Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1056
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/09/2018           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education (Passidomo)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 1007.2616, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         1007.2616 Computer science and technology instruction.—
    8         (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “computer
    9  science” means the study of computers and algorithmic processes,
   10  including their principles, hardware and software designs,
   11  applications, and their impact on society, and includes computer
   12  coding and computer programming.
   13         (2)(a)(1) Public schools shall provide students in grades
   14  K-12 opportunities for learning computer science, including, but
   15  not limited to, computer coding and computer programming. Such
   16  opportunities may include coding instruction in elementary
   17  school and middle school and, instruction to develop students’
   18  computer usage and digital literacy skills in middle school, and
   19  must include courses in computer science, computer coding, and
   20  computer programming in middle school and high school,
   21  including, but not limited to, earning-related industry
   22  certifications. Such courses must be integrated into each school
   23  district’s middle and high schools, including combination
   24  schools in which any of grades 6 through 12 are taught, as
   25  follows:
   26         1. Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, a school
   27  district shall provide at least one computer science course in
   28  no less than 4 percent of the district’s total number of middle,
   29  high, and combination schools.
   30         2. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, a school
   31  district shall provide at least one computer science course in
   32  no less than 7 percent of the district’s total number of middle,
   33  high, and combination schools.
   34         3. Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, a school
   35  district shall provide at least one computer science course in
   36  no less than 10 percent of the district’s total number of
   37  middle, high, and combination schools.
   38         4. Notwithstanding subparagraphs 1.-3., a school district
   39  with 10 or fewer public middle, high, and combination schools
   40  shall provide at least one computer science course in at least
   41  one middle, high, or combination school no later than the 2020
   42  2021 school year.
   43         (b) Computer science courses that count toward the
   44  percentage thresholds in paragraph (a) must be identified in the
   45  Course Code Directory and published on the Department of
   46  Education’s website no later than July 1, 2018. The State Board
   47  of Education shall develop rules so that additional computer
   48  science courses may be subsequently identified and posted on the
   49  department’s website.
   50         (c) Student enrollment in computer science courses offered
   51  by the Florida Virtual School pursuant to subsection (3) may be
   52  used to satisfy the requirements of subparagraphs (a)1.-3.
   53         (d) A charter school is not required to offer a computer
   54  science course; however, enrollment of a charter school’s
   55  students in a computer science course under this section may be
   56  included in the school district’s percentage calculation.
   57         (3) The Florida Virtual School shall offer computer science
   58  courses identified in the Course Code Directory pursuant to
   59  paragraph (2)(b). If a school district does not offer an
   60  identified course, the district must provide students access to
   61  the course through the Florida Virtual School or through other
   62  means.
   63         (4)(a) Subject to legislative appropriation, a school
   64  district or a consortium of school districts may apply to the
   65  department, in a format prescribed by the department, for
   66  funding to deliver or facilitate training for classroom teachers
   67  to earn an educator certificate in computer science pursuant to
   68  s. 1012.56 or an industry certification associated with a course
   69  identified in the Course Code Directory pursuant to paragraph
   70  (2)(b). Such funding may only be used to provide training for
   71  classroom teachers and to pay fees for examinations that lead to
   72  a credential pursuant to this paragraph.
   73         (b) Once the department has identified courses in the
   74  Course Code Directory pursuant to paragraph (2)(b), the
   75  department shall establish a deadline for submitting
   76  applications. The department shall award funding to school
   77  districts in a manner that allows for an equitable distribution
   78  of funding statewide based on student population.
   79         (5)(2) Elementary schools and middle schools may establish
   80  digital classrooms in which students are provided opportunities
   81  to improve digital literacy and competency; to learn digital
   82  skills, such as coding, multiple media presentation, and the
   83  manipulation of multiple digital graphic images; and to earn
   84  digital tool certificates and certifications pursuant to s.
   85  1003.4203 and grade-appropriate, technology-related industry
   86  certifications.
