Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (610298) for SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  03/04/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Bullard) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 116 - 129
    4  and insert:
    5  students in grades 3 through 9 11. Retake opportunities for the
    6  grade 10 Reading assessment or, upon implementation, the grade 9
    7  10 ELA assessment must be provided. In lieu of the grade 10 ELA
    8  assessment, the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship
    9  Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) must be provided. Students taking
   10  the ELA assessments shall not take the statewide, standardized
   11  assessments in Reading or Writing. ELA assessments shall be
   12  administered online. The statewide, standardized Mathematics
   13  assessments shall be administered annually in grades 3 through
   14  8. Students taking a revised Mathematics assessment shall not
   15  take the discontinued assessment. The statewide, standardized
   16  Science assessment shall be administered annually at least once
   17  at the elementary and middle grades levels. In order to earn a
   18  standard high school diploma, a student who has not earned a
   19  passing score on the grade 10 Reading assessment or, upon
   20  implementation, the grade 9 10 ELA assessment must earn a
   21  passing
   22  
   23         Between lines 209 and 210
   24  insert:
   25         (7) CONCORDANT SCORES.—The Commissioner of Education must
   26  identify scores on the SAT and ACT that if achieved satisfy the
   27  graduation requirement that a student pass the grade 10
   28  statewide, standardized Reading assessment or, upon
   29  implementation, the grade 9 10 ELA assessment. The commissioner
   30  may identify concordant scores on assessments other than the SAT
   31  and ACT. If the content or scoring procedures change for the
   32  grade 10 Reading assessment or, upon implementation, the grade 9
   33  10 ELA assessment, new concordant scores must be determined. If
   34  new concordant scores are not timely adopted, the last-adopted
   35  concordant scores remain in effect until such time as new scores
   36  are adopted. The state board shall adopt concordant scores in
   37  rule.
   38  
   39  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   40  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   41         Delete lines 87 - 88
   42  and insert:
   43         Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and subsections
   44  (6) and (7) of section 1008.22, Florida Statutes, are amended to
   45  read:
   46  
   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48  And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Delete line 10
   50  and insert:
   51         grades 10 and 11; requiring that the Preliminary
   52         SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
   53         (PSAT/NMSQT) be offered in lieu of the grade 10 ELA
   54         assessment; prohibiting a school district from