Senate Bill sb1302

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1302

    By Senator Cowin





    20-886-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to student report cards;

  3         amending s. 1033.33, F.S.; requiring district

  4         school boards to prohibit schools from using a

  5         student's grade for conduct and behavior or for

  6         attendance in calculating the student's grade

  7         for academic performance; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Section 1003.33, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         1003.33  Report cards; end-of-the-year status.--

15         (1)  Each district school board shall establish and

16  publish policies requiring the content and regular issuance of

17  student report cards for all elementary school, middle school,

18  and high school students.  These report cards must clearly

19  depict and separately grade each of the following:

20         (a)  The student's academic performance in each class

21  or course, which in grades 1 through 12 must be based upon

22  examinations as well as written papers, class participation,

23  and other academic performance criteria, and must include the

24  student's performance or nonperformance at his or her grade

25  level.

26         (b)  The student's conduct and behavior.

27         (c)  The student's attendance, including absences and

28  tardiness.

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30  The district school board may not allow schools to use a

31  student's grade for conduct and behavior under paragraph (b)

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 1302
    20-886-04




 1  or a student's grade for attendance under paragraph (c) in

 2  calculating the student's grade for academic performance under

 3  paragraph (a).

 4         (2)  A student's final report card for a school year

 5  shall contain a statement indicating end-of-the-year status

 6  regarding performance or nonperformance at grade level,

 7  acceptable or unacceptable behavior and attendance, and

 8  promotion or nonpromotion.

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10  District school boards shall not allow schools to exempt

11  students from academic performance requirements based on

12  practices or policies designed to encourage student

13  attendance. A student's attendance record may not be used in

14  whole or in part to provide an exemption from any academic

15  performance requirement.

16         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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19                          SENATE SUMMARY

20    Requires district school boards to prohibit schools from
      using a student's grade for conduct and behavior or for
21    attendance in calculating the student's grade for
      academic performance.
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