SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1592
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 365646
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Siplin moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
14 On page 1, line 31, through page 2, line 20, delete
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17 and insert: Education. However, a student's parent,
18 accompanied by the student, may review, at the student's
19 school at which the student was enrolled when the student was
20 administered the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, the
21 questions on each section of the Florida Comprehensive
22 Assessment Test as well as the student's answers to those
23 questions, under the following conditions:
24 (1) The student must have failed to earn a passing
25 score on the grade 10 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test or
26 failed to score at Level 2 or higher on the Florida
27 Comprehensive Assessment Test in reading for grade 3.
28 (2) No recording or copying of the assessment may be
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30 (3) A school administrator, as defined in s.
31 1012.01(3)(c), or a representative of the Department of
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3 (4) The student or student's parent may not review the
4 assessment more than one time.
5 (5) No other individual is authorized to attend the
6 review.
7 (6) The assessment was not administered to the student
8 more than 2 years before the review.
9 (7) The student or student's parent may not remove the
10 assessment from the reviewing location.
11 (8) The student, the student's parent, or the school
12 administrator may not take any notes during the review.
13 (9) The parent requests the review subsequent to the
14 determination of the student's score and within 14 days
15 following the determination of the student's score.
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17 The Department of Education shall ensure that the assessment
18 questions and the student's answers are provided for the
19 requested review within 30 days following the complete scoring
20 of the assessment upon proper request by the parent. The
21 district school boards shall notify eligible parents of the
22 review option and the procedures for the review. The State
23 Board of Education shall adopt rules pursuant to ss.
24 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section. If the
25 review request is not met in accordance with this section, the
26 parent is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs
27 incurred by the parent in obtaining compliance with this
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29 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2004,
30 and shall apply to every Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
31 administered after July 1, 2004.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
3 On page 1, lines 4 through 15, delete those lines
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6 authorizing a student's parent and the
7 accompanying student to review the questions
8 and the student's answers to those questions on
9 the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test;
10 providing restrictions on the review; requiring
11 the Department of Education to honor the
12 requests within certain time period; requiring
13 district school boards notify eligible parents;
14 requiring the State Board of Education to adopt
15 rules; authorizing reasonable attorney's fees
16 and costs under certain circumstances;
17 providing for
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