Programs for gifted and talented pupils. (FE)

1. For each school district: a) the number of pupils who were evaluated for and identified as a gifted and talented pupil; b) the number of pupils who received services under a gifted and talented program and certain demographic data regarding those pupils; c) whether the school district has complied with its duty to provide access to a gifted and talented program; d) the services and activities provided to pupils under the school district's program for gifted and talented pupils;

and e) whether the school district employs a gifted and talented program coordinator and, if it does, the amount of time the coordinator spends on the gifted and talented program.

2. For each gifted and talented program grant recipient, the services and activities that the entity provided to gifted and talented pupils.

3. The statewide pupil participation rate in advanced placement courses.

DPI also must notify the appropriate standing committees of the legislature that the information is available on DPI's Internet site.

Additionally, under the bill, DPI annually must audit at least 10 percent of school districts, which must be selected at random, for compliance with the requirements under current law and the bill. Finally, DPI must include in the school and school district accountability report, commonly known as school and school district report cards, DPI's determination of whether or not a school district complied with the state law requirements related to programs for gifted and talented pupils.

Under current law, the Department of Workforce Development awards workforce training grants, under what is commonly known as the Fast Forward Program, for various workforce training purposes. One of the purposes under current law is to provide grants for programs that train teachers and that train individuals to become teachers. This bill expands that purpose to explicitly include grants for providing professional development to teachers who serve gifted and talented pupils.