PURPOSE: This rule establishes the guidelines for public reporting of information by school districts on an annual basis.

1. (1) Beginning with Fiscal Year 1996 school districts will collect and record data and code financial information to provide information needed in reporting to the public. The first reporting will be in Fiscal Year 1996-97 using FY 96 data and continue annually thereafter, using prior fiscal year data. The reports shall be distributed in accordance with section 160.522, RSMo. Comparisons of district data to state data should be provided by the district by October 1, 1996, with the exception of subsection (2)(L), which must be reported by October 1, 1997.

2. (2) Data to be reported as specified in section 160.522, RSMo, shall include the following:

   1. (A) Enrollment—number of resident and nonresident students enrolled the last Wednesday of September;
   2. (B) Rates of pupil attendance—average daily attendance of the regular school term divided by the average of the September and January membership with the result expressed as a percent;
   3. (C) High school dropout rate—number of dropouts divided by (September enrollment plus transfers in minus transfers out minus dropouts added to total September enrollment then divided by two (2)). Dropout rate shall be reported for any racial/ethnicity group with more than thirty (30) students and which exceeds five percent (5%) of building enrollment;

   4. (D) Staffing ratios—the student number is the September enrollment. The teachers and administrators are determined based on the Core Data position codes, as follows:

      1. 1. Students to all teachers—position

Code 60;

1. 2. Students to administrators—position

Codes 10 and 20; and

1. 3. Students to classroom teachers—posi-

tion Code 60, excluding special education, remedial readings, Chapter 1, and vocational teachers;

1. (E) Average years of experience of professional staff—based on the total years of public school experience;
2. (F) Advanced degrees earned—headcount of number of staff whose highest degree is above a bachelor’s degree;
3. (G) Student achievement as determined through the currently used state assessment system; 5 CSR 30-4
4. (H) Average teacher’s salary—total regular term salary plus minimum salary supplement paid as reported on Core Data for Position Code 60;
5. (I) Average administrator’s salary—total regular term salary reported on Core Data for Position Codes 10 and 20;
6. (J) Average salaries of noncertificated personnel compared to state averages—total noncertificated salaries from Annual Secretary of the Board Report, Part III-B, Object 6150, divided by FTE of support staff as reported on Screen 2 of Core Data including school bus drivers, office staff, custodial staff, food service staff, and any other noncertificated district support staff. This item will be reported after the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education integrates this method in to the established reporting system;
7. (K) Average per pupil expenditures for the district as a whole—current expenditure per average daily attendance (ADA);
8. (L) Average per pupil expenditures for each building in the district—see Appendix A for calculation model:
9. (M) Voted tax rates—tax rate ceiling for operations and tax rate ceiling for debt service;
10. (N) Adjusted tax rates—actual tax rates levied by fund (after voluntary and Proposition C rollbacks) as filed by September 1 with the county clerk;
11. (O) Assessed valuation—December 31 of previous calendar year assessed valuation minus tax increment financed assessed valuation;

12. (P) Percent of the district’s operating budget received from—

    1. 1. State—all state revenues received in

the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds divided by total revenues received in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds;

1. 2. Federal—all federal revenues received

in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds divided by total revenues received in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds; and

1. 3. Local—all local and county revenues

received in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds divided by total revenues received in the General, Special Revenue, and Capital Projects Funds;

1. (Q) Extracurricular activities offered—all activities not for credit offered by the district for which the financial accounting is the responsibility of the district;
2. (R) Costs associated with each extracurricular activity—by activity list costs of expenditures for Object Codes 6100—6400, excluding capital outlay;
3. (S) Number of students eligible for free and reduced lunch—number of full-time equivalency count of resident pupils enrolled in grades K—12 on the last Wednesday of January and in attendance one (1) of the ten

1. (10) preceding school days for which their eligibility for free or reduced lunch is documented;

   1. (T) School calendar information—

      1. 1. Number of days and hours for student

attendance;

1. 2. Number of days and hours for parent-

teacher conferences; and

1. 3. Number of days and hours for staff

development or inservice training for certificated staff;

1. (U) Data on course offerings—list of courses offered with units of credit identified;

2. (V) Rates of participation (may include duplicated count) in—

   1. 1. Parent-teacher conferences—number

of students enrolled with one (1) or more of their parents or guardians attending a conference divided by the number of students enrolled the last Wednesday of September;

1. 2. Special education programs—number

of students served in special education programs divided by the number of students enrolled in the district the last Wednesday of September;

1. 3. Early childhood special education

programs—number of students enrolled in the programs;

1. 4. Parents as teachers programs—num-

ber of families served;

1. 5. Vocational education programs—

number of students enrolled in vocational education programs divided by the number of students enrolled in the district the last Wednesday of September;

1. 6. Gifted or enrichment programs—

number of students enrolled in gifted or enrichment programs divided by the number of students in the district the last Wednesday of September;

1. 7. Advanced placement programs—

number of students enrolled in advanced placement programs divided by the number of students enrolled in the district the last Wednesday of September. Advanced placement programs require the courses to be college level courses regardless of whether college credit is earned; and

1. 8. College admissions testing—number

of high school graduates taking the American College Test (ACT) or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) divided by the number of high school graduates.

1. (W) Number of students continuing education in post-secondary programs—previous year’s graduates who are attending a two (2)- or four (4)-year college as reported on Screen 8 of Core Data;
2. (X) Information about job placement for students who complete the district’s vocational education programs; and
3. (Y) The district’s most recent accreditation—Missouri School Improvement Program accreditation rating and measures for school improvement identified in the school improvement plan.

1. (3) Achievement data including ACT and SAT data will be reported in a way that is meaningful and relevant to the local school district using—

   1. (A) At least one (1) comparison of district average with state average or district average with districts having a similar characteristic or characteristics using the same variables for three (3) consecutive years; and /or
   2. (B) No less than a three (3)-year history of district scores. The district achievement history becomes the comparison variable.
2. (4) Reporting shall permit disclosure of data on a school-by-school basis and shall not be personally identifiable by any student or employee. Disaggregated achievements data shall be reported for any racial/ethnicity group with more than thirty (30) students and which exceeds five percent (5%) of building enrollment.

AUTHORITY: section 160.522, RSMo 1994.* Original rule filed March 21, 1995, effective Oct. 30, 1995. *Original authority 1993.