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A5126 1R2R AAN[Second Statement 12/9/21 ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE   STATEMENT TO   [First Reprint] ASSEMBLY, No.

5126  STATE withOF committeeNEW amendmentsJERSEY 219th LEGISLATURE   STATEINTRODUCED OFDECEMBER NEW10, JERSEY2020   DATED:  Sponsored by:

 DECEMBERAssemblywoman  9,ANGELA 2021V.         The Assembly Agriculture Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No.

5126MCKNIGHT (1R).District 31 (Hudson) Assemblywoman  PAMELA R.

     LAMPITT ThisDistrict bill,6 as(Burlington amended, requires the Commissioner of Education to prepare two reports on the impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency on public schooling.  The first report will be a learning loss report that identifies and quantifiesCamden) theAssemblywoman  impactVALERIE ofVAINIERI theHUTTLE COVID-19District public37 health(Bergen) emergency  onCo-Sponsored studentby: academic outcomes.  The second report will be a report on the continuation of school services during the same period.

     Assemblyman UnderBenson, theAssemblywoman bill,Reynolds-Jackson, theAssemblyman commissionerCalabrese, mustAssemblywomen collectDowney, dataTimberlake onand studentAssemblyman academicStanley outcomes  from  all  school  districtsSYNOPSIS within     thirtyRequires daysCommissioner of theEducation bill’s effective date.  The commissioner will require each school district to submit the required data within 30 days of the bill’s effective date.  The data must be provided for all students enrolled in the school district in the time period beginning on the date of the school district’s closure in March of 2020 and ending on the bill’s effective date, unless otherwise specified by the commissioner.        The bill, as amended, directs the commissioner to prepare andlearning submitloss a report to the Governor and toreport theon Legislaturepublic byschool Mayoperations 31,during 2022. COVID-19 Thepublic learninghealth lossemergency. report must:

       (1) CURRENT identifyVERSION andOF quantifyTEXT the     impactAs ofreported by the COVID-19Assembly publicAgriculture healthCommittee emergency on overallDecember student9, academic2021, outcomes,with and amendments. include an analysis disaggregated by district size, grade level, and academic subject, where practicable;

and          An (2) Act identifyconcerning and quantify the impact of the COVID-19 public healthschooling emergency on student achievement disparities that existed prior to the public health emergency, and include an analysis of student academic outcomes disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, eligibility for free or reduced price lunch under the National School Lunch Program, eligibility for special education services, and English language learner designation, where practicable.        The bill restricts the commissioner’s use of the collected data to the bill’s purposes.        The bill also directs the commissioner to require each school district to submit data and information related to the continuation of school services during the COVID-19 public health emergency.  The  school     districtBe mustIt submitEnacted theby data and information to the commissionerSenate within 90 days of the bill’s effective date.  The data and informationGeneral mustAssembly be provided for the time period beginning on the date of the schoolState district’s closure in March of 2020New andJersey: ending on the bill’s effective date.  Under the bill, the required data will include, but need not be limited to:

       •         the1.    datesa.  The Commissioner of anyEducation extendedshall andrequire intermittenteach pausesschool ofdistrict to submit data on student academic instructionoutcomes takenwithin as30 days of the effective date of this act.  The data shall be used by the commissioner to develop a resultlearning loss report that identifies and quantifies the impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency;emergency on student academic outcomes.        The data shall be provided for all students enrolled in the school district in the time period beginning on the date of the school district’s closure in March of 2020 and ending on the effective date of this act, unless otherwise specified by the commissioner.

          •    b.    a1[Within description60 days of the instructionaleffective formatdate providedof bythis act] By May 31, 2[20211] 20222, the schoolCommissioner district;of Education shall prepare and submit to the Governor and to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), a learning loss report that summarizes the data collected pursuant to subsection a.

     of •    this forsection.  anyThe remote learning provided,loss datareport onshall: the amount of class time students spent in synchronous and asynchronous learning formats;

          •    (1)   dataidentify onand classquantify sizesthe forimpact eachof instructionalthe formatCOVID-19 usedpublic byhealth theemergency districton overall student academic outcomes, and theshall amountinclude ofan anyanalysis smalldisaggregated groupby ordistrict one-on-onesize, instructiongrade delivered;level, and academic subject, where practicable;

     and  •         data(2)   identify and informationquantify the impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency on student andachievement teacherdisparities accessthat existed prior to reliablethe Internetpublic health emergency, and technology;shall include an analysis of student academic outcomes disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, eligibility for free or reduced price lunch under the National School Lunch Program, eligibility for special education services, and English language learner designation, where practicable.

