Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2048
                        Barcode 032886
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11  Senator Lynn moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 21, between lines 26 and 27,
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17         Section 14.  Subsection (11) of section 1002.20,
18  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         1002.20  K-12 student and parent rights.--Parents of
20  public school students must receive accurate and timely
21  information regarding their child's academic progress and must
22  be informed of ways they can help their child to succeed in
23  school. K-12 students and their parents are afforded numerous
24  statutory rights including, but not limited to, the following:
25         (11)  STUDENTS WITH READING DEFICIENCIES.--Each
26  elementary school shall regularly assess the reading ability
27  of each K-3 student. The parent of any K-3 student who
28  exhibits a reading deficiency shall be immediately notified of
29  the student's deficiency with a description and explanation,
30  in terms understandable to the parent, of the exact nature of
31  the student's difficulty in learning and lack of achievement
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    Florida Senate - 2006                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2048
                        Barcode 032886
 1  in reading; shall be consulted in the development of a
 2  progress monitoring detailed academic improvement plan, as
 3  described in s. 1008.25(4)(b); and shall be informed that the
 4  student will be given intensive reading instruction until the
 5  deficiency is corrected. This subsection operates in addition
 6  to the remediation and notification provisions contained in s.
 7  1008.25 and in no way reduces the rights of a parent or the
 8  responsibilities of a school district under that section.
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10  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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14  And the title is amended as follows:
15         On page 2, line 14, after the semicolon,
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18         amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; conforming
19         provisions relating to student progress
20         monitoring plans;
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