Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 926
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/04/2023           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K -12 (Rodriguez) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 1008.213, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         1008.213Children of military families residing outside
    8  this state; flexible assessment administration.—
    9         (1)A Florida Virtual School full-time student of a
   10  military family residing outside this state who is prevented by
   11  his or her parent’s or guardian’s out-of-state military duty
   12  station’s location from participating in a Florida-based Florida
   13  Virtual School secure and proctored exam must be offered
   14  flexibility with respect to assessment administration in order
   15  to demonstrate the grade-level mastery of skills that have been
   16  acquired and are measured by the statewide, standardized
   17  comprehensive assessment under s. 1008.22(3)(a), the statewide,
   18  standardized end-of-course assessment under s. 1008.22(3)(b), or
   19  an alternate assessment under s. 1008.22(3)(d).
   20         (2)(a)The flexibility in assessment administration must
   21  allow a Florida Virtual School full-time student from a military
   22  family currently stationed outside this state to participate in
   23  statewide, standardized assessments administered securely by a
   24  licensed, certified instructor or an education services officer
   25  test administrator at his or her parent’s or guardian’s current
   26  military duty station.
   27         (b)A licensed, certified instructor or an education
   28  services officer test administrator must meet the criteria
   29  specified in s. 1008.24(3)(a).
   30         (3)The student’s parent or guardian may submit to the
   31  Florida Virtual School a written request for flexibility in
   32  assessment administration at any time during the school year,
   33  but not later than 90 days before the current school year’s
   34  assessment administration for which the request is made. A
   35  request must include written, official documentation of the
   36  family’s current out-of-state military duty stationing.
   37         (4)Based on such documentation provided by the family
   38  pursuant to subsection (3), the Florida Virtual School shall
   39  submit a recommendation to the Department of Education as soon
   40  as practicable as to whether flexibility in assessment
   41  administration for a given statewide assessment should be
   42  granted or denied. Upon receipt of the request, documentation,
   43  and recommendation, the department shall verify the information
   44  documented as soon as practicable, make a determination, and
   45  notify the Florida Virtual School within 14 days. After the
   46  receipt of the department’s determination, the Florida Virtual
   47  School shall notify the parent or guardian whether the
   48  flexibility in assessment administration has been granted or
   49  denied. If the department grants the request, the student’s
   50  progress must be assessed with flexibility in assessment
   51  administration as provided in s. 1008.22.
   52         (5)The Legislature may request from the Florida Virtual
   53  School a report containing the number of requests for
   54  flexibility in assessment administration made under this
   55  section, the number of requests for flexibility in assessment
   56  administration granted under this section, and data regarding
   57  student performance on statewide, standardized assessments.
   58         (6)The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
   59  implement this section.
   60         Section 2. Present subsections (11) through (14) of section
   61  1008.22, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (12)
   62  through (15), respectively, and a new subsection (11) is added
   63  to that section, to read:
   64         1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools.—
   65         (11)CHILD OF A MILITARY FAMILY RESIDING OUTSIDE THIS
   66  STATE.—In addition to the flexibility in assessment
   67  administration under s. 1008.213, a child of a military family
   68  residing outside this state is eligible for flexibility in
   69  assessment administration in accordance with this subsection
   70  when participating in the statewide, standardized comprehensive
   71  assessment in paragraph (3)(a), the statewide, standardized end
   72  of-course assessment in paragraph (3)(b), or an alternate
   73  assessment in paragraph (3)(d).
   74         (a)Definition.—For the purposes of this subsection, the
   75  term “child of a military family residing outside this state who
   76  is eligible for flexibility in assessment administration” means
   77  a Florida Virtual School full-time student of a military family
   78  residing outside this state who is prevented by his or her
   79  parent’s or guardian’s out-of-state military duty station’s
   80  location from participating in a Florida-based Florida Virtual
   81  School secure and proctored exam.
   82         (b)Flexibility in assessment administration option.—The
   83  flexibility in assessment administration under this subsection
   84  must allow a Florida Virtual School full-time student from a
   85  military family currently stationed outside this state to
   86  participate in statewide, standardized assessments administered
   87  securely by a licensed, certified instructor or an education
   88  services officer test administrator at his or her family’s
   89  current military duty station. To be eligible for this
   90  flexibility, the student’s parent or guardian must meet the
   91  requirements of s. 1008.213, and the student must be determined
   92  eligible by the Department of Education.
   93         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
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   95  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   96  And the title is amended as follows:
   97         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   98  and insert:
   99                        A bill to be entitled                      
  100         An act relating to the Florida Virtual School;
  101         creating s. 1008.213, F.S.; providing for flexibility
  102         in the administration of specified assessments for
  103         Florida Virtual School full-time students of military
  104         families residing outside this state; providing that
  105         such assessments for students granted such flexibility
  106         must be administered securely by persons who meet
  107         specified criteria at a certain location; providing a
  108         process for the parents or guardians of such students
  109         to request the flexibility in assessment
  110         administration from the Florida Virtual School;
  111         providing requirements for such parents or guardians,
  112         the Florida Virtual School, and the Department of
  113         Education in such process; authorizing the Legislature
  114         to request a report from the Florida Virtual School
  115         regarding requests for flexibility in assessment
  116         administration; requiring the State Board of Education
  117         to adopt rules; amending s. 1008.22, F.S.; providing
  118         flexibility in the administration of specified
  119         assessments for certain Florida Virtual School
  120         students; defining the term “child of a military
  121         family residing outside this state who is eligible for
  122         flexibility in assessment administration”; providing
  123         requirements for such flexibility in assessment
  124         administration; providing an effective date.