House Bill 0063

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000                  HB 63

        By Representative Lynn






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to instructional personnel;

  3         amending s. 230.23, F.S.; requiring each school

  4         district with a school designated as

  5         performance grade category "F" to permit

  6         transfer of teachers with certain

  7         qualifications; providing bonuses for certain

  8         teachers; requiring the Commissioner of

  9         Education to adopt rules; providing an

10         effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (16) of section

15  230.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

16         230.23  Powers and duties of school board.--The school

17  board, acting as a board, shall exercise all powers and

18  perform all duties listed below:

19         (16)  IMPLEMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND

20  ACCOUNTABILITY.--Maintain a system of school improvement and

21  education accountability as provided by statute and State

22  Board of Education rule. This system of school improvement and

23  education accountability shall be consistent with, and

24  implemented through, the district's continuing system of

25  planning and budgeting required by this section and ss.

26  229.555 and 237.041. This system of school improvement and

27  education accountability shall include, but is not limited to,

28  the following:

29         (c)  Assistance and intervention.--Develop a 2-year

30  plan of increasing individualized assistance and intervention

31  for each school in danger of not meeting state standards or

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  1  making adequate progress, as defined pursuant to statute and

  2  State Board of Education rule, toward meeting the goals and

  3  standards of its approved school improvement plan.  A school

  4  that is identified as being in performance grade category "D"

  5  pursuant to s. 229.57 is in danger of failing and must be

  6  provided assistance and intervention. Each school district in

  7  which there is a school designated as performance grade

  8  category "F" shall develop a plan to encourage teachers with

  9  demonstrated mastery in improving student performance to

10  remain at or transfer to that school. If a teacher whose

11  mastery has been formally recognized by the designation of

12  Teacher of the Year at the district or state level, or who is

13  certified by the National Board of Professional Teaching

14  Standards, requests assignment to a school with grade category

15  "F," the school board and the principal shall make every

16  practical effort to grant the request. Effective July 1, 2001,

17  a teacher who has attained NBPTS certification or who has been

18  designated district or state Teacher of the Year and whose

19  effectiveness has been proven based upon positive learning

20  gains of his or her students as measured by annual FCAT

21  assessments pursuant to s. 229.57, is eligible for an annual

22  bonus of up to $1,000, as provided for annually in the General

23  Appropriations Act, each year he or she teaches at a school

24  designated as performance grade category "F." Such bonus shall

25  be in addition to any bonus received because of NBPTS

26  certification. The Commissioner of Education shall adopt rules

27  to determine the measures that define "teaching mastery" for

28  purposes of this paragraph. District school boards are

29  encouraged to prioritize the expenditures of funds received

30  from specific appropriation 110A of the General Appropriations

31  Act of fiscal year 1999-2000 to improve student performance in

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  1  schools that receive a performance grade category designation

  2  of "D" or "F."

  3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.

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  6                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Requires each school district with a school designated as
  8    performance grade category "F" to permit the transfer of
      teachers with certain qualifications. Provides bonuses
  9    for teachers with certain qualifications who teach in
      schools designated as performance grade category "F."
10    Requires the Commissioner of Education to adopt rules.

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