ENROLLED HB 0915, Engrossed 1 2003 Legislature
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; requiring
8	the State Board of Education to conduct an assessment
9	study; authorizing adoption of equivalent scores for
10	purpose of graduation; 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 in
39	public schools, 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 andeach delivery system to develop
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, subject to annual legislative
106	approval in the General Appropriations Act, performance-based
107	funds shall be allocated based on the progress, rewards, and
108	sanctions established pursuant to this section.
109	(3) MISSION, GOALS, AND SYSTEMWIDE MEASURES.--
110	(a)The mission of Florida's K-20 education system shall
111	be to increase the proficiency of all students within one
112	seamless, efficient system, by allowing them the opportunity to
113	expand their knowledge and skills through learning opportunities
114	and research valued by students, parents, and communities.
115	(b The State Board of Education shall adopt guiding
116	principles for establishing state and sector-specific standards
117	and measures.
118	(c) The State Board of Education shall, and tomaintain an
119	accountability system that measures student progress toward the
120	following goals:
121	1.(a)Highest student achievement, as measured by: student
122	FCAT performance and annual learning gains; the number and
123	percentage of schools that improve at least one school
124	performance grade designation or maintain a school performance
125	grade designation of "A" pursuant to s. 1008.34; graduation or
126	completion rates at all learning levels; and other measures
127	identified in law or rule.
128	2.(b)Seamless articulation and maximum access, as
129	measured by: the percentage of students who demonstrate
130	readiness for the educational level they are entering, from
131	kindergarten through postsecondary education and into the
132	workforce; the number and percentage of students needing
133	remediation; the percentage of Floridians who complete
134	associate, baccalaureate, graduate,professional, and
135	postgraduate degrees; the number and percentage of credits that
136	articulate; the extent to which each set of exit-point
137	requirements matches the next set of entrance-point
138	requirements; the degree to which underserved populations access
139	educational opportunity; the extent to which access is provided
140	through innovative educational delivery strategies;and other
141	measures identified in law or rule.
142	3.(c)Skilled workforce and economic development, as
143	measured by: the number and percentage of graduates employed in
144	their areas of preparation; the percentage of Floridians with
145	high school diplomas and postsecondary education credentials;
146	the percentage of business and community members who find that
147	Florida's graduates possess the skills they need; national
148	rankings;and other measures identified in law or rule.
149	4.(d)Quality efficient services, as measured by: cost per
150	completer or graduate; average cost per noncompleter at each
151	educational level; cost disparity across institutions offering
152	the same degrees; the percentage of education customers at each
153	educational level who are satisfied with the education provided;
154	and other measures identified in law or rule.
155	(4) SYSTEMWIDE DATA COLLECTION.--School districts and
156	public postsecondary educational institutions shall maintain
157	information systems that will provide the State Board of
158	Education and the Legislature with information and reports
159	necessary to address the specifications of the accountability
160	system. The State Board of Education shall determine the
161	standards for the required data. Theat alevel of
162	comprehensiveness and quality shall beno less than that which
163	was available as of June 30, 2001.
164	Section 2. The State Board of Education shall conduct a
165	concordance study to determine if crosswalk scores can be
166	determined to be equivalent to those required on the Florida
167	Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) for high school graduation.
168	At a minimum, the state board shall analyze the PSAT, PLAN, SAT,
169	ACT, and the College Placement Test to determine if equivalent
170	scores can be determined. In cases where such equivalencies can
171	be determined, the state board is authorized to adopt those
172	scores as meeting the graduation requirement in lieu of the FCAT
173	passing score. Each time the score is changed, new equivalencies
174	must be determined. This provision shall take effect for
175	students who are eligible to graduate in the 2003-2004 academic
176	year and thereafter.
177	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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