(a) Before December 1, 2015, the state board, in consultation with the department and based upon recommendations by the committee, shall review all statutory reporting requirements and qualified data collection and data collection by various public agencies (as defined in IC 5-14-1.5-2 ) of the state and shall submit a report to the governor and, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 , to the general assembly. The report must include the following:
- (1) A detailed description of actions that will be taken by the state board and the department to reduce the amount of information schools or school corporations must report to the state.
- (2) A detailed summary describing the actions taken by the department and the state board to combine, streamline, or eliminate duplicative data or information requests from schools and school corporations.
- (3) A detailed description of how the state board is working with other public agencies of the state to minimize or streamline data collection by those agencies.
- (4) Specific legislative recommendations to the general assembly necessary to eliminate duplicative data reporting and any recommended legislative changes that would make school data reporting to various public agencies of the state more efficient and cost effective.
- (b) Before December 1, 2016, the state board shall submit an updated report to the governor and, in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 , to the general assembly containing the progress of the state board and the department to eliminate duplicative data reporting and information requests to schools of any additional recommended legislative changes that would streamline school data reporting to the state that was not included in the state board's report submitted under subsection (a).
As added by P.L.233-2015, SEC.38.