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Florida Senate - 2006 SB 1174
By Senator Miller
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Family and School
3 Partnership for Student Achievement Act;
4 amending s. 1002.23, F.S.; requiring that the
5 Department of Education include in the parents'
6 guide to student achievement information about
7 parents' rights relating to their child's
8 permanent record; requiring that a checklist of
9 parental actions that can strengthen parental
10 involvement in their child's education be
11 reviewed during parent-teacher conferences;
12 providing an effective date.
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14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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16 Section 1. Subsections (2) and (8) of section 1002.23,
17 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
18 1002.23 Family and School Partnership for Student
19 Achievement Act.--
20 (2) To facilitate meaningful parent and family
21 involvement, the Department of Education shall develop
22 guidelines for a parent guide to successful student
23 achievement which describes what parents need to know about
24 their child's educational progress and how they can help their
25 child to succeed in school. The guidelines shall include, but
26 need not be limited to:
27 (a) Parental information regarding:
28 1. Requirements for their child to be promoted to the
29 next grade, as provided for in s. 1008.25;
30 2. Progress of their child toward achieving state and
31 district expectations for academic proficiency;
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1 3. Assessment results, including report cards and
2 progress reports; and
3 4. Qualifications of their child's teachers; and
4 5. Information included in their child's permanent
5 record and the legal right of access to their child's
6 permanent record, including rights of challenge and rights of
7 privacy with respect to such records.
8 (b) Services available for parents and their children,
9 such as family literacy services; mentoring, tutorial, and
10 other academic reinforcement programs; college planning,
11 academic advisement, and student counseling services; and
12 after-school programs;
13 (c) Opportunities for parental participation, such as
14 parenting classes, adult education, school advisory councils,
15 and school volunteer programs;
16 (d) Opportunities for parents to learn about rigorous
17 academic programs that may be available for their child, such
18 as honors programs, dual enrollment, advanced placement,
19 International Baccalaureate, International General Certificate
20 of Secondary Education (pre-AICE), Advanced International
21 Certificate of Education, Florida Virtual High School courses,
22 and accelerated access to postsecondary education;
23 (e) Educational choices, as provided for in s.
24 1002.20(6), and corporate income tax credit scholarships, as
25 provided for in s. 220.187;
26 (f) Classroom and test accommodations available for
27 students with disabilities; and
28 (g) School board rules, policies, and procedures for
29 student promotion and retention, academic standards, student
30 assessment, courses of study, instructional materials, and
31 contact information for school and district offices.
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1 (8) Each school district shall develop and disseminate
2 a checklist of parental actions that can strengthen parental
3 involvement in their child's educational progress, consistent
4 with the requirements in subsection (3). The checklist shall
5 be provided each school year to all parents of students in
6 kindergarten through grade 12 and shall focus on academics,
7 especially reading, high expectations for students,
8 citizenship, and communication. This checklist must be
9 reviewed during parent-teacher conferences.
10 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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13 SENATE SUMMARY
14 Amends the Family and School Partnership for Student
Achievement Act. Requires that the Department of
15 Education include in the parents' guide to student
achievement information about parents' rights relating to
16 their child's permanent record. Requires that a checklist
of parental actions that can strengthen parental
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parent-teacher conferences.
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