Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 770
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/20/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Education (Hutson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 446.011, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         446.011 Legislative intent regarding apprenticeship
    8  training.—
    9         (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Department
   10  of Education have responsibility for the development of the
   11  apprenticeship and preapprenticeship uniform minimum standards
   12  for the apprenticeable trades and that the department have
   13  responsibility for assisting district school boards and Florida
   14  College System institution community college district boards of
   15  trustees in developing preapprenticeship programs.
   16         Section 2. Subsection (3) is added to section 446.032,
   17  Florida Statutes, to read:
   18         446.032 General duties of the department for apprenticeship
   19  training.—The department shall:
   20         (3)Provide assistance to district school boards, Florida
   21  College System institution boards of trustees, program sponsors,
   22  and local workforce development boards in notifying students,
   23  parents, and members of the community of the availability of
   24  apprenticeship and preapprenticeship opportunities, including
   25  data provided in the economic security report pursuant to s.
   26  445.07.
   27         Section 3. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 446.052,
   28  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   29         446.052 Preapprenticeship program.—
   30         (2) The department, under regulations established by the
   31  State Board of Education, may administer the provisions of ss.
   32  446.011-446.092 which relate to preapprenticeship programs in
   33  cooperation with district school boards and Florida College
   34  System institution community college district boards of
   35  trustees. District school boards, Florida College System
   36  institution community college district boards of trustees, and
   37  registered program sponsors shall cooperate in developing and
   38  establishing programs that include career instruction and
   39  general education courses required to obtain a high school
   40  diploma.
   41         (3) The department, the district school boards, and the
   42  Florida College System institution community college district
   43  boards of trustees shall work together with existing registered
   44  apprenticeship programs in order that individuals completing the
   45  preapprenticeship programs may be able to receive credit toward
   46  towards completing a registered apprenticeship program.
   47         Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (14) of section
   48  1001.43, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   49         1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school
   50  board.—The district school board may exercise the following
   51  supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or
   52  State Board of Education rule.
   53         (14) RECOGNITION OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT.—
   54         (b) The district school board is encouraged to adopt
   55  policies and procedures to provide for a student “Academic
   56  Scholarship Signing Day” by declaring the third Tuesday in April
   57  each year as “Academic Scholarship Signing Day.” The “Academic
   58  Scholarship Signing Day” shall recognize the outstanding
   59  academic achievement of high school seniors who sign a letter of
   60  intent to accept an academic scholarship offered to the student
   61  by a postsecondary educational institution. The district school
   62  board shall adopt policies and procedures to declare an annual
   63  “College and Career Decision Day” to recognize high school
   64  seniors for their postsecondary education plans, to encourage
   65  early preparation for college, and to encourage students to
   66  pursue advanced career pathways through the attainment of
   67  industry certifications for which there are statewide college
   68  credit articulation agreements.
   69  
   70  District school board policies and procedures may include, but
   71  need not be limited to, conducting assemblies or other
   72  appropriate public events in which students offered academic
   73  scholarships assemble and sign actual or ceremonial documents
   74  accepting those scholarships. The district school board may
   75  encourage holding such events in an assembly or gathering of the
   76  entire student body as a means of making academic success and
   77  recognition visible to all students.
   78         Section 5. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (1) of
   79  section 1003.4156, Florida Statutes, to read:
   80         1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades
   81  promotion.—
   82         (1) In order for a student to be promoted to high school
   83  from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the
   84  student must successfully complete the following courses:
   85         (e)One course in career and education planning to be
   86  completed in grades 6, 7, or 8 and which may be taught by any
   87  member of the instructional staff. The course must be Internet
   88  based, customizable to each student, and include research-based
   89  assessments to assist students in determining educational and
   90  career options and goals. In addition, the course must result in
   91  a completed personalized academic and career plan for the
   92  student which may be revised as the student progresses through
   93  middle school and high school; must emphasize the importance of
   94  entrepreneurship and employability skills; and must include
   95  information from the Department of Economic Opportunity’s
   96  economic security report under s. 445.07. Upon completion of the
   97  course, a student’s resulting personalized academic and career
   98  plan must be sent to his or her academic advisor pursuant to s.