   87         (6)(3) High school students must be provided schools may
   88  provide students opportunities to take computer science courses
   89  to satisfy high school graduation requirements, including, but
   90  not limited to, the following:
   91         (a) High school computer science courses of sufficient
   92  rigor, as identified by the commissioner, such that one credit
   93  in computer science and the earning of related industry
   94  certifications constitute the equivalent of up to one credit of
   95  the mathematics requirement, with the exception of Algebra I or
   96  higher-level mathematics, or up to one credit of the science
   97  requirement, with the exception of Biology I or higher-level
   98  science, for high school graduation. Computer science courses
   99  and technology-related industry certifications that are
  100  identified as eligible for meeting mathematics or science
  101  requirements for high school graduation shall be included in the
  102  Course Code Directory.
  103         (b) High school computer technology courses in 3D rapid
  104  prototype printing of sufficient rigor, as identified by the
  105  commissioner, such that one or more credits in such courses and
  106  related industry certifications earned may satisfy up to two
  107  credits of mathematics required for high school graduation with
  108  the exception of Algebra I. Computer technology courses in 3D
  109  rapid prototype printing and related industry certifications
  110  that are identified as eligible for meeting mathematics
  111  requirements for high school graduation shall be included in the
  112  Course Code Directory.
  113         (7) Subject to legislative appropriation, a classroom
  114  teacher who was evaluated as effective or highly effective
  115  pursuant to s. 1012.34 in the previous school year or who is
  116  newly hired by the district school board and has not been
  117  evaluated pursuant to s. 1012.34 must receive a bonus as
  118  follows:
  119         (a) If the classroom teacher holds an educator certificate
  120  in computer science pursuant to s. 1012.56 or if he or she has
  121  passed the computer science subject area examination and holds
  122  an adjunct certificate issued by a school district pursuant to
  123  s. 1012.57, he or she shall receive a bonus of $1,000 after each
  124  year the individual completes teaching a computer science course
  125  identified in the Course Code Directory pursuant to paragraph
  126  (2)(b) at a public middle, high, or combination school in the
  127  state, for up to 3 years.
  128         (b) If the classroom teacher holds an industry
  129  certification associated with a course identified in the Course
  130  Code Directory pursuant to paragraph (2)(b), he or she shall
  131  receive a bonus of $500 after each year the individual completes
  132  teaching the identified course at a public middle, high, or
  133  combination school in the state, for up to 3 years.
  134  
  135  A school district shall report a qualifying classroom teacher to
  136  the department by a date and in a format established by the
  137  department. An eligible classroom teacher shall receive his or
  138  her bonus upon completion of the school year in which he or she
  139  taught the course. A teacher may not receive more than one bonus
  140  per year under this subsection.
  141         (8) Subject to legislative appropriation, the department
  142  shall award high-need technology grants to eligible school
  143  districts if the funds provided in the Florida digital
  144  classrooms allocation pursuant to s. 1011.62(12) are
  145  insufficient to meet the costs specified in that subsection and
  146  the district has no remaining instructional materials funds
  147  under s. 1011.67. The department shall establish an application
  148  process and eligibility criteria. Such criteria must be based on
  149  a school district’s technology needs and must provide for an
  150  equitable distribution of funding based on the geographic
  151  distribution of the student population among school districts
  152  determined to have a high need for technology.
  153         (9)(4) The State Board of Education shall may adopt rules
  154  to administer this section.
  155         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
  156  
  157  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  158  And the title is amended as follows:
  159         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  160  and insert:
  161                        A bill to be entitled                      
  162         An act relating to computer science instruction;
  163         amending s. 1007.2616, F.S.; defining the term
  164         “computer science”; providing requirements for
  165         specified instruction relating to computer science;
  166         requiring school districts to provide computer science
  167         courses in a specified number of schools by certain
  168         dates; requiring certain computer science courses to
  169         be included in the Course Code Directory and published
  170         on the Department of Education’s website by a
  171         specified date; providing that student enrollment in
  172         certain courses offered by the Florida Virtual School
  173         meet specified requirements; providing that a charter
  174         school is not required to offer computer science
  175         courses; providing that charter schools that offer
  176         such courses may be used in meeting a school
  177         district’s percentage thresholds; requiring the
  178         Florida Virtual School to offer certain computer
  179         science courses; requiring school districts to provide
  180         access to computer science courses offered by the
  181         Florida Virtual School or by other means under certain
  182         circumstances; providing funds for school districts to
  183         provide professional development for classroom
  184         teachers, subject to legislative appropriation;
  185         providing Department of Education responsibilities for
  186         the distribution of such funds; requiring that high
  187         school students be provided opportunities to take
  188         counter science courses to meet certain graduation
  189         requirements; providing funds for bonuses for certain
  190         classroom teachers, subject to legislative
  191         appropriation; providing funding for high-need
  192         technology grants for school districts, subject to
  193         legislative appropriation; requiring, rather than
  194         authorizing, the State Board of Education to adopt
  195         rules; providing an effective date.