Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 926
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/03/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Education (Lee) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (945386) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         After line 48
    5  insert:
    6         Section 2. Section 1008.222, Florida Statutes, is created
    7  to read:
    8         1008.222 Student assessments for students of articulated
    9  acceleration mechanisms.—
   10         (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a student
   11  who takes and passes an advanced placement, International
   12  Baccalaureate, Advanced International Certificate of Education,
   13  or national industry certification examination; takes and passes
   14  any other articulated acceleration mechanism authorized under s.
   15  1007.27; or achieves the required concordant scores on the ACT
   16  or SAT examinations pursuant to s. 1008.22(8), is exempt from
   17  taking the statewide, standardized assessments in the subject
   18  areas covered by those examinations.
   19         (2) By the first day of the 2017-2018 school year, the
   20  Commissioner of Education shall identify concordant scores or
   21  comparative scores, as appropriate, so that those scores satisfy
   22  the high school graduation requirements under s. 1003.4282 for
   23  an examination or assessment identified in subsection (1).
   24         (3) The scores of students who pass the examinations or
   25  assessments identified in subsection (1) shall be incorporated
   26  into the school grade calculations under s. 1008.34.
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   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 63
   31  and insert:
   32         a specified date; creating s. 1008.222, F.S.;
   33         exempting students in certain articulated acceleration
   34         mechanisms from taking certain statewide, standardized
   35         assessments; requiring the commissioner to establish
   36         certain concordant or comparative scores; providing
   37         that certain scores are included in school grade
   38         calculations; amending s. 1008.22,