   99  1003.4282(11)(c). The required personalized academic and career
  100  plan must inform students of high school graduation
  101  requirements, including a detailed explanation of the
  102  requirements for earning a high school diploma designation under
  103  s. 1003.4285; requirements for each scholarship in the Florida
  104  Bright Futures Scholarship Program; state university and Florida
  105  College System institution admission requirements; available
  106  opportunities to earn college credit in high school, including
  107  Advanced Placement courses; the International Baccalaureate
  108  Program; the Advanced International Certificate of Education
  109  Program; dual enrollment, including career dual enrollment; and
  110  career education courses, including career-themed courses,
  111  preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, and course
  112  sequences that lead to industry certification pursuant to s.
  113  1003.492 or s. 1008.44. The course may be implemented as a
  114  stand-alone course or integrated into another course or courses.
  115         Section 6. Present subsection (11) of section 1003.4282,
  116  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (12), a new
  117  subsection (11) is added to that section, and paragraphs (b) and
  118  (c) of subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of
  119  that section are amended, to read:
  120         1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school diploma.—
  121         (3) STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; COURSE AND ASSESSMENT
  122  REQUIREMENTS.—
  123         (b) Four credits in mathematics.—
  124         1. A student must earn one credit in Algebra I and one
  125  credit in Geometry. A student’s performance on the statewide,
  126  standardized Algebra I end-of-course (EOC) assessment
  127  constitutes 30 percent of the student’s final course grade. A
  128  student must pass the statewide, standardized Algebra I EOC
  129  assessment, or earn a comparative score, in order to earn a
  130  standard high school diploma. A student’s performance on the
  131  statewide, standardized Geometry EOC assessment constitutes 30
  132  percent of the student’s final course grade.
  133         2. A student who earns an industry certification for which
  134  there is a statewide college credit articulation agreement
  135  approved by the State Board of Education may substitute the
  136  certification for one mathematics credit. Substitution may occur
  137  for up to two mathematics credits, except for Algebra I and
  138  Geometry.
  139         3.A student who earns a computer science credit may
  140  substitute the credit for up to one credit of the mathematics
  141  requirement, with the exception of Algebra I and Geometry, if
  142  the commissioner identifies the computer science credit as being
  143  equivalent in rigor to the mathematics credit. An identified
  144  computer science credit may not be used to substitute for both a
  145  mathematics and a science credit. A student who earns an
  146  industry certification in 3D rapid prototype printing may
  147  satisfy up to two credits of the mathematics requirement, with
  148  the exception of Algebra I, if the commissioner identifies the
  149  certification as being equivalent in rigor to the mathematics
  150  credit or credits.
  151         (c) Three credits in science.—
  152         1. Two of the three required credits must have a laboratory
  153  component. A student must earn one credit in Biology I and two
  154  credits in equally rigorous courses. The statewide, standardized
  155  Biology I EOC assessment constitutes 30 percent of the student’s
  156  final course grade.
  157         2. A student who earns an industry certification for which
  158  there is a statewide college credit articulation agreement
  159  approved by the State Board of Education may substitute the
  160  certification for one science credit, except for Biology I.
  161         3.A student who earns a computer science credit may
  162  substitute the credit for up to one credit of the science
  163  requirement, with the exception of Biology I, if the
  164  commissioner identifies the computer science credit as being
  165  equivalent in rigor to the science credit. An identified
  166  computer science credit may not be used to substitute for both a
  167  mathematics and a science credit.
  168         (8) CAREER EDUCATION COURSES THAT SATISFY HIGH SCHOOL
  169  CREDIT REQUIREMENTS.—
  170         (a) Participation in career education courses engages
  171  students in their high school education, increases academic
  172  achievement, enhances employability, and increases postsecondary
  173  success. By July 1, 2014, The department shall develop, for
  174  approval by the State Board of Education, multiple, additional
  175  career education courses or a series of courses that meet the
  176  requirements set forth in s. 1003.493(2), (4), and (5) and this
  177  subsection and allow students to earn credit in both the career
  178  education course and courses required for high school graduation
  179  under this section and s. 1003.4281.
