HB 0915 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to K-20 education accountability; amending
3	s. 1008.31, F.S.; expanding legislative intent for the
4	K-20 education performance accountability system;
5	providing requirements and an implementation schedule for
6	performance-based funding; providing mission, goals, and
7	measures; requiring collection of certain data; amending
8	s. 1008.36, F.S.; providing eligibility criteria for
9	participation in the Florida School Recognition Program;
10	providing an 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. Section 1008.31, Florida Statutes, is amended
15	to read:
16	1008.31 Florida's K-20 education performance
17	accountability system; legislative intent; performance-based
18	funding; mission, goals, and systemwide measures.--
19	(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the
20	Legislature that:
21	(a) The performance accountability system implemented to
22	assess the effectiveness of Florida's seamless K-20 education
23	delivery system provide answers to the following questions in
24	relation to its mission and goals:
25	1. What is the public receiving in return for funds it
26	invests in education?
27	2. How effectively is Florida's K-20 education system
28	educating its students?
29	3. How effectively are the major delivery sectors
30	promoting student achievement?
31	4. How are individual schools and postsecondary education
32	institutions performing their responsibility to educate their
33	students as measured by how students are performing and how much
34	they are learning?
35	(b) The K-20 education performance accountability system
36	be established as a single, unified accountability system with
37	multiple components, including, but not limited to, measures of
38	adequate yearly progress, individual student learning gains,
39	school grades, and return on investment.
40	(c) The K-20 education performance accountability system
41	comply with the accountability requirements of the “No Child
42	Left Behind Act of 2001,” PL 107-110.
43	(d)(b)The State Board of Education recommend to the
44	Legislature systemwide performance standards; the Legislature
45	establish systemwide performance measures and standards; and the
46	systemwide measures and standards provide Floridians with
47	information on what the public is receiving in return for the
48	funds it invests in education and how well the K-20 system
49	educates its students.
50	(e)(c)The State Board of Education establish performance
51	measures and set performance standards for individual components
52	of the public education system, including individual schools and
53	postsecondary educational institutions, with measures and
54	standards based primarily on student achievement.
55	(2) PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING.--
56	(a) The State Board of Education shall cooperate with the
57	Commissioner of Education and each delivery system todevelop
58	proposals for performance-based funding, using performance
59	measures adopted pursuant to this sectionestablished by the
60	Legislature.
61	(b) The State Board of Educationproposals must provide
62	that at least 10 percent of the state funds appropriated for the
63	K-20 education system are conditional upon meeting or exceeding
64	established performance standards. The State Board of Education
65	must submit the recommendations to the Legislature in the
66	following sequence:
67	(a) By December 1, 2002, recommendations for state
68	universities, for consideration by the 2003 Legislature and
69	implementation in the 2003-2004 fiscal year.
70	(b) By December 1, 2003, recommendations for public
71	schools and workforce education, for consideration by the 2004
72	Legislature and implementation in the 2004-2005 fiscal year.
73	(c) By December 1, 2004, recommendations for community
74	colleges, for consideration by the 2005 Legislature and
75	implementation in the 2005-2006 fiscal year.
76	(d) By December 1, 2005, recommendations for all other
77	programs that receive state funds within the Department of
78	Education.
79	(c) The State Board of Education shall adopt guidelines
80	required to implement performance-based funding that allow 1
81	year to demonstrate achievement of specified performance
82	standards prior to a reduction in appropriations pursuant to
83	this section.
84	(d) By December 1, 2003, the State Board of Education
85	shall adopt common definitions, measures, standards, and
86	performance improvement targets required to:
87	1. Use the state core measures and the sector-specific
88	measures to evaluate the progress of each sector of the
89	educational delivery system toward meeting the systemwide goals
90	for public education.
91	2. Notify the sectors of their progress in achieving the
92	specified measures so that they may develop improvement plans
93	that directly influence decisions about policy, program
94	development, and management.
95	3. Implement the performance-based budgeting system
96	described in this section.
97	(e) During the 2003-2004 fiscal year, the Department of
98	Education shall collect data required to establish progress,
99	rewards, and sanctions.
