Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2
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11 The Committee on Government Efficiency Appropriations
12 (Haridopolos) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 (h) Identify all nationally norm-referenced tests that
20 are comparable to the norm-referenced test portions of the
21 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).
22 (i) Select an independent private research
23 organization to which participating private schools must
24 report the scores of participating students on the nationally
25 norm-referenced tests administered by the private school. The
26 independent private research organization must annually report
27 to the Department of Education on the year-to-year
28 improvements of participating students. The independent
29 private research organization must analyze and report student
30 performance data in a manner that protects the rights of
31 students and parents as mandated in 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g, the
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1 Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and may not
2 disaggregate data to a level that will disclose the academic
3 level of individual students or of individual schools. To the
4 extent possible, the independent private research organization
5 must accumulate historical performance data on students from
6 the Department of Education and private schools to describe
7 baseline performance and to conduct longitudinal studies. To
8 minimize costs and reduce time required for third-party
9 analysis and evaluation, the Department of Education shall
10 conduct analyses of matched students from public school
11 assessment data and calculate control group learning gains
12 using an agreed-upon methodology outlined in the contract with
13 the third-party evaluator. The sharing of student data must be
14 in accordance with requirements of 20 U.S.C. 1232g, the Family
15 Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and is for the sole
16 purpose of conducting the evaluation. All parties must
17 preserve the confidentiality of such information as required
18 by law.
19 (j) The Department of Education shall conduct an
20 investigation of any written complaint of a violation of this
21 section if the complaint is signed by the complainant and is
22 legally sufficient. A complaint is legally sufficient if it
23 contains ultimate facts that show that a violation of this
24 section or any rule adopted by the State Board of Education
25 has occurred. In order to determine legal sufficiency, the
26 Department of Education may require supporting information or
27 documentation. The Department of Education may investigate any
28 complaint, including, but not limited to, anonymous
29 complaints.
30 (k) Revoke the eligibility of a nonprofit
31 scholarship-funding organization, private school, or student
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1 to participate in the program for noncompliance with this
2 section.
3 (l) Annually report, by December 15, to the Governor,
4 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
5 Representatives the Department of Education's actions with
6 respect to implementing accountability in the scholarship
7 program under this section, including, but not limited to, any
8 substantiated allegations or violations of law or rule by an
9 eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization or
10 eligible private school under this program and the corrective
11 action taken by the Department of Education.
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15 And the title is amended as follows:
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19 to select a private research organization to
20 analyze student performance data; providing
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