Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (610298) for SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/04/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Bullard) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 757 and 758
    4  insert:
    5         Section 9. Notwithstanding any other law, each district
    6  school board shall implement a program that studies and assesses
    7  the effectiveness of using statewide, standardized comprehensive
    8  examinations to achieve the purpose of the student assessment
    9  program for public schools specified in s. 1008.22(1), Florida
   10  Statutes. Before a statewide, standardized comprehensive
   11  examination is administered, each district school board and the
   12  Department of Education must concur in the effectiveness of the
   13  examination as an accurate and reliable assessment tool.
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   15  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   16  And the title is amended as follows:
   17         Delete line 64
   18  and insert:
   19         2015 school year; providing for expiration; requiring
   20         district school boards to implement a program studying
   21         and assessing the effectiveness of using statewide,
   22         standardized comprehensive assessments; requiring each
   23         district school board and the Department of Education
   24         to concur in the effectiveness of the examination
   25         before administration; amending