  180         1. The state board must determine at least biennially if
  181  sufficient academic standards are covered to warrant the award
  182  of academic credit, including credit for Algebra I. A student
  183  who earns a credit for a course identified pursuant to this
  184  subparagraph must still take the statewide, standardized EOC
  185  assessment or grade-level assessment associated with the
  186  required course and pass the statewide, standardized Algebra I
  187  EOC assessment and statewide, standardized grade 10 ELA
  188  assessment in accordance with subsection (3).
  189         2. Career education courses must include workforce and
  190  digital literacy skills and the integration of required course
  191  content with practical applications and designated rigorous
  192  coursework that results in one or more industry certifications
  193  or clearly articulated credit or advanced standing in a 2-year
  194  or 4-year certificate or degree program, which may include high
  195  school junior and senior year work-related internships or
  196  apprenticeships. The department shall negotiate state licenses
  197  for material and testing for industry certifications. The
  198  instructional methodology used in these courses must be
  199  comprised of authentic projects, problems, and activities for
  200  contextually learning the academics.
  201         3. A student who earns credit upon completion of an
  202  apprenticeship or preapprenticeship program registered with the
  203  Department of Education under chapter 446 may use such credit to
  204  satisfy the high school graduation credit requirements in
  205  paragraph (3)(e) or paragraph (3)(g). The state board shall
  206  approve and identify in the Course Code Directory the
  207  apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs from which earned
  208  credit may be used pursuant to this subparagraph.
  209         (11) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION GRADUATION PATHWAY
  210  OPTION.—Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, a student is
  211  eligible to complete an alternative pathway to earning a
  212  standard high school diploma through the Career and Technical
  213  Education (CTE) pathway option. Receipt of a standard high
  214  school diploma awarded through the CTE pathway option requires
  215  the student’s successful completion of at least 18 credits. A
  216  student completing the CTE pathway option must earn at least a
  217  cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.
  218         (a) In order for a student to satisfy the requirements of
  219  the CTE pathway option, he or she must:
  220         1.Complete four credits in English Language Arts. The four
  221  credits must be in ELA I, II, III, and IV; however, a student
  222  may substitute up to four credits in ELA honors, AP, AICE, IB,
  223  or dual enrollment courses for the required ELA credits. A
  224  student may complete ELA courses online and may complete two or
  225  more ELA credits in a single year. A student also must pass the
  226  statewide, standardized grade 10 Reading assessment or, when
  227  implemented, the grade 10 ELA assessment, or earn a concordant
  228  score, in order to earn a standard high school diploma;
  229         2.Complete four credits in mathematics. A student must
  230  earn one credit in Algebra I and one credit in Geometry. A
  231  student’s performance on the statewide, standardized Algebra I
  232  EOC assessment constitutes 30 percent of the student’s final
  233  course grade. A student also must pass the statewide,
  234  standardized Algebra I EOC assessment, or earn a comparative
  235  score, in order to earn a standard high school diploma. A
  236  student’s performance on the statewide, standardized Geometry
  237  EOC assessment constitutes 30 percent of the student’s final
  238  course grade. A student who earns an industry certification for
  239  which there is a statewide college credit articulation agreement
  240  approved by the State Board of Education may substitute the
  241  certification for one mathematics credit. Substitution may occur
  242  for up to two mathematics credits, except for Algebra I and
  243  Geometry;
  244         3.Complete three credits in science. Two of the three
  245  required credits must have a laboratory component. A student
  246  must earn one credit in Biology I and two credits in equally
  247  rigorous courses. The statewide, standardized Biology I EOC
  248  assessment constitutes 30 percent of the student’s final course
  249  grade. A student who earns an industry certification for which
  250  there is a statewide college credit articulation agreement
  251  approved by the State Board of Education may substitute the
  252  certification for two science credits, except for Biology I;
  253         4.Complete three credits in social studies. A student must
  254  earn one credit in United States History; one credit in World
  255  History; one-half credit in United States Government; and one
  256  half credit in economics. The United States History EOC
  257  assessment constitutes 30 percent of the student’s final course
  258  grade;
  259         5.Complete two credits in career and technical education.
