State Department of Education: parent resources Internet Web site.

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the approval of the State Board of Education, to develop an Academic Performance Index (API) to measure the performance of schools and school districts, especially the academic performance of pupils. Existing federal law, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, contains provisions generally requiring states to adopt performance goals for their public elementary and secondary schools, and to demonstrate that these public schools are making adequate yearly progress, as measured by pupil performance on standardized tests as well as other measures, to satisfy those goals. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to report test results of all state-mandated testing programs to the individual school districts by a specified date. Existing law requires the department to compile an attrition rate for high school pupils in the state. Existing law, the Open Enrollment Act, authorizes the parent of a pupil enrolled in a low-achieving school, as defined, to submit an application for the pupil to attend a school in a school district of enrollment, as defined, as specified. This bill would require the department to create a parent resources Internet Web site that provides specific information relating to public school options, including, among other things, information regarding the Open Enrollment Act and school district and school level reports on pupil outcomes, including the API. The bill would also require the department to provide a link to the parent resources Internet Web site on its main Internet Web site. The bill would require the Superintendent, before implementing this act, to make a determination whether the implementation of this act, at a minimum, is consistent with the Internet Web site policy of the department and state and federal requirements for the security and privacy of pupil data and department data.