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S3214 2R1R [SecondAAN Statement 12/9/21 ASSEMBLY AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE   STATEMENT TO   [First Reprint] SENATE, No.

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Senator  DECEMBER M.9, 2021         The Assembly Agriculture Committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No.

TERESA3214 RUIZ(1R). District 29 (Essex) Senator  SHIRLEY K.

TURNER      DistrictThis 15bill, (Hunterdonas 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 Mercer)quantifies  the Co-Sponsoredimpact by:of the COVID-19 public health emergency on student academic outcomes.  The second report will be a report on the continuation of school services during the same period.

Senators      A.M.Bucco,Under Singleton,the Diegnanbill, andthe Browncommissioner  must  collect  data  on SYNOPSISstudent     academic Requiresoutcomes Commissionerfrom all school districts within thirty days of Educationthe bill’s effective date.  The commissioner will require each school district to preparesubmit learningthe lossrequired reportdata andwithin report30 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 publicthe date of the school operationsdistrict’s duringclosure COVID-19in publicMarch healthof emergency. 2020  and CURRENTending VERSIONon OFthe TEXTbill’s     effective Asdate, reportedunless otherwise specified by the Assemblycommissioner.  Agriculture      CommitteeThe onbill, Decemberas 9,amended, 2021,directs withthe amendments.commissioner to prepare and submit a report to the Governor and to the Legislature by May 31, 2022.  The learning loss report must:

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 and             1.   (2)  a. identify Theand Commissionerquantify the impact of Educationthe shallCOVID-19 requirepublic eachhealth schoolemergency districton student achievement disparities that existed prior to submitthe datapublic onhealth emergency, and include an analysis of student academic outcomes withindisaggregated 30by daysrace, ofethnicity, gender, eligibility for free or reduced price lunch under the effectiveNational dateSchool ofLunch thisProgram, act. eligibility for special education services, and English language learner designation, where practicable.        The bill restricts the commissioner’s use of the collected data shallto bethe usedbill’s bypurposes.        The bill also directs the commissioner to developrequire aeach learningschool lossdistrict reportto thatsubmit identifiesdata and quantifiesinformation related to the impactcontinuation of school services during the COVID-19 public health emergencyemergency.  onThe studentschool academicdistrict outcomes.  must     submit Thethe data shalland beinformation providedto forthe allcommissioner studentswithin enrolled90 indays of the schoolbill’s districteffective indate.  The data and information must be provided for the time period beginning on the date of the school district’s closure in March of 2020 and ending on the bill’s effective datedate.  ofUnder thisthe act,bill, unlessthe otherwiserequired specifieddata bywill theinclude, commissioner.but need not be limited to:

          b.   •     1[Within 60 days of the effectivedates date of thisany act]extended Byand Mayintermittent 31,pauses 2[20211] 20222, the Commissioner of Educationacademic shallinstruction preparetaken andas submita toresult 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 dataCOVID-19 collectedpublic pursuanthealth toemergency; subsection a.

      •     a description of thisthe section. instructional Theformat learningprovided lossby reportthe shall:school district;

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and           •     (2)  data identify and quantify the impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency on studentclass achievementsizes disparitiesfor thateach existedinstructional priorformat toused by the publicdistrict health emergency, and shallthe includeamount an analysis of studentany academicsmall outcomesgroup disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, eligibility for free or reducedone-on-one priceinstruction lunchdelivered; under the National School Lunch Program, eligibility for special education services, and English language learner designation, where practicable.

          c.    •     The commissioner’s use of data collectedand pursuantinformation toon thisstudent sectionand shallteacher beaccess restricted to thereliable purposesInternet ofand thistechnology; section.

           •     2.   high a.  The Commissioner of Education shall require each school districtgraduation torates; submit data and information related to the continuation of school services during the COVID-19 public health emergency.  The school district shall submit the data and information to the commissioner 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 effective date of this act.  The data and information shall include, but need not be limited to:

          (1) •     theinformation dateson of any extendedstandardized andassessment intermittentadministered pausesto ofstudents academicbetween instructionMarch takenof as2020 aand result of the COVID-19fall publicof health2021; emergency;

          (2) •     athe descriptionattendance ofrates theand instructionalattendance formatpolicy providedapplied by the school district,district; such as remote, hybrid, or in-person;

          (3) •     forinformation any remote learning provided, data on the amountcontinuity of classspecial timeeducation studentsservices; spent in synchronous and asynchronous learning formats;

          (4) •     dataa ondescription classof sizesthe forprofessional eachdevelopment instructionalopportunities formatprovided usedto byschool the district teachers and thestaff; amount of any small group or one-on-one instruction delivered;

          (5) •     the percentagenumber of students andwho teachersreceived withfree 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;reduced-price meals;

          (6) •     theinformation four-yearon adjustedany cohortdistrict-sponsored graduationchild ratecare forprograms; each year from 2017 through 2020, and the number of high school graduates who did not meet the graduation assessment requirement that was waived by Executive Order No.

117      of•     2020,information andon whocurrent qualifiedand forprojected graduationteacher throughshortages; an alternate pathway;

    and (7)       information•     ontypes anyof standardizedsocial-emotional assessmentsupports administeredprovided to studentsstudents, 2[inteachers, theand fall]staff betweenand March2participation ofrates 2020 2and the fall of 20212;these programs.

          (8) Where available, the attendanceschool ratesdistrict must 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 attendancegrade policylevel.  applied      The bill, as amended, provides that by September 30, 2022, the commissioner must prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a final report that summarizes the collected information.   The final report will be a comprehensive overview of the continuation of school district;services during the COVID-19 public health emergency.  The bill limits the commissioner’s use of the collected data and information to the bill’s purposes.

          (9) As informationamended onand reported, the continuitybill ofis specialidentical education services during this time period including identification of any accommodations or services that were suspended, limited, or created due to theAssembly COVID-19Bill publicNo. health emergency;

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      (11) COMMITTEE theAMENDMENTS number      ofThe studentscommittee whoamendments: received free or reduced-price meals, and the number of students who received free or reduced-price meals over the same period in the prior year;

          (12) 1) informationpostpone onthe due date for the typesubmission andby participationthe ratesCommissioner of anyEducation district-sponsoredof childa carelearning programs;loss report from May 31, 2021 to May 31, 2022;

          (13) 2) informationpostpone the due date for the submission by the Commissioner of Education of the final report on currentthe andcontinuation projectedof teacherschool shortages,services detailingduring shortagesthe byCOVID-19 school,public gradehealth level,emergency andfrom subjectSeptember area;30, 2021 to September 30, 2022;

and           (14) 3) typesrequire that each school district provide to the Commissioner of social-emotionalEducation supportsinformation providedon any standardized assessment administered to students,students teachers,between andMarch staffof 2020 and participationthe ratesfall of these2021. 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.