Florida Senate - 2012                                     SB 338
       
       
       
       By Senator Detert
       
       
       
       
       23-00354-12                                            2012338__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public school student participation
    3         in fine arts courses; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.;
    4         revising the basis for the designation of school
    5         grades to include the participation rate of students
    6         who are enrolled in fine arts courses; correcting
    7         terminology; providing an effective date.
    8  
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of
   12  section 1008.34, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   13         1008.34 School grading system; school report cards;
   14  district grade.—
   15         (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.—
   16         (b)1. A school’s grade shall be based on a combination of:
   17         a. Student achievement scores, including achievement on all
   18  FCAT assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3)(c)1., end-of
   19  course assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.a., and
   20  achievement scores for students seeking a special diploma.
   21         b. Student learning gains in reading and mathematics as
   22  measured by FCAT and end-of-course assessments, as described in
   23  s. 1008.22(3)(c)1. and 2.a. Learning gains for students seeking
   24  a special diploma, as measured by an alternate assessment tool,
   25  shall be included not later than the 2009-2010 school year.
   26         c. Improvement of the lowest 25th percentile of students in
   27  the school in reading and mathematics on the FCAT or end-of
   28  course assessments described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.a., unless
   29  these students are exhibiting satisfactory performance.
   30         2. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, for schools
   31  comprised of middle school grades 6 through 8 or grades 7 and 8,
   32  the school’s grade shall include the performance and
   33  participation of its students enrolled in high school level
   34  courses with end-of-course assessments administered under s.
   35  1008.22(3)(c)2.a. Performance and participation must be weighted
   36  equally. As valid data becomes available, the school grades
   37  shall include the students’ attainment of national industry
   38  certification identified in the Industry Certification Funding
   39  List pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
   40         3. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year for schools
   41  comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10,
   42  11, and 12, 50 percent of the school grade shall be based on a
   43  combination of the factors listed in sub-subparagraphs 1.a.-c.
   44  and the remaining 50 percent on the following factors:
   45         a. The high school graduation rate of the school;
   46         b. As valid data becomes available, the performance and
   47  participation of the school’s students in College Board Advanced
   48  Placement courses, International Baccalaureate courses, dual
   49  enrollment courses, and Advanced International Certificate of
   50  Education courses; and the students’ achievement of national
   51  industry certification identified in the Industry Certification
   52  Funding List, pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of
   53  Education;
   54         c. Postsecondary readiness of the school’s students as
   55  measured by the SAT, ACT, or the common placement test;
   56         d. The high school graduation rate of at-risk students who
   57  scored at Level 2 or lower on the grade 8 FCAT Reading and
   58  Mathematics examinations;
   59         e. As valid data becomes available, the performance of the
   60  school’s students on statewide standardized end-of-course
   61  assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.c. and d.; and
   62         f. The growth or decline in the components listed in sub
   63  subparagraphs a.-e. from year to year.
   64         4. Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, for schools
   65  comprised of any of grades kindergarten through grade 12, the
   66  school’s grade shall include the participation rate of students
   67  who are enrolled in fine arts courses, which are visual arts,
   68  music, dance, and theatre.
   69         (c) Student assessment data and participation rates used in
   70  determining school grades shall include:
   71         1. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
   72  in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT and statewide,
   73  standardized end-of-course assessments in courses required for
   74  high school graduation, including, beginning with the 2010-2011
   75  school year, the end-of-course assessment in Algebra I; and
   76  beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the end-of-course
   77  assessments in geometry and Biology; and beginning with the
   78  2013-2014 school year, on the statewide, standardized end-of
   79  course assessment in civics education at the middle school
   80  level.
   81         2. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
   82  in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT and end-of
   83  course assessments as described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.a., and who
   84  have scored at or in the lowest 25th percentile of students in
   85  the school in reading and mathematics, unless these students are
   86  exhibiting satisfactory performance.
   87         3. The achievement scores and learning gains of eligible
   88  students attending alternative schools that provide dropout
   89  prevention and academic intervention services pursuant to s.
   90  1003.53. The term “eligible students” in this subparagraph does
   91  not include students attending an alternative school who are
