| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to student assessment; amending s. |
| 3 | 1008.22, F.S.; authorizing the SAT and the ACT as |
| 4 | alternate assessments for the grade 10 FCAT for |
| 5 | students entering a Florida public school in grade 11 |
| 6 | or grade 12 and for students who have exhausted all |
| 7 | attempts to pass the grade 10 FCAT by the end of the |
| 8 | regular grade 12 school year; deleting obsolete |
| 9 | language; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 1008.22, Florida |
| 14 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 15 | 1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools.-- |
| 16 | (9) EQUIVALENCIES FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS.--Any student who |
| 17 | enters a Florida public school at the eleventh grade or the |
| 18 | twelfth grade or any student who has exhausted all of his or her |
| 19 | attempts to pass the grade 10 FCAT by the end of the regular |
| 20 | twelfth grade school year and The Commissioner of Education |
| 21 | shall determine the comparable validity of other available |
| 22 | standardized tests, including the SAT, ACT, College Placement |
| 23 | Test, PSAT, PLAN, and tests used for entry into the military. If |
| 24 | such tests are deemed to be valid and reliable measures, the |
| 25 | commissioner shall approve the use of such tests as alternate |
| 26 | assessments to the grade 10 FCAT for the 2002-2003 school year. |
| 27 | Students who attains attain scores on the SAT or the ACT that |
| 28 | are concordant with equate to the passing scores on the grade 10 |
| 29 | FCAT for purposes of high school graduation on any of the |
| 30 | approved alternative assessments shall satisfy the assessment |
| 31 | requirement for a standard high school diploma as provided in s. |
| 32 | 1003.429(5)(a) or s. 1003.43(5)(a) for the 2002-2003 school year |
| 33 | graduating class. Prior to the application of these alternative |
| 34 | assessments in subsequent school years, the Legislature shall |
| 35 | review the continued use of these alternative tests. |
| 36 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |