Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 926
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/03/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Education (Simmons) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (464772) (with directory
    2  and title amendments)
    3  
    4         Between lines 93 and 94
    5  insert:
    6         (4) SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN THE STATEWIDE, STANDARDIZED
    7  ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.—Each public school shall participate in the
    8  statewide, standardized assessment program in accordance with
    9  the assessment and reporting schedules and the minimum and
   10  recommended technology requirements published by the
   11  Commissioner of Education. A district school superintendent must
   12  notify the commissioner that the district will use a
   13  nonelectronic option for the entire district or for specific
   14  grade levels throughout the district by the beginning of the
   15  school year in which the nonelectronic option is used. The
   16  district school superintendent shall provide the commissioner
   17  with the reasons for implementing the nonelectronic option,
   18  which may include, but need not be limited to, reducing time
   19  spent on assessments; increasing instructional time for
   20  students; or needing additional time for students to master the
   21  computer skills necessary to be successful on the statewide,
   22  standardized assessments. The commissioner shall provide the
   23  alternative, nonelectronic option to the school district for the
   24  successful and timely administration of the statewide,
   25  standardized assessments and end-of-course exams and for the
   26  reporting of assessment and exam results to the Department of
   27  Education, as specified in paragraph (3)(d). District school
   28  boards may shall not establish school calendars that conflict
   29  with or jeopardize implementation of the assessment program. All
   30  district school boards shall report assessment results using the
   31  state management information system. Performance data shall be
   32  analyzed and reported to parents, the community, and the state.
   33  Student performance data shall be used by districts in
   34  developing objectives for the school improvement plan,
   35  evaluating instructional personnel and administrative personnel,
   36  assigning staff, allocating resources, acquiring instructional
   37  materials and technology, implementing performance-based
   38  budgeting, and promoting and assigning students to educational
   39  programs. The analysis of student performance data must also
   40  identify strengths and needs in the educational program and
   41  trends over time. The analysis must be used in conjunction with
   42  the budgetary planning processes developed pursuant to s.
   43  1008.385 and the development of remediation programs.
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   45  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   46  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   47         Delete line 35
   48  and insert:
   49  respectively, paragraph (e) of subsection (3), subsection (4),
   50  and paragraph (b)
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   52  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   53  And the title is amended as follows:
   54         Delete line 13
   55  and insert:
   56         assessments; requiring a district school
   57         superintendent to provide the commissioner with
   58         certain notifications on the use of a nonelectronic
   59         assessment option; requiring the commissioner to
   60         provide such an option to the school district;
   61         providing requirements for administration