| 1 | The PreK-12 Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Proposed Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to education; amending s. 1003.05, F.S.; |
| 7 | deleting the requirement that certain children receive |
| 8 | preference for admission to special academic programs even |
| 9 | if maximum enrollment has been reached; removing charter |
| 10 | schools from the definition of special academic programs; |
| 11 | amending s. 1008.22, F.S.; requiring the State Board of |
| 12 | Education to conduct concordance studies to determine FCAT |
| 13 | equivalencies for high school graduation; requiring the |
| 14 | use of the SAT and ACT as alternative assessments for the |
| 15 | grade 10 FCAT for students who meet specified |
| 16 | requirements; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; authorizing |
| 17 | district school boards to require low-performing students |
| 18 | to attend remediation programs outside of regular school |
| 19 | hours; repealing s. 1008.301, F.S., relating to a |
| 20 | concordance study of FCAT equivalencies for high school |
| 21 | graduation; providing an effective date. |
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| 23 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 25 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 1003.05, Florida |
| 26 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 27 | 1003.05 Assistance to transitioning students from military |
| 28 | families.-- |
| 29 | (3) Dependent children of active duty military personnel |
| 30 | who otherwise meet the eligibility criteria for special academic |
| 31 | programs offered through public schools shall be given first |
| 32 | preference for admission to such programs even if the program is |
| 33 | being offered through a public school other than the school to |
| 34 | which the student would generally be assigned and the school at |
| 35 | which the program is being offered has reached its maximum |
| 36 | enrollment. If such a program is offered through a public school |
| 37 | other than the school to which the student would generally be |
| 38 | assigned, the parent or guardian of the student must assume |
| 39 | responsibility for transporting the student to that school. For |
| 40 | purposes of this subsection, special academic programs include |
| 41 | charter schools, magnet schools, advanced studies programs, |
| 42 | advanced placement, dual enrollment, and International |
| 43 | Baccalaureate. |
| 44 | Section 2. Subsection (9) of section 1008.22, Florida |
| 45 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 46 | 1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools.-- |
| 47 | (9) EQUIVALENCIES FOR STANDARDIZED TESTS.-- |
| 48 | (a) The State Board of Education shall conduct concordance |
| 49 | studies, as necessary, to determine scores on the SAT and the |
| 50 | ACT equivalent to those required on the FCAT for high school |
| 51 | graduation pursuant to s. 1003.429(6)(a) or s. 1003.43(5)(a). |
| 52 | (b)(a) The Commissioner of Education shall approve the use |
| 53 | of the SAT and ACT tests as alternative assessments to the grade |
| 54 | 10 FCAT for the 2003-2004 school year. Students who attain |
| 55 | scores on the SAT or ACT which equate to the passing scores on |
| 56 | the grade 10 FCAT for purposes of high school graduation shall |
| 57 | satisfy the assessment requirement for a standard high school |
| 58 | diploma as provided in s. 1003.429(6)(a) or s. 1003.43(5)(a) for |
| 59 | the 2003-2004 school year if the students meet the requirement |
| 60 | in paragraph (c)(b). |
| 61 | (c)(b) A student shall be required to take the grade 10 |
| 62 | FCAT a total of three times without earning a passing score in |
| 63 | order to use the scores on an alternative assessment pursuant to |
| 64 | paragraph (b)(a). This requirement shall not apply to a student |
| 65 | who is a new student to the public school system in grade 12. |
| 66 | Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section |
| 67 | 1008.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 68 | 1008.25 Public school student progression; remedial |
| 69 | instruction; reporting requirements.-- |
| 70 | (4) ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION.-- |
| 71 | (b) The school in which the student is enrolled must |
| 72 | develop, in consultation with the student's parent, and must |
| 73 | implement an academic improvement plan designed to assist the |
| 74 | student in meeting state and district expectations for |
| 75 | proficiency. For a student for whom a personalized middle school |
| 76 | success plan is required pursuant to s. 1003.415, the middle |
| 77 | school success plan must be incorporated in the student's |
| 78 | academic improvement plan. Beginning with the 2002-2003 school |
| 79 | year, if the student has been identified as having a deficiency |
| 80 | in reading, the academic improvement plan shall identify the |
| 81 | student's specific areas of deficiency in phonemic awareness, |
| 82 | phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary; the desired |
| 83 | levels of performance in these areas; and the instructional and |
| 84 | support services to be provided to meet the desired levels of |
| 85 | performance. Schools shall also provide for the frequent |
| 86 | monitoring of the student's progress in meeting the desired |
| 87 | levels of performance. District school boards may, within |
| 88 | existing resources, require low-performing students to attend |
| 89 | remediation programs held before or after regular school hours, |
| 90 | upon the request of the school principal, and shall assist |
| 91 | schools and teachers to implement research-based reading |
| 92 | activities that have been shown to be successful in teaching |
| 93 | reading to low-performing students. Remedial instruction |
| 94 | provided during high school may not be in lieu of English and |
| 95 | mathematics credits required for graduation. |
| 96 | Section 4. Section 1008.301, Florida Statutes, is |
| 97 | repealed. |
| 98 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |