Senate Bill sb2678

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2678

    By Senator Villalobos





    38-1451-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the student assessment

  3         program for public schools; amending s.

  4         1008.22, F.S.; deleting dates that limit the

  5         applicability of the use of alternative

  6         assessments in lieu of the grade 10 FCAT;

  7         deleting dates by which the Legislature must

  8         review the use of such alternative assessments;

  9         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

16  schools.--

17         (9)  EQUIVALENCIES FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS.--The

18  Commissioner of Education shall determine the comparable

19  validity of other available standardized tests, including the

20  SAT, ACT, College Placement Test, PSAT, PLAN, and tests used

21  for entry into the military. If such tests are deemed to be

22  valid and reliable measures, the commissioner shall approve

23  the use of such tests as alternative alternate assessments to

24  the grade 10 FCAT for the 2002-2003 school year. Students who

25  attain scores that equate to the passing scores on the grade

26  10 FCAT for purposes of high school graduation on any of the

27  approved alternative assessments shall satisfy the assessment

28  requirement for a standard high school diploma as provided in

29  s. 1003.43(5)(a) for the 2002-2003 school year graduating

30  class. Prior to the application of these alternative

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2678
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 1  assessments in subsequent school years, The Legislature shall

 2  review the continued use of these alternative tests.

 3         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 4  law.

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 8    With respect to the student assessment program for public
      schools, deletes dates that limit to the 2002-2003 school
 9    year and the 2002-2003 graduating class the applicability
      of the use of alternative assessments in lieu of the
10    grade 10 FCAT. Deletes a provision prohibiting the use of
      alternative tests after the 2002-2003 school year unless
11    the Legislature has reviewed those assessments.

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