          •    c.     highThe schoolcommissioner’s graduationuse rates;of data collected pursuant to this section shall be restricted to the purposes of this section.

       •         2.    a.  The Commissioner of Education shall require each school district to submit data and information onrelated anyto standardizedthe assessmentcontinuation administeredof school services during the COVID-19 public health emergency.  The school district shall submit the data and information to studentsthe betweencommissioner within 90 days of the effective date of this act.  The data and information shall be provided for the time period beginning on the date of the school district’s closure in March of 2020 and ending on the falleffective date of 2021;this act.  The data and information shall include, but need not be limited to:

          •    (1)  the attendancedates ratesof any extended and attendanceintermittent policypauses appliedof byacademic instruction taken as a result of the schoolCOVID-19 district;public health emergency;

          •    (2)  informationa ondescription of the continuityinstructional offormat specialprovided educationby services;the school district, such as remote, hybrid, or in-person;

          •    (3)  afor descriptionany ofremote learning provided, data on the professionalamount developmentof opportunitiesclass providedtime tostudents schoolspent districtin teacherssynchronous and staff;asynchronous learning formats;

          •    (4)  data on class sizes for each instructional format used by the numberdistrict ofand studentsthe whoamount receivedof freeany small group or reduced-priceone-on-one meals;instruction delivered;

          •    (5)  informationthe onpercentage anyof district-sponsoredstudents childand careteachers programs;with access to reliable Internet and technology at the beginning of the reporting period and at the time of reporting, and a description of the school district’s efforts to ensure all teachers and each student in a household have access to reliable Internet and their own laptop, tablet, or device;

          •    (6)  informationthe onfour-year currentadjusted cohort graduation rate for each year from 2017 through 2020, and projectedthe teachernumber shortages;of high school graduates who did not meet the graduation assessment requirement that was waived by Executive Order No.

and117       •     types of social-emotional2020, supports provided to students, teachers, and staffwho andqualified participationfor ratesgraduation ofthrough thesean programs.alternate pathway;

          Where(7)  available,information theon schoolany districtstandardized mustassessment provideadministered data that is disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, eligibility for free or reduced price lunch under the National School Lunch Program, eligibility for special education services, English language learner designation, and grade level.        The bill, as amended, provides that by September 30, 2022, the commissioner must prepare and submit to thestudents Governor2[in and the Legislaturefall] abetween finalMarch2 report that summarizes the collected information.   The final report will be a comprehensive overview of the2020 continuation2and of school services during the COVID-19fall public health emergency.  The bill limits the commissioner’s use of the20212; collected data and information to the bill’s purposes.

          As(8)  amendedthe andattendance reported,rates theand billattendance ispolicy identicalapplied toby Senatethe Billschool No.district;

3214     (1R),(9)  asinformation alsoon amendedthe andcontinuity reportedof byspecial education services during this time period including identification of any accommodations or services that were suspended, limited, or created due to the committee.COVID-19 public health emergency;

      COMMITTEE(10)  AMENDMENTSa      description Theof committeethe amendments:professional development opportunities provided to school district teachers and staff;

          1)(11)  postpone the duenumber dateof forstudents thewho submissionreceived byfree or reduced-price meals, and the Commissionernumber of Educationstudents ofwho areceived learningfree lossor reportreduced-price frommeals Mayover 31,the 2021same toperiod Mayin 31,the 2022;prior year;

          2)(12)  postponeinformation theon due date for the submissiontype byand theparticipation Commissionerrates of Educationany ofdistrict-sponsored thechild finalcare reportprograms; on the continuation of school services during the COVID-19 public health emergency from September 30, 2021 to September 30, 2022;

and          (13)  3) require that each school district provide to the Commissioner of Education information on anycurrent standardizedand assessmentprojected administeredteacher toshortages, studentsdetailing betweenshortages Marchby ofschool, 2020grade level, and thesubject fallarea; of 2021.

and      (14)  types of social-emotional supports provided to students, teachers, and staff and participation rates of these programs.

     Where available, the school district shall provide data that is disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, eligibility for free or reduced price lunch under the National School Lunch Program, eligibility for special education services, English language learner designation, and grade level.

     b.    1[Within 120 days of the effective date of this act] By September 30, 2[20211] 20222, the Commissioner of Education shall prepare and submit to the Governor and to the Legislature, pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), a final report that summarizes the information and data collected pursuant to subsection a.

of this section.  The final report shall be a comprehensive overview of the continuation of school services during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

     c.     The commissioner’s use of data collected pursuant to this section shall be restricted to the purposes of this section.

       3.    This act shall take effect immediately.