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