4-3-308 - Office of education accountability.
4-3-308. Office of education accountability.
(a) There is hereby established within the office of the comptroller of the treasury an office of education accountability, which shall monitor the performance of school boards, directors of schools, school districts, schools, and school personnel in accordance with the performance standards set out in the Education Improvement Act or by regulations of the state board of education.
(b) The office of education accountability shall be provided with information generated through the management information system provided for in § 49-1-209, information gathered for the annual report provided for in § 49-1-211, or any other information that it may require.
(c) The office of education accountability shall conduct such studies, analyses, or audits as it may determine to be necessary to evaluate education performance and progress, or as may be assigned to it by the governor or general assembly.
(d) The office of education accountability shall report its findings annually to the governor and the general assembly.
[Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 47.]