The Florida Senate

HB 461: Student Assessment in the Public Schools

GENERAL BILL by Bullard ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Stafford

Student Assessment in the Public Schools; Terminates administration of FCAT to students in grades 9 through 12; requires PSAT/NMSQT or ACT's EXPLORE & PLAN tests to replace grade 10 FCAT for purposes of measuring student's knowledge & skills; requires students to take PSAT/NMSQT in grade 10 or ACT's EXPLORE & PLAN tests in grades 9 & 10, respectively, & earn passing scores to qualify for standard high school diploma; requires State Board of Education to designate passing scores; requires use of student performance on tests for school grading purposes; provides for application beginning with students entering grade 9 in 2013-2014 school year.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  10/24/2011	House	• Filed
  10/28/2011	House	• Referred to K-20 Innovation Subcommittee; PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee; Education Committee -HJ 46
  1/10/2012	House	• Introduced -HJ 46
  3/9/2012	House	• Died in K-20 Innovation Subcommittee

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• HB 461, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 10/24/2011 at 1:56 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
  S 1036	Student Assessment in the Public Schools	Bullard	Identical	Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Died in Education Pre-K - 12 Location: In committee/council (ED)

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