Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2482
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Wise moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 39 and 40
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
    6  1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1008.34 School grading system; school report cards;
    8  district grade.—
    9         (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.—
   10         (a) Each school that has students who are tested and
   11  included in the school grading system shall receive a school
   12  grade, except as follows:
   13         1. A school shall not receive a school grade if the number
   14  of its students tested and included in the school grading system
   15  is less than the minimum sample size necessary, based on
   16  accepted professional practice, for statistical reliability and
   17  prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable
   18  student data under s. 1002.22 or 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g.
   19         2. An alternative school may choose to receive a school
   20  grade under this section or a school improvement rating under s.
   21  1008.341. For a charter school that meets the definition of an
   22  alternative school pursuant to State Board of Education rule,
   23  the decision to receive a school grade is the decision of the
   24  charter school’s governing board.
   25         3. A school that serves any combination of students in
   26  kindergarten through grade 3 which does not receive a school
   27  grade because its students are not tested and included in the
   28  school grading system shall receive the school grade designation
   29  of a K-3 feeder pattern school identified by the Department of
   30  Education and verified by the school district. A school feeder
   31  pattern exists if at least 60 percent of the students in the
   32  school serving a combination of students in kindergarten through
   33  grade 3 are scheduled to be assigned to the graded school.
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   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36         And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete line 3
   38  and insert:
   39         accountability; amending s.1008.34, F.S.; revising
   40         provisions relating to schools receiving a school
   41         grade; amending s. 1003.413, F.S.; redefining