Senate Bill sb2548

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2548

    By Senator Diaz de la Portilla





    36-1809-03                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public school assessment and

  3         accountability; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.;

  4         revising provisions relating to student

  5         assessment data used in determining school

  6         performance grade category designations;

  7         providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section

12  1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

13         1008.34  School grading system; district performance

14  grade.--

15         (3)  DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL PERFORMANCE GRADE

16  CATEGORIES.--School performance grade category designations

17  itemized in subsection (2) shall be based on the following:

18         (b)  Student assessment data.--Student assessment data

19  used in determining school performance grade categories shall

20  include:

21         1.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students

22  enrolled in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT. A

23  student in grade 11 or grade 12 who receives passing scores on

24  the grade 10 FCAT, including a student who did not earn

25  passing scores on initial testing in grade 10, shall be given

26  the same weight as a student in grade 10 who receives passing

27  scores on the grade 10 FCAT for the purpose of determining a

28  school's performance grade category designation.

29         2.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students

30  enrolled in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT,

31  including Florida Writes, and who have scored at or in the

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2548
    36-1809-03                                              See HB




 1  lowest 25th percentile of students in the school in reading,

 2  math, or writing, unless these students are performing above

 3  satisfactory performance.

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 5  The Department of Education shall study the effects of

 6  mobility on the performance of highly mobile students and

 7  recommend programs to improve the performance of such

 8  students. The State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate

 9  criteria for each school performance grade category. The

10  criteria must also give added weight to student achievement in

11  reading. Schools designated as performance grade category "C,"

12  making satisfactory progress, shall be required to demonstrate

13  that adequate progress has been made by students in the school

14  who are in the lowest 25th percentile in reading, math, or

15  writing on the FCAT, including Florida Writes, unless these

16  students are performing above satisfactory performance.

17         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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