HB 7087

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to education; amending s. 11.90, F.S.;
3	authorizing the Legislative Budget Commission to review a
4	state plan to implement federal requirements; amending s.
5	20.15, F.S.; establishing the Division of Accountability,
6	Research, and Measurement in the Department of Education;
7	amending s. 1000.03, F.S.; revising the mission of the
8	state's K-20 education system; repealing s. 1000.041,
9	F.S., to conform provisions relating to the 2005 repeal of
10	the BEST Florida Teaching salary career ladder program;
11	amending s. 1001.02, F.S.; requiring legislative review of
12	a revised state plan to implement certain federal
13	requirements; amending s. 1001.03, F.S.; requiring
14	periodic review of Sunshine State Standards subject areas
15	and an annual status report; requiring rules for certain
16	teachers to earn a reading credential equivalent;
17	requiring the maintenance of a uniform school district
18	personnel classification system; amending s. