Bill Summaries: H 745 INNOVATION THROUGH LOCAL SCHOOLS/PILOT.

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  • Summary date: Apr 15 2015 - View Summary

    Requires the State Board of Education to implement a four-year Innovation Through Local Schools Pilot Program, with one or more local school administrative units participating in the pilot program beginning with the 2015‑16 school year, with the purpose of making the participating pilot units more flexible, adaptable, and accountable in order to foster innovation, creativity, and workforce development for a changing economy. Requires each pilot unit to develop curriculum implementation plans that include nine specified provisions, including the instructional models used in the unit's schools and training and staff development for the unit's personnel that align with the unit's mission and belief statements, a resources/capital improvement plan and budget, and a statement of local economic impact. Provides that a local school administrative unit will be selected as a pilot unit only if the local board of education agrees to delegations of authority necessary to achieve a bottom‑up model of administration. Requires the pilot units to report quarterly to the Department of Public Instruction and requires the Department to report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight on the implementation of the pilot program annually by October 15.