100	(f) By December 1, 2004, the Department of Education shall
101	recommend to the Legislature a formula for performance-based
102	funding that applies accountability standards for the individual
103	components of the public education system at every level,
104	kindergarten through graduate school. Effective for the 2004-
105	2005 fiscal year and thereafter, performance-based funds shall
106	be allocated based on the progress, rewards, and sanctions
107	established pursuant to this section.
108	(3) MISSION, GOALS, AND SYSTEMWIDE MEASURES.--
109	(a)The mission of Florida's K-20 education system shall
110	be to increase the proficiency of all students within one
111	seamless, efficient system, by allowing them the opportunity to
112	expand their knowledge and skills through learning opportunities
113	and research valued by students, parents, and communities.
114	(b) The State Board of Education shall adopt guiding
115	principles for establishing state and sector-specific standards
116	and measures.
117	(c) The State Board of Education shall, and tomaintain an
118	accountability system that measures student progress toward the
119	following goals:
120	1.(a)Highest student achievement, as measured by: student
121	FCAT performance and annual learning gains; the number and
122	percentage of schools that improve at least one school
123	performance grade designation or maintain a school performance
124	grade designation of "A" pursuant to s. 1008.34; graduation or
125	completion rates at all learning levels; and other measures
126	identified in law or rule.
127	2.(b)Seamless articulation and maximum access, as
128	measured by: the percentage of students who demonstrate
129	readiness for the educational level they are entering, from
130	kindergarten through postsecondary education and into the
131	workforce; the number and percentage of students needing
132	remediation; the percentage of Floridians who complete
133	associate, baccalaureate, graduate, professional, and
134	postgraduate degrees; the number and percentage of credits that
135	articulate; the extent to which each set of exit-point
136	requirements matches the next set of entrance-point
137	requirements; the degree to which underserved populations access
138	educational opportunity; the extent to which access is provided
139	through innovative educational delivery strategies;and other
140	measures identified in law or rule.
141	3.(c)Skilled workforce and economic development, as
142	measured by: the number and percentage of graduates employed in
143	their areas of preparation; the percentage of Floridians with
144	high school diplomas and postsecondary education credentials;
145	the percentage of business and community members who find that
146	Florida's graduates possess the skills they need; national
147	rankings;and other measures identified in law or rule.
148	4.(d)Quality efficient services, as measured by: cost per
149	completer or graduate; average cost per noncompleter at each
150	educational level; cost disparity across institutions offering
151	the same degrees; the percentage of education customers at each
152	educational level who are satisfied with the education provided;
153	and other measures identified in law or rule.
154	(4) SYSTEMWIDE DATA COLLECTION.--School districts and
155	public postsecondary educational institutions shall maintain
156	information systems that will provide the State Board of
157	Education and the Legislature with information and reports
158	necessary to address the specifications of the accountability
159	system. The State Board of Education shall determine the
160	standards for the required data.at aThelevel of
161	comprehensiveness and quality shall beno less than that which
162	was available as of June 30, 2001.
163	Section 2. Subsections (3) and (4) of section 1008.36,
164	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
165	1008.36 Florida School Recognition Program.--
166	(3) All public schools, including charter schools, that
167	receive a school grade pursuant to s. 1008.34 are eligible to
168	participate in the program. Schools that do not receive a school
169	grade may be eligible to participate in the program based upon
170	other accountability measures approved by the State Board of
171	Education.
172	(4) All selected schools shall receive financial awards
173	depending on the availability of funds appropriated and the
174	number and size of schools selected to receive an award. Funds
175	must be distributed to the school's fiscal agent and placed in
176	the school's account and must be used for purposes listed in
177	subsection (5) as determined jointly by the school's staff and
178	school advisory council. If school staff and the school advisory
179	council cannot reach agreement by November 1, half of the award
180	must be used for the purposes listed in subsection (5) as
181	determined by the school's staff and half of the award must be
182	used for purposes listed in subsection (5) as determined by the
183	school advisory councilthe awards must be equally distributed
184	to all classroom teachers currently teaching in the school.
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186	Notwithstanding statutory provisions to the contrary, incentive
187	awards are not subject to collective bargaining.
188	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.