Senate Bill sb2100

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                  SB 2100

    By Senator Lynn





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to educational services in

  3         programs of the Department of Juvenile Justice;

  4         amending s. 1003.52, F.S.; requiring the

  5         Department of Education to develop procedures

  6         for reporting performance and participation

  7         data of students in juvenile justice education

  8         programs; providing an 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.  Subsection (15) of section 1003.52, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         1003.52  Educational services in Department of Juvenile

15  Justice programs.--

16         (15)(a)  The Department of Education shall, for

17  students in juvenile justice education programs, develop

18  procedures to accurately report student academic performance

19  data and the assessment participation rates that are used to

20  determine adequate yearly progress under Pub. L. No. 107-110.

21  The procedures must include an opportunity for validation of

22  the data by schools that provide educational services to

23  students in programs of the Department of Juvenile Justice.

24         (b)  The Department of Education in consultation with

25  the Department of Juvenile Justice, district school boards,

26  and providers shall establish objective and measurable quality

27  assurance standards for the educational component of

28  residential and nonresidential juvenile justice facilities.

29  These standards shall rate the district school board's

30  performance both as a provider and contractor. The quality

31  assurance rating for the educational component shall be

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 1  disaggregated from the overall quality assurance score and

 2  reported separately.

 3         (c)(b)  The Department of Education shall develop a

 4  comprehensive quality assurance review process and schedule

 5  for the evaluation of the educational component in juvenile

 6  justice programs. The Department of Juvenile Justice quality

 7  assurance site visit and the education quality assurance site

 8  visit shall be conducted during the same visit.

 9         (d)(c)  The Department of Education, in consultation

10  with district school boards and providers, shall establish

11  minimum thresholds for the standards and key indicators for

12  educational programs in juvenile justice facilities. If a

13  district school board fails to meet the established minimum

14  standards, it will be given 6 months to achieve compliance

15  with the standards. If after 6 months, the district school

16  board's performance is still below minimum standards, the

17  Department of Education shall exercise sanctions as prescribed

18  by rules adopted by the State Board of Education. If a

19  provider, under contract with the district school board, fails

20  to meet minimum standards, such failure shall cause the

21  district school board to cancel the provider's contract unless

22  the provider achieves compliance within 6 months or unless

23  there are documented extenuating circumstances.

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

25  law.

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28                          SENATE SUMMARY

29    Requires that the Department of Education develop
      procedures for reporting the academic progress of
30    students in education programs of the Department of
      Juvenile Justice. Requires the use of performance data
31    and assessment participation rates that are used under
      the No Child Left Behind Act.
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