Iowa Department of Education

Monitoring of Disaggregated Secondary Data

Holly BarnesCindy ButlerMargaret Jensen ConnetJanet Boyd

MARCH 23, 2015

281—IAC 12.1(1) EquityEach school district shall take affirmative steps to integrate students in attendance centers and courses.

Schools and school districts shall collect and annually review district, attendance center, and course enrollment data on the basis of race, national origin, gender, and disability.

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281—IAC 12.1(1) EquityEqual opportunity in programs shall be provided to all students regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic status, disability, religion, or creed.

Note: The Preamble of 281—IAC Chapter 12 includes marital status in the list of protected characteristics in regard to student access to programs.

Where do we get the data?

Data entered locally into the Human Resources (HR) and Student Information System (SIS)Data uploaded from SIS into BEDS and Student Reporting in Iowa (SRI) Archived data sent to EdInsight

Basic Educational Data Survey (BEDS) The Iowa Basic Educational Data System (BEDS) is a semi-annual data collection. The purpose of BEDS is to collect staff and non-student level information. Data are collected from Public Districts, Non-Public Schools and Area Education Agencies.

Student Reporting in Iowa (SRI) Collection of student level data from all public districts and some accredited non-public schools.

Collected three times per year Fall – Certified Enrollment, Supplementary Weighting on coursesWinter – Curriculum for Chapter 12 Offer and Teach requirements, course info

feeds into Career and Technical Education application Spring – Supplementary Weighting on courses, Graduation Information,

Attendance, Discipline, feeds into Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) application, feeds into Regular Education Foster Care Claim application

Equity in Education Gender segregation, racial isolation, and disability isolation do not constitute a violation of law in and of themselves. When these conditions exist, the district is required to do a review of its policies and practices to ensure that they are not contributing to the isolation or to the segregation. In addition, steps must be taken by counselors and teachers to recruit students into the course, the program, or the activity.

For purposes of educational equity review, segregated is defined as the following:

Gender-more than 80% male or female Race, ELL, Disability - more than 10% greater or less than % of _________ students in school or district

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Table of Contents

Disproportional – Now What

Course titles and descriptions Registration handbooks Class schedules Illustrations/posters Activities by instructors or counselors

Activity

281—IAC 12.2 Definitions "School improvement advisory committee" means a committee, as defined in Iowa Code section 280.12, that is appointed by the board. Committee membership shall include students, parents, teachers, administrators, and representatives from the local community which may include business, industry, labor, community agencies, higher education, or other community constituents. To the extent possible, committee membership shall have balanced representation of the following: race, gender, national origin, and disability. The school improvement advisory committee as defined by Iowa Code section 280.12 and the board are also part of, but not inclusive of, the local community.

Iowa Code 69.16A Gender Balance

1. All appointive boards, commissions, committees, and councils of the state established by the Code, if not otherwise provided by law, shall be gender balanced. No person shall be appointed or reappointed to any board, commission, committee, or council established by the Code if that appointment or reappointment would cause the number of members of the board, commission, committee, or council of one gender to be greater than one-half the membership of the board, commission, committee, or council plus one if the board, commission, committee, or council is composed of an odd number of members. If the board, commission, committee, or council is composed of an even number of members, not more than one-half of the membership shall be of one gender.

281—IAC 95.4 EEO/AA 95.4(2) Written plans. Each board of directors shall prepare and implement written equal employment opportunity and affirmative action plans by July 1, 1990. The plans shall be evaluated and updated on a biennial basis.

95.4(6) Record keeping. Each board of directors shall keep the necessary records to document its affirmative action progress. Employment data shall be reported to the department of education by racial/ethnic category, gender and disability. This report shall be part of the department of education’s basic educational data collection system.

2014-15 Document Review Checklist Attendance center, program, and course enrollment data demonstrating the following:

_____ a. Attendance center and course enrollment data, disaggregated by gender, racial/ethnic background, and disability (EQ4) are reviewed annually (EQ3). 281—IAC 12.1(1)

2014-15 Document Review Checklist

_____ b. Membership includes students, parents, teachers, administrators, and representatives from the local community (SIAC2). To the extent possible, committee membership has balanced representation of the following: race, gender, national origin, and disability (SIAC6).

281—IAC 12.2, Iowa Code 280.12

2014-15 Document Review Checklist

An advisory committee/council designed to assist vocational education (Career and Technical education) planning and evaluation composed of public members with emphasis on persons representing business, agriculture, industry, and labor (appointed by the board and meets at least once a year) is in place (VED6). 281—IAC 12.5(5)(i)

Please provide the following evidence:

_____ 1. Committee/council minutes that reflect assistance with CTE planning and evaluation (VED7)

_____ 2. List of advisory committee members and their representation as it relates to the CTE service areas (VED8)

_____ 3. List of advisory committee members by gender and race/ethnicity (VED9)

Iowa Code section 69.16A and section 258.9

2014-15 Document Review Checklist

_____ Plan that addresses equal employment opportunity and affirmative action in employment (EQD4). Iowa Code 19B.11, 281—IAC Chapter 95

NATIONAL EQUITY DATA RESOURCES

http://ocrdata.ed.gov/

DATA Dashboards

http://www.napequity.org/member-services/accountability/dashboards/

http://nces.ed.gov/

Questions and Contact Information

Holly Barnes – holly.barnes@iowa.gov Cindy Butler – cindy.butler@iowa.gov Margaret Jensen Connet – Margaret.jensenconnet@iowa.gov