  260  The courses must result in a program completion and an industry
  261  certification;
  262         6.Complete one and one-half credits in work-based learning
  263  programs. A student must earn one and one-half credits through
  264  work-based learning program courses. A student may substitute up
  265  to one and one-half credits of electives for work-based learning
  266  program courses to fulfill this requirement;
  267         7. Complete one-half credit in financial literacy; and
  268         8.Sit for the statewide, standardized Geometry EOC
  269  assessment, Biology I EOC assessment, and United States History
  270  EOC assessment.
  271         (b) Upon completion of the requirements specified in
  272  paragraph (a), a student shall be awarded a standard high school
  273  diploma in a form prescribed by the State Board of Education.
  274         (c) Each principal or his or her faculty designee, who must
  275  be designated as an academic advisor, shall:
  276         1. Inform parents and students of the CTE pathway option
  277  available at the school and the graduation requirements for the
  278  CTE pathway option established pursuant to paragraph (a);
  279         2. Establish a process by which a parent may request
  280  student participation in the CTE pathway option. The student
  281  must be provided the opportunity to participate in the CTE
  282  pathway option;
  283         3. Establish a process to verify a student’s progress and
  284  completion of the CTE pathway option; and
  285         4. Meet with any student who has a cumulative grade point
  286  average that falls below 2.0 during the first semester in which
  287  his or her grade point average falls below 2.0, and any
  288  subsequent semester in which his or her grade point average
  289  remains below 2.0, to discuss CTE pathway options.
  290         (d) Each district school board shall incorporate the CTE
  291  pathway option to graduation in the student progression plan
  292  required under s. 1008.25.
  293         (e) A charter school that exclusively offers the CTE
  294  pathway option is exempt from application requirements relating
  295  to district school boards pursuant to s. 1002.33, but the
  296  charter school must comply with application requirements
  297  relating to the department.
  298         (f) Adjunct educators certified pursuant to s. 1012.57 may
  299  administer courses in the CTE pathway option.
  300         Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
  301  1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  302         1008.34 School grading system; school report cards;
  303  district grade.—
  304         (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.—
  305         (b)1. Beginning with the 2019-2020 2014-2015 school year, a
  306  school’s grade shall be based on the following components, each
  307  worth 100 points:
  308         a. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
  309  standardized assessments in English Language Arts under s.
  310  1008.22(3).
  311         b. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
  312  standardized assessments in mathematics under s. 1008.22(3).
  313         c. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
  314  standardized assessments in science under s. 1008.22(3).
  315         d. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
  316  standardized assessments in social studies under s. 1008.22(3).
  317         e. The percentage of eligible students who make Learning
  318  Gains in English Language Arts as measured by statewide,
  319  standardized assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
  320         f. The percentage of eligible students who make Learning
  321  Gains in mathematics as measured by statewide, standardized
  322  assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
  323         g. The percentage of eligible students in the lowest 25
  324  percent in English Language Arts, as identified by prior year
  325  performance on statewide, standardized assessments, who make
  326  Learning Gains as measured by statewide, standardized English
  327  Language Arts assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
  328         h. The percentage of eligible students in the lowest 25
  329  percent in mathematics, as identified by prior year performance
  330  on statewide, standardized assessments, who make Learning Gains
  331  as measured by statewide, standardized Mathematics assessments
  332  administered under s. 1008.22(3).
  333         i. For schools comprised of middle grades 6 through 8 or
  334  grades 7 and 8, the percentage of eligible students passing high
  335  school level statewide, standardized end-of-course assessments
  336  or attaining national industry certifications identified in the
  337  CAPE Industry Certification Funding List pursuant to rules
  338  adopted by the State Board of Education.
