Program performance reports

(a) The departments each shall report to the commission on or before July 1, 2026, their progress toward adoption of performance measures and plan for compiling baseline data for fiscal year 2025. (b) Beginning July 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, each department shall submit a program performance report to the commission. (c) Each program performance report shall set forth the performance indicators established in that department’s plan, along with the actual program performance achieved compared with the performance goals expressed in the plan for that fiscal year. (d) The report for fiscal year 2027 shall include actual results for the preceding fiscal year, the report for fiscal year 2028 shall include actual results for the two preceding fiscal years, and the report for fiscal year 2029 and all subsequent reports shall include actual results for the three preceding fiscal years. (e) Each report shall: (1) Review the success of achieving performance goals of the relevant fiscal year; (2) Evaluate the performance plan for the current fiscal year relative to the performance achieved towards the performance goals in the fiscal year covered by the report; (3) Explain and describe the following for any performance goal that has not been met: (A) Why the goal was not met; (B) Plans and schedules for achieving the goal; (C) Any factors that the department believes render the performance goal impractical or infeasible; and (D) Any recommended action; and (4) Include summary findings of any program evaluations completed during the fiscal year covered by the report. (f) The reports, strategic plans, performance plans, and program performance reports required under this article shall be conducted only by employees of the departments.