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HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2186
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
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11 Representative(s) Melvin offered the following:
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17 Section 1. Subsection (1), paragraph (b) of subsection
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19 (b) of subsection (7) of section 228.0565, Florida Statutes,
20 1998 Supplement, are amended to read:
21 228.0565 Deregulated public schools.--
22 (1) PILOT PROGRAM.--To provide public schools the same
23 flexibility and accountability afforded charter schools, pilot
24 programs for deregulated public schools shall be conducted in
25 two large, two medium-sized, and two small school districts.
26 For the 1998-1999 school year, no more than six schools per
27 district, to include no more than two high schools, two middle
28 schools, and two elementary schools, may participate in the
29 flexibility program. The following districts are authorized to
30 conduct pilot programs program in 1998-1999: Palm Beach,
31 Pinellas, Seminole, Leon, Walton, and Citrus Counties. The
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1 schools and school districts which are participating in the
2 pilot program as of January 1, 1999, are authorized to
3 continue the pilot program through the 2003-2004 school year.
4 Lee County, Duval County, and Broward County are authorized to
5 conduct the pilot program beginning in the 1999-2000 school
6 year through the 2003-2004 school year.
7 (3) PROPOSAL.--
8 (b) A district school board shall receive and review
9 all proposals for a deregulated public school during July and
10 August. A district school board must by a majority vote
11 approve or deny a proposal no later than 30 days after the
12 proposal is received. If a proposal is denied, the district
13 school board must, within 10 calendar days, articulate in
14 writing the specific reasons based upon good cause supporting
15 its denial of the proposal.
16 (6) ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL.--The major issues
17 involving the operation of a deregulated public school shall
18 be considered in advance and written into the proposal.
19 (a) The proposal shall address, and criteria for
20 approval of the proposal shall be based, on:
21 1. The school's mission and the students to be served.
22 2. The focus of the curriculum, the instructional
23 methods to be used, and any distinctive instructional
24 techniques to be employed.
25 3. The current baseline standard of achievement and
26 the outcomes to be achieved and the method of measurement that
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28 4. The methods used to identify the educational
29 strengths and needs of students and how well educational goals
30 and performance standards are met by students attending the
31 school. Students in deregulated and flexible public schools
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1 shall, at a minimum, participate in the statewide assessment
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3 5. In secondary schools, a method for determining
4 that a student has satisfied the requirements for graduation
5 in s. 232.246.
6 6. A method for resolving conflicts between the school
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8 7. The admissions procedures and dismissal procedures,
9 including the school's code of student conduct.
10 8. The ways by which the school's racial/ethnic
11 balance reflects the community it serves or reflects the
12 racial/ethnic range of other public schools in the same school
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14 9. The financial and administrative management of the
15 school including a statement of the areas in which the school
16 will have administrative and fiscal autonomy and the areas in
17 which the school will follow school district fiscal and
18 administrative policies.
19 10. The manner in which the school will be insured,
20 including whether or not the school will be required to have
21 liability insurance, and, if so, the terms and conditions
22 thereof and the amounts of coverage.
23 11. The qualifications to be required of the teachers.
24 (d) Upon receipt of the annual report required by
25 paragraph (b), the Department of Education shall provide to
26 the State Board of Education, the Commissioner of Education,
27 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
28 Representatives with a copy of each report and an analysis and
29 comparison of the overall performance of students, to include
30 all students in deregulated public schools whose scores are
31 counted as part of the statewide norm-referenced assessment
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1 tests, versus comparable public school students in the
2 district as determined by FCAT and district norm-referenced
3 assessment tests currently administered in the school
4 district, and, as appropriate, the Florida Writes Assessment
5 Test, the High School Competency Test, and other assessments
6 administered pursuant to s. 229.57(3).
7 (7) EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES.--
8 (b) A deregulated public school may, with appropriate
9 justification, request a waiver from the certification
10 requirements of chapter 231. Pursuant to s. 229.592(6), the
11 commissioner may waive requirements of chapter 231 that relate
12 to teacher certification to facilitate innovative practices
13 and to allow local school selection of educational methods.
14 Teachers employed by or under contract to a deregulated public
15 school shall be certified as required by chapter 231. A
16 deregulated public school may employ or contract with skilled
17 selected noncertified personnel to provide instructional
18 services or to assist instructional staff members as education
19 paraprofessionals teacher aides in the same manner as defined
20 in chapter 231. A deregulated public school may not employ an
21 individual to provide instructional services or to serve as an
22 education paraprofessional a teacher aide if the individual's
23 certification or licensure as an educator is suspended or
24 revoked by this or any other state. The qualifications of
25 teachers shall be disclosed to parents.
26 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.
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30 And the title is amended as follows:
31 remove from the title of the bill: the entire title
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1 and insert in lieu thereof:
2 A bill to be entitled
3 An act relating to deregulated public schools;
4 amending s. 228.0565, F.S.; providing for the
5 continuation of the deregulated public schools
6 pilot project; authorizing additional districts
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