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This update on the Every Student Succeeds Act and the education plans now being refined by state legislatures is produced in partnership with ESSA Essentials, a new series from the Collaborative for Student Success. It鈥檚 an offshoot of their聽聽newsletter, which you can聽! (See our recent ESSA updates聽from previous weeks right here.)

FutureEd, an independent think tank at Georgetown University鈥檚 McCourt School of Public Policy, released a new report 鈥� 鈥溾�� 鈥� which provides a 鈥渃omprehensive review of the provisions in all 51聽state ESSA plans, as well as the results of an analysis of federal chronic absenteeism data.鈥� Among the findings:

• 36 states and Washington, D.C., include chronic student absenteeism in their accountability formulas
• At least 27 of those plans define chronic absenteeism as missing 10 percent or more of enrolled days
• Rhode Island鈥檚 plan includes teacher absenteeism as well

Based on this research, the report says, authors Phyllis W. Jordan and Raegen Miller 鈥渙ffer a roadmap for leveraging ESSA to keep more students in school and on a path to academic success.鈥�

Additionally, Child Trends has conducted 鈥� of states鈥� proposed accountability systems to examine how each approached the fifth indicator.鈥� Although 鈥渢he vast majority of states selected at least one indicator鈥� to 鈥済auge how schools support students in areas beyond academic performance,鈥� a 鈥渉andful missed a critical opportunity to emphasize the importance of supporting children鈥檚 healthy development.鈥�

In other ESSA news, the Education Department Massachusetts鈥檚 plan this week, leaving only two plans unapproved. While we wait for word on Colorado and Michigan鈥檚 plans, there are plenty of updates following last week鈥檚 final submission deadline.

After a short hurricane-related delay, Texas submitted its ESSA plan

Belton Independent School District Superintendent Susan Kincannon told the Temple Daily Telegram she has some : 鈥淭he [ESSA] plan includes an overly complicated methodology for evaluating and rating schools and continues to be detrimental to campuses with a higher concentration of economically disadvantaged students.鈥� She expressed appreciation, however, for the plan鈥檚 strategic priorities. Temple Independent School District Assistant Superintendent Bobby Ott said the plan may benefit local schools.

Florida鈥檚 plan is noticeably missing waiver requests but includes a workaround

After the state submitted its ESSA plan, the Tampa Bay Times that it 鈥渜uickly became clear that the waivers the state Department of Education planned to seek鈥� on counting small subgroups of students, including minority kids, 鈥渨ere no longer there.鈥� A 鈥渃loser read of the final version, though, reveals that while the state did not request any formal waiver of the rules, its plan to work around those rules still exists,鈥� as the 鈥渋deas are instead woven into the general application.鈥�

On 蜜桃影视, Lane Wright that it also seems the state may be 鈥渢rying to skirt the law鈥� on its ESSA plan, which could 鈥渕ean a delay or denial in federal education funding, an unscheduled overhaul of Florida鈥檚 school grades system, or a wink and a nod from a Trump administration which may not be very keen on enforcing the law.鈥�

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Details from Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Ohio鈥檚 submissions

In Indiana, WBOI that thousands of diplomas could no longer 鈥渃ount for a school鈥檚 graduation rate鈥� under ESSA, so the state鈥檚 congressional delegation 鈥渨ants the federal Education Department to give the state more time to prepare before that change takes effect.鈥�

In Pennsylvania, Keystone Crossroads said the has 鈥渃reated a political divide over a historically tough subject: what to do about chronically low-performing schools.鈥� The commonwealth鈥檚 deputy education secretary, Matthew Stem, told the outlet that 鈥淧ennsylvania will still have a strong, federally required commitment to standardized testing with scores broken down by subgroup,鈥� but the new plan 鈥渨ill push schools to foster better critical thinking and collaboration skills.鈥�

And in Ohio, WDTN that state legislator Theresa Gavarone is proposing a bill that would give lawmakers 鈥渢he final say in what the Ohio Department of Education comes up with鈥� in terms of ESSA 鈥� which means, if passed, 鈥渓egislators could block the implementation of an ESSA plan if legislators disapprove of it.鈥�

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