| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to education accountability; creating s. |
| 3 | 1008.47, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to |
| 4 | annually report the state's ranking in a state-by-state |
| 5 | comparison in specified educational measures; providing |
| 6 | legislative goals; requiring rulemaking; providing an |
| 7 | effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Section 1008.47, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 12 | to read: |
| 13 | 1008.47 Annual accountability reporting.-- |
| 14 | (1) The Department of Education shall annually report to |
| 15 | the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the |
| 16 | House of Representatives, and the general public the state's |
| 17 | ranking in a state-by-state comparison in each of the following |
| 18 | measures: |
| 19 | (a) Reading and mathematics scores of public school 4th |
| 20 | grade students as reported in the National Assessment of |
| 21 | Educational Progress. |
| 22 | (b) Reading and mathematics scores of public school 8th |
| 23 | grade students as reported in the National Assessment of |
| 24 | Educational Progress. |
| 25 | (c) Reading and mathematics scores of public high school |
| 26 | students as reported by the Manhattan Institute for Policy |
| 27 | Research. |
| 28 | (d) SAT scores of public school students. |
| 29 | (e) ACT scores of public school students. |
| 30 | (f) Median student to teacher ratio in public school |
| 31 | kindergarten through grade 3 as reported by the National Center |
| 32 | for Education Statistics. |
| 33 | (g) Average public school teacher salary adjusted for cost |
| 34 | of living reported in Education Week. |
| 35 | (h) Average public school beginning teacher salary |
| 36 | adjusted for cost of living reported in Education Week. |
| 37 | (i) Students receiving baccalaureate degrees within 6 |
| 38 | years after enrolling in college as reported by the National |
| 39 | Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. |
| 40 | (j) Students returning for the second year of study at 2- |
| 41 | year colleges as reported by the National Center for Public |
| 42 | Policy and Higher Education based on the ACT Institutional Data |
| 43 | Questionnaire. |
| 44 | (k) Total state and local expenditures per student based |
| 45 | on fall enrollment as reported by the National Center for |
| 46 | Education Statistics. |
| 47 | (l) State appropriations for higher education per $1,000 |
| 48 | of personal income reported by the National Center for Public |
| 49 | Policy and Higher Education. |
| 50 | (2) It is the goal of the Legislature that the state rank |
| 51 | in the top two quartiles in at least half of the measures, and |
| 52 | not rank in the lowest quartile in any measure, reported |
| 53 | according to this section. |
| 54 | (3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules |
| 55 | pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the |
| 56 | provisions of this section. |
| 57 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |