ORS 327.169: Intensive coaching program for school districts that do not meet performance growth targets; student success teams.

(1) The Department of Education shall establish an intensive coaching program for school districts that do not meet performance growth targets for three or more years, as described in ORS 327.167. (2) A school district that participates in the intensive coaching program shall: (a) Commit to regular student success plan meetings to monitor practices; (b) Use data to track student progress; (c) Ensure school employees receive appropriate professional development and training; (d) Create safe and inclusive learning environments; (e) Improve school and school district practices and structures to support teaching and learning; and (f) Improve the skills of the members of the school board. (3)(a) For the purpose of assisting school districts participating in the intensive coaching program, the department shall establish student success teams. To the greatest extent practicable, student success teams shall assist school districts in person and while on site at the school district. (b) Student success teams shall be: (A) Led by a person who has at least seven years of relevant experience, as determined by the department, in systems change, curriculum and instruction, leadership, finance, human resources, school district board governance, local district continuous improvement plans, labor and management relations or community engagement; and (B) Supported by personnel with expertise in school and school district improvement strategies, including the use of differentiated instruction and inclusionary practices. (c) A student success team is not a government body and is not subject to any statute or rule applicable to a public body. (4)(a) Under the intensive coaching program, student success teams shall: (A) Advise and counsel school districts on how to improve performance outcomes; and (B) Develop recommendations for meeting performance growth targets. (b) School district boards and superintendents of school districts participating in an intensive coaching program must: (A) Accept all recommendations of the student success teams related to the use of State School Fund moneys, Student Investment Account grant moneys and additional funding received under this section. A school district that does not accept the recommendations made under this subparagraph is not eligible for additional funding under this section. (B) Consider, and may accept, all recommendations of the student success teams not described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. (c) A school district that receives recommendations under this subsection must issue a report that: (A) Describes the recommendations; (B) Identifies the recommendations that will be implemented and the timelines for implementing the recommendations; and (C) Identifies the recommendations that will not be implemented and an explanation for why the recommendations will not be implemented. (d) The report required under paragraph (c) of this subsection must be: (A) Made available at the school district’s main office and on the school district’s website; and (B) Distributed to the school district community, including employees of the school district and families of the students of the school district. [Formerly 327.222]