   92  subject to district school board policies for expulsion for
   93  repeated or serious offenses, who are in dropout retrieval
   94  programs serving students who have officially been designated as
   95  dropouts, or who are in programs operated or contracted by the
   96  Department of Juvenile Justice. The student performance data for
   97  eligible students identified in this subparagraph shall be
   98  included in the calculation of the home school’s grade. As used
   99  in this subparagraph and s. 1008.341, the term “home school”
  100  means the school to which the student would be assigned if the
  101  student were not assigned to an alternative school. If an
  102  alternative school chooses to be graded under this section,
  103  student performance data for eligible students identified in
  104  this subparagraph shall not be included in the home school’s
  105  grade but shall be included only in the calculation of the
  106  alternative school’s grade. A school district that fails to
  107  assign the FCAT and end-of-course assessment as described in s.
  108  1008.22(3)(c)2.a. scores of each of its students to his or her
  109  home school or to the alternative school that receives a grade
  110  shall forfeit Florida School Recognition Program funds for 1
  111  fiscal year. School districts must require collaboration between
  112  the home school and the alternative school in order to promote
  113  student success. This collaboration must include an annual
  114  discussion between the principal of the alternative school and
  115  the principal of each student’s home school concerning the most
  116  appropriate school assignment of the student.
  117         4. The achievement scores and learning gains of students
  118  who are hospitalized designated as hospital- or homebound.
  119  Student assessment data for students who are hospitalized
  120  designated as hospital- or homebound shall be assigned to their
  121  home school for the purposes of school grades. As used in this
  122  subparagraph, the term “home school” means the school to which a
  123  student would be assigned if the student were not assigned to a
  124  hospital/homebound hospital- or homebound program.
  125         5. For schools comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11,
  126  and 12, or grades 10, 11, and 12, the data listed in
  127  subparagraphs 1.-3. and the following data as the Department of
  128  Education determines such data are valid and available:
  129         a. The high school graduation rate of the school as
  130  calculated by the Department of Education;
  131         b. The participation rate of all eligible students enrolled
  132  in the school and enrolled in College Board Advanced Placement
  133  courses; International Baccalaureate courses; dual enrollment
  134  courses; Advanced International Certificate of Education
  135  courses; and courses or sequences of courses leading to national
  136  industry certification identified in the Industry Certification
  137  Funding List, pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of
  138  Education;
  139         c. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
  140  in the school in College Board Advanced Placement courses,
  141  International Baccalaureate courses, and Advanced International
  142  Certificate of Education courses;
  143         d. Earning of college credit by all eligible students
  144  enrolled in the school in dual enrollment programs under s.
  145  1007.271;
  146         e. Earning of a national industry certification identified
  147  in the Industry Certification Funding List, pursuant to rules
  148  adopted by the State Board of Education;
  149         f. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
  150  in the school in reading, mathematics, and other subjects as
  151  measured by the SAT, the ACT, and the common placement test for
  152  postsecondary readiness;
  153         g. The high school graduation rate of all eligible at-risk
  154  students enrolled in the school who scored at Level 2 or lower
  155  on the grade 8 FCAT Reading and Mathematics examinations;
  156         h. The performance of the school’s students on statewide
  157  standardized end-of-course assessments administered under s.
  158  1008.22(3)(c)2.c. and d.; and
  159         i. The growth or decline in the data components listed in
  160  sub-subparagraphs a.-h. from year to year.
  161         6. Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, for schools
  162  comprised of any of grades kindergarten through grade 12, the
  163  participation rate of students in the school who are enrolled in
  164  fine arts courses, which are visual arts, music, dance, and
  165  theatre.
  166  
  167  The State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate criteria
  168  for each school grade. The criteria must also give added weight
  169  to student achievement in reading. Schools designated with a
  170  grade of “C,” making satisfactory progress, shall be required to
  171  demonstrate that adequate progress has been made by students in
  172  the school who are in the lowest 25th percentile in reading and
  173  mathematics on the FCAT and end-of-course assessments as
  174  described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.a., unless these students are
  175  exhibiting satisfactory performance. Beginning with the 2009
  176  2010 school year for schools comprised of high school grades 9,
  177  10, 11, and 12, or grades 10, 11, and 12, the criteria for
  178  school grades must also give added weight to the graduation rate
  179  of all eligible at-risk students, as defined in this paragraph.
  180  Beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, in order for a high
  181  school to be designated as having a grade of “A,” making
  182  excellent progress, the school must demonstrate that at-risk
  183  students, as defined in this paragraph, in the school are making
  184  adequate progress.
  185         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.