Chapter 69 Section 1 of the General Laws -- Commonwealth's Goal: Quality Public Education for all Children -- is hereby amended by adding the following at the conclusion of the first paragraph:

Commonwealth's Goal II: Addressing Racial Disparities in Public Schools and Promoting Academic Achievement and Equitable Educational Opportunity

It is further declared to be the policy of the commonwealth to combat racism in public schools, to promote academic achievement among all racial and ethnic groups, and to adequately prepare students to be educationally and culturally competent in the increasingly diverse world in which they will live and work. Further, to realize these goals it is hereby declared to be the policy of the commonwealth that the student population of individual public schools reflects the demographic composition of the city or town in which the schools are located.

The commonwealth shall work to realize this policy through equitable educational opportunity and high expectations for all public school students, through minority teacher and administrator recruitment and salary supplementation, student instruction in the language most appropriate to promote academic achievement, class size that allows for optimum student learning, professional development to aid teachers in recognizing individual learning styles, grant programs to establish and maintain parent information and family centers within public schools, full-day kindergarten, after school enrichment opportunities, a broad spectrum of advanced placement classes in secondary schools and the realization of an inclusive school climate where every child is valued, encouraged and adequately supported to fulfill his or her academic and social potential.

SECTION 2.
Chapter 69 is hereby further amended by inserting the following at the conclusion of the 6^th paragraph of Section 1A: (Duties of the Commissioner of Education).-

To achieve the commonwealth's education goals, in accordance with its constitutional duty as enumerated in McDuffy v Executive Office of Education, the commissioner shall request from the board of education adequate funding for existing programs promoting educational equity, particularly as outlined in Chapter 71, Sections 37C, 37D, 37I, 37J and Chapter 15 Section 1I, and commonly known as Chapter 636, Chapter 622 and the Metropolitan Council for Educational Equity, or METCO, and adequately fund with categorical or targeted grants additional programs as necessary to carry out the intent of this section.

The commissioner shall require of school districts receiving such funding an annual accountability plan and report to the Department of Education, the General Court and the Education Reform Review Commission. Said plan shall also be available to the public in the city or town in which the school district is located. Said plan shall contain detailed information on school revenue and expenditures as well as detailed information, by race, on student achievement, including but not limited to the following: attendance rate, retention rate, graduation rate, participation in honors classes, as well as standardized test scores and outcomes from other, broader means of assessment. The Education Reform Review Commission in conjunction with the Department of Education and other state audit, oversight and accountability agencies, shall review said plans to gauge compliance and measure progress toward the policies and goals enumerated above. Schools that do not demonstrate progress toward these goals may be designated by the commissioner as chronically under performing, in accordance with Sections 1J and 1K of this chapter.