  339  
  340  In calculating Learning Gains for the components listed in sub
  341  subparagraphs e.-h., the State Board of Education shall require
  342  that learning growth toward achievement levels 3, 4, and 5 is
  343  demonstrated by students who scored below each of those levels
  344  in the prior year. In calculating the components in sub
  345  subparagraphs a.-d., the state board shall include the
  346  performance of English language learners only if they have been
  347  enrolled in a school in the United States for more than 2 years.
  348         2. For a school comprised of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or
  349  grades 10, 11, and 12, the school’s grade shall also be based on
  350  the following components, each worth 100 points:
  351         a. The 4-year high school graduation rate of the school as
  352  defined by state board rule.
  353         b. The percentage of students who were eligible to earn
  354  college and career credit through College Board Advanced
  355  Placement examinations;, International Baccalaureate
  356  examinations;, dual enrollment courses, including career clock
  357  hour dual enrollment courses;, or Advanced International
  358  Certificate of Education examinations; or who, at any time
  359  during high school, earned national industry certification
  360  identified in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List,
  361  pursuant to rules adopted by the state board.
  362         Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
  363  1008.44, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  364         1008.44 CAPE Industry Certification Funding List and CAPE
  365  Postsecondary Industry Certification Funding List.—
  366         (1) Pursuant to ss. 1003.4203 and 1003.492, the Department
  367  of Education shall, at least annually, identify, under rules
  368  adopted by the State Board of Education, and the Commissioner of
  369  Education may at any time recommend adding the following
  370  certificates, certifications, and courses:
  371         (b) No more than 30 15 CAPE Digital Tool certificates
  372  limited to the areas of word processing; spreadsheets; sound,
  373  motion, and color presentations; digital arts; cybersecurity;
  374  and coding pursuant to s. 1003.4203(3) that do not articulate
  375  for college credit. Such certificates shall be annually
  376  identified on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List and
  377  updated solely by the Chancellor of Career and Adult Education.
  378  The certificates shall be made available to students in
  379  elementary school and middle school grades and, if earned by a
  380  student, shall be eligible for additional full-time equivalent
  381  membership pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.
  382         Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
  383  
  384  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  385  And the title is amended as follows:
  386         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  387  and insert:
  388                        A bill to be entitled                      
  389         An act relating to education; amending s. 446.011,
  390         F.S.; updating terminology; amending s. 446.032, F.S.;
  391         requiring the Department of Education to provide
  392         assistance to certain entities in notifying specified
  393         persons of apprenticeship and preapprenticeship
  394         opportunities; amending s. 446.052, F.S.; updating
  395         terminology; amending s. 1001.43, F.S.; requiring
  396         district school boards to declare an annual “College
  397         and Career Decision Day” for specified purposes;
  398         amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; requiring students to
  399         take a career and education planning course for
  400         promotion to high school; providing requirements for
  401         such course; requiring each student who takes the
  402         course to receive an academic and career plan;
  403         providing requirements for such plan; amending s.
  404         1003.4282, F.S.; authorizing a credit in computer
  405         science to meet specified graduation requirements
  406         under certain circumstances; requiring a student who
  407         earns a credit through a career education course to
  408         pass specified assessments; providing that, as of a
  409         specified school year, certain students are eligible
  410         for an alternative pathway to a standard high school
  411         diploma through the Career and Technical Education
  412         (CTE) pathway option; providing requirements for the
  413         CTE pathway option; requiring that each principal or
  414         his or her designee, who must be designated as an
  415         academic advisor, inform parents and students of the
  416         CTE pathway option and establish certain processes
  417         relating to the pathway; requiring district school
  418         boards to incorporate certain information in the
  419         student progression plan; providing that charter
  420         schools that exclusively offer the CTE pathway option
  421         are exempt from specified application requirements;
  422         authorizing adjunct educators to administer courses in
  423         the CTE pathway option; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.;
  424         revising school grade components to specify that dual
  425         enrollment courses include career clock-hour dual
  426         enrollment courses; amending s. 1008.44, F.S.;
  427         increasing the number of CAPE Digital Tool
  428         certificates relating to specified subjects which may
  429         be included on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding
  430         List; providing an effective date.