§ 21-957.1 Annual report on high school student demographics.
AC § 21-957.1
Not later than December 31, 2015, and by December 1 of each year thereafter, the department shall submit to the speaker of the council and post on its website a report regarding the following: a. For each public high school, the total number of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve in the preceding school year and the number and percentage of such students who: 1. Receive special education services; 2. Are English language learners; 3. Are eligible for the federal free or reduced price meals program; 4. Reside in temporary housing; 5. Are in foster care; and 6. Are enrolled over the counter. b. The data provided pursuant to subdivision a shall be disaggregated by: 1. Grade level; 2. Race or ethnicity; 3. Gender; 4. Special education status; 5. English language learner status; and 6. Primary home language. c. For students in grade nine, the data provided pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall provide: 1. The number of students who completed the New York state mathematics examination administered in eighth grade, disaggregated by performance level; and 2. The number of students who completed the New York state English language arts examination administered in eighth grade, disaggregated by performance level. d. For each high school set forth in subdivision a of this section, the department shall report: 1. The admissions process used by such school, such as whether admissions to such school is based on a lottery; a geographic zone; an audition; a screening of candidates for such school, including a detailed description of such screening; or a standardized test; and 2. Whether other criteria or methods are used for admissions including, but not limited to, preferences established under the department's diversity in admissions pilot, over the counter admissions, waitlists, or a principal's discretion. e. The department shall report, on an individual high school level, on efforts each individual high school has taken during the preceding school year to encourage a diverse student body including, but not limited to, strategic site selection of new schools and special programs, the allocation of resources for schools and special programs, and targeted outreach and recruitment efforts. f. No information that is otherwise required to be reported pursuant to this section shall be reported in a manner that would violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law relating to the privacy of student information or that would interfere with law enforcement investigations or otherwise conflict with the interests of law enforcement. If a category contains between one and five students, or contains an amount that would allow another category that contains between one and five students to be deduced, the number shall be replaced with a symbol. A category that contains zero shall be reported as zero, unless such reporting would violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law relating to the privacy of student information. (L.L. 2015/059, 6/16/2015, eff. 6/16/2015; Am. L.L. 2019/223, 12/15/2019, eff. 12/15/2019; Am. L.L. 2023/147, 11/5/2023, eff. 11/5/2023)
