Senate Bill sb1566

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1566

    By Senator Baker





    20-1534-05                                          See HB 445

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public school student

  3         progression; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.;

  4         requiring the comprehensive program for student

  5         progression to include assessment of

  6         performance in social studies; clarifying

  7         participation in the statewide assessment

  8         program; amending ss. 1003.51 and 1003.52,

  9         F.S.; conforming provisions relating to subject

10         area grade level proficiency of students in

11         Department of Juvenile Justice education

12         programs; specifying that the act does not

13         require a change in subject areas measured by

14         the statewide assessment program; providing an

15         effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Subsection (1), paragraph (b) of subsection

20  (2), paragraph (a) of subsection (4), and paragraph (a) of

21  subsection (8) of section 1008.25, Florida Statutes, are

22  amended to read:

23         1008.25  Public school student progression; remedial

24  instruction; reporting requirements.--

25         (1)  INTENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature that

26  each student's progression from one grade to another be

27  determined, in part, upon proficiency in reading, writing,

28  science, social studies, and mathematics; that district school

29  board policies facilitate such proficiency; and that each

30  student and his or her parent be informed of that student's

31  academic progress.

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 1         (2)  COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM.--Each district school board

 2  shall establish a comprehensive program for student

 3  progression which must include:

 4         (b)  Specific levels of performance in reading,

 5  writing, science, social studies, and mathematics for each

 6  grade level, including the levels of performance on statewide

 7  assessments in those subject areas for which assessment tests

 8  are available and as defined by the commissioner, below which

 9  a student must receive remediation, or be retained within an

10  intensive program that is different from the previous year's

11  program and that takes into account the student's learning

12  style.

13         (4)  ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION.--

14         (a)  Each student must participate in the statewide

15  assessment tests required by s. 1008.22 in those subject areas

16  for which assessment tests are available. Each student who

17  does not meet specific levels of performance as determined by

18  the district school board in reading, writing, science, social

19  studies, and mathematics for each grade level, or who does not

20  meet specific levels of performance as determined by the

21  commissioner on statewide assessments at selected grade

22  levels, must be provided with additional diagnostic

23  assessments to determine the nature of the student's

24  difficulty and areas of academic need.

25         (8)  ANNUAL REPORT.--

26         (a)  In addition to the requirements in paragraph

27  (5)(b), each district school board must annually report to the

28  parent of each student the progress of the student toward

29  achieving state and district expectations for proficiency in

30  reading, writing, science, social studies, and mathematics.

31  The district school board must report to the parent the

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 1566
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 1  student's results on each statewide assessment test. The

 2  evaluation of each student's progress must be based upon the

 3  student's classroom work, observations, tests, district and

 4  state assessments, and other relevant information. Progress

 5  reporting must be provided to the parent in writing in a

 6  format adopted by the district school board.

 7         Section 2.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section

 8  1003.51, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

 9         1003.51  Other public educational services.--

10         (3)  The Department of Education in partnership with

11  the Department of Juvenile Justice, the district school

12  boards, and providers shall:

13         (c)  Maintain standardized required content of

14  education records to be included as part of a youth's

15  commitment record. These requirements shall reflect the policy

16  and standards adopted pursuant to subsection (2) and shall

17  include, but not be limited to, the following:

18         1.  A copy of the student's individual educational

19  plan.

20         2.  Assessment data, including grade level proficiency

21  in reading, writing, science, social studies, and mathematics,

22  and performance on tests taken according to s. 1008.22.

23         3.  A copy of the student's permanent cumulative

24  record.

25         4.  A copy of the student's academic transcript.

26         5.  A portfolio reflecting the youth's academic

27  accomplishments while in the Department of Juvenile Justice

28  program.

29         Section 3.  Subsection (7) of section 1003.52, Florida

30  Statutes, is amended to read:

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 1         1003.52  Educational services in Department of Juvenile

 2  Justice programs.--

 3         (7)  An academic improvement plan shall be developed

 4  for students who score below the level specified in district

 5  school board policy in reading, writing, science, social

 6  studies, and mathematics or below the level specified by the

 7  Commissioner of Education on statewide assessments as required

 8  by s. 1008.25. These plans shall address academic, literacy,

 9  and life skills and shall include provisions for intensive

10  remedial instruction in the areas of weakness.

11         Section 4.  Nothing in this act shall require a change

12  in the subject areas measured by the statewide assessment

13  program pursuant to section 1008.22, Florida Statutes.

14         Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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