(1) Within available funding, the Department of Education shall, in conjunction with the Department of Human Services, the State Commission on Children and Families, representatives of local commissions on children and families, and the Juvenile Crime Prevention Advisory Committee, explore the feasibility of conducting a statewide evaluation of the effectiveness of community learning centers. The evaluation may consider the following outcomes:
(a) Student attendance;
(b) Test scores;
(c) Parent involvement;
(d) Family mobility;
(e) Disciplinary referrals; and
(f) Referrals to the juvenile justice system.
(2) The Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Human Services, the State Commission on Children and Families, representatives of local commissions on children and families, and the Juvenile Crime Prevention Advisory Committee, shall create a form for reporting and monitoring information collected by community learning centers. The form shall be designed to collect the following data:
(a) Unduplicated number of children and unduplicated number of adults served in community learning center programs;
(b) Number of requests for information and other referrals;
(c) Level of parent or customer satisfaction;
(d) Increases in or reductions of collaboration among agencies and departments;
(e) Increases in or reductions of the use of public facilities for community and family programs; and
(f) Outcomes listed in subsection (1) of this section. [2001 c.759 §7]
(Early Childhood Education)
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