school, or the Utah Schools for the Deaf and
             41      the Blind.
             42          (c) "PDF" means portable document format.
             43          (d) "Student Achievement Backpack" means, for a student from kindergarten through
             44      grade 12, a complete learning profile that:
             45          (i) is in electronic format;
             46          (ii) follows the student from grade to grade and school to school; and
             47          (iii) is accessible by the student's parent or guardian or an authorized LEA user.
             48          (e) "U-PASS" means the Utah Performance Assessment System for Students
             49      established in Part 6, Achievement Tests.
             50          (f) "Utah Student Record Store" means a repository of student data collected from
             51      LEAs:
             52          (i) that is hosted at the Utah State Office of Education;
             53          (ii) that is accessible via a web browser to authorized LEA users using role-based
             54      security; and
             55          (iii) from which a student's parent or guardian may order an electronic PDF of the
             56      student's Student Achievement Backpack.
             57          (2) The State Board of Education shall create the Utah Student Record Store website
             58      where:


             59          (a) a student's parent or guardian may:
             60          (i) order an electronic PDF of the student's Student Achievement Backpack; or
             61          (ii) request student records to be transferred from one LEA to another; and
             62          (b) an authorized LEA user may access data in a Student Achievement Backpack
             63      relevant to the user's LEA or school.
             64          (3) The State Board of Education shall implement security measures to ensure that:
             65          (a) student data stored or transmitted to or from the Utah Student Record Store is
             66      secure and confidential pursuant to the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and
             67      Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g; and
             68          (b) an authorized LEA user may only access student data that is relevant to the user's
             69      LEA or school.
             70          (4) No later than June 30, 2014:
             71          (a) a student's parent or guardian shall be able to order an electronic PDF of the
             72      student's Student Achievement Backpack, which shall include the following data, or request the
             73      data to be transferred from one LEA to another:
             74          (i) student demographics;
             75          (ii) course grades;
             76          (iii) course history; and
             77          (iv) results for an assessment administered under U-PASS; and
             78          (b) an authorized LEA user shall be able to access student data in a Student
             79      Achievement Backpack, which shall include the data listed in Subsections (4)(a)(i) through
             80      (iv).
             81          (5) No later than June 30, 2015:
             82          (a) a student's parent or guardian shall be able to order an electronic PDF of the
             83      student's Student Achievement Backpack, which shall include the data listed in Subsections
             84      (4)(a)(i) through (iv) and the following additional data, or request the data to be transferred
             85      from one LEA to another:
             86          (i) section attendance;
             87          (ii) the name of a student's teacher for classes and courses the student takes;
             88          (iii) teacher qualifications for a student's teacher, including years of experience, degree,
             89      license, and endorsement;


             90          (iv) the Individual Education Program (IEP) for a student with a disability;
             91          (v) results of formative, interim, and summative computer adaptive assessments
             92      administered pursuant to Section 53A-1-603 ;
             93          (vi) detailed data demonstrating a student's mastery of core standards and objectives as
             94      measured by computer adaptive assessments administered pursuant to Section 53A-1-603 ;
             95          (vii) a student's writing sample written for an online writing assessment administered
             96      pursuant to Section 53A-1-603 ;
             97          (viii) student growth scores for U-PASS tests;
             98          (ix) a school's grade assigned pursuant to Part 11, School Grading Act;
             99          (x) results of benchmark assessments of reading administered pursuant to Section
             100      53A-1-606.6 ; and
             101          (xi) a student's reading level at the end of grade 3; and
             102          (b) an authorized LEA user shall be able to access student data in a Student
             103      Achievement Backpack, which shall include the data listed in Subsections (4)(a)(i) through (iv)
             104      and (5)(a)(i) through (xi).
             105          (6) No later than June 30, 2017, the State Board of Education shall ensure that data
             106      collected in the Utah Student Record Store for a Student Achievement Backpack shall be
             107      integrated into each LEA's student information system and shall be made available to a
             108      student's parent or guardian and an authorized LEA user in an easily accessible viewing format.




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