Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  03/23/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Bullard) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (587488) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 197 and 198
    5  insert:
    6         Section 3. Section 1008.222, Florida Statutes, is created
    7  to read:
    8         1008.222Administration of assessments.—Notwithstanding any
    9  other provision of law, the department shall provide an option
   10  for a parent of a student to elect to have a statewide,
   11  standardized assessment required under s. 1008.22 administered
   12  to the student in a hard copy format in a school district until
   13  the school district’s technology infrastructure, connectivity,
   14  and capacity have been load tested; independently verified as
   15  appropriate, adequate, efficient, and sustainable; and certified
   16  by the district school superintendent as ready for the
   17  successful deployment of online assessments.
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   20  And the title is amended as follows:
   21         Delete line 1059
   22  and insert:
   23         publication of testing schedules; creating s.
   24         1008.222, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education
   25         to provide an option for a parent of a student to
   26         elect to have specified assessments administered to
   27         the student in a hard copy format in a school district
   28         until certain criteria have been satisfied by the
   29         school district; amending s. 1008.24,