§ 16-90-6 - Reporting Requirements. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 16-90-6

   § 16-90-6  Reporting Requirements. –(a) Within ninety (90) days of the effective date of this statute, the board ofregents shall submit a report to the governor and the general assembly on theimplementation of the adoption and implementation of the four (4) year cohortgraduation rate formula. The report shall describe the interim measures thestate is taking. The report should also detail each category, code and thecorresponding definitions that the state has authorized for identifying,tracking, calculating and publicly reporting transfers out. This report shallbe released to the public and posted on the state education department'spublicly accessible web page contemporaneous with submission to the governorand the general assembly.

   (b) On or before November 1st of each year, the board ofregents shall submit a report to the governor and the general assembly on itsefforts to collect, maintain, analyze, and publicly report high schoolgraduation rates, and how the steps taken by that system comply with otherappropriate provisions of this section. This report shall describe thestatistical analyses and data verification activities undertaken by the stateto confirm the accuracy of reported graduation rates, and shall detail anydiscrepancies identified. This report shall be released to the public andposted on the state education department's publicly accessible web pagecontemporaneous with submission to the governor and legislature.