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HOUSE AMENDMENT
590-140AX-38 Bill No. CS/HB 751 & others
Amendment No. (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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17 Section 10. There is created the Florida Center on A+
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19 (1) The center shall:
20 (a) Serve as an advisory body to oversee the
21 implementation of this act.
22 (b) Provide the Commissioner of Education and each
23 school superintendent with an avenue to access current
24 knowledge and research on the use of educational assessment to
25 improve student performance.
26 (c) Assist the commissioner to develop a comprehensive
27 evaluation of the success of school improvement efforts,
28 especially improvement of schools designated in performance
29 grade categories "D," making less than satisfactory progress,
30 and "F," failing to make adequate progress.
31 (d) Analyze the characteristics of schools designated
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1 in performance grade category "A," making excellent progress,
2 and identify those characteristics that may be disseminated to
3 other schools.
4 (e) Conduct and report research findings that will
5 improve the collection of data to report student gains in
6 achievement, as provided in this act.
7 (2) To carry out its responsibilities, the center may:
8 (a) Employ an executive director and staff as
9 authorized in an appropriations act.
10 (b) Conduct meetings and adopt rules necessary for its
11 own governance.
12 (c) Conduct or contract for research, and disseminate
13 the results of research, that, in the opinion of the center
14 and with the agreement of the commissioner, will contribute to
15 the success of this act.
16 (d) Involve the expertise of public and independent
17 universities, colleges, and community colleges in carrying out
18 its duties.
19 (e) Perform other such duties as may be required by
20 the state system of public education for its improvement.
21 (3) The center shall consist of the following members:
22 (a) The Commissioner of Education, or his or her
23 designee, who shall serve as ex offico member and chair.
24 (b) Five members representing the business community
25 appointed by the Governor.
26 (c) Five members appointed by the President of the
27 Senate. Such members shall include a teacher, two parents of
28 children enrolled in Florida public schools, a dean of a
29 college of education within the state, and a principal of a
30 school designated as performance grade category "A."
31 (d) Five members appointed by the Speaker of the House
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1 of Representatives. Such members shall include one parent of a
2 child enrolled in a Florida public school, a high school
3 principal, and three school board members from a small, a
4 medium, and a large district.
5 (e) Seven members appointed by the Commissioner of
6 Education. Such members shall include the superintendent of a
7 district with a school designated as performance grade
8 category "F," a chamber of commerce representative, a
9 school-based researcher/evaluator, a principal of an
10 elementary school, a principal of a middle school, and two
11 parents of children enrolled in Florida public schools.
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19 creating the Florida Center on A+ Schools;
20 providing powers, duties, and membership of the
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