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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