§ 21-957 Annual report on the demographics of students in grades kindergarten through 8.
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 community school district, school within such district, special program within such school, and grade within such school, the total number of students enrolled in the preceding school year in grades kindergarten through 8 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;
6. Are attending school out of the attendance zone in which the student resides; and
7. Are attending school out of the community school district in which the student resides.
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 each community school district, each borough, and citywide, the number and percentage of students enrolled in special programs in the preceding school year in grades kindergarten through 8 and the number and percentage of 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;
6. Are attending school out of the attendance zone in which the student resides; and
7. Are attending school out of the community school district in which the student resides.
d. The data provided pursuant to subdivision c shall be disaggregated by:
1. Program type;
2. Grade level;
3. Race or ethnicity;
4. Gender;
5. Special education status; and
6. English language learner status.
e. For students in grades 3 through 8, the data provided pursuant to subdivision a of this section shall indicate:
1. The number of students who completed the New York state mathematics examination, disaggregated by performance level; and
2. The number of students who completed the New York state English language arts examination, disaggregated by performance level.
f. For each school and special program set forth in subdivision a of this section, the department shall report:
1. The admissions process used by such school or special program, including but not limited to, whether admission to such school or special program 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;
2. Any criteria or methods that are used to supplement the admissions process, including but not limited to, preferences established under the department's diversity in admissions pilot, composite score formulas, waitlists or a principal's discretion;
3. A side-by-side comparison of the racial and ethnic demographics of such school or special program with the racial and ethnic demographics of all students in grades kindergarten through 8 that reside within the applicable attendance zone, and, if the applicable attendance zone is smaller than the community school district, a side-by-side comparison of the racial and ethnic demographics of the school or special program, the applicable attendance zone and the applicable community school district; and
4. Whether such school or special program is becoming more or less similar to the racial and ethnic demographics of the applicable attendance zone and the community school district, based on the comparison required pursuant to paragraph 3 of this subdivision.
g. For each community school district, the department shall report on whether the department made any efforts in such community school district during the preceding school year to encourage a diverse student body in its schools and special programs and, if so, the details of such efforts, including, but not limited to, strategic site selection of new schools and special programs, making recommendations to the community education council to draw attendance zones with recognition of the demographics of neighborhoods, the allocation of resources for schools and special programs, and targeted outreach and recruitment efforts.
h. 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 1 and 5 students, or contains an amount that would allow another category that contains between 1 and 5 students to be deduced, the number shall be replaced with a symbol. A category that contains 0 shall be reported as 0, unless such reporting would violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law relating to the privacy of student information.
i. The report required pursuant to this section shall, to the extent the department has such information, include data regarding charter schools located within the 5 boroughs.
(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; Am. L.L. 2024/057, 4/18/2024, eff. 4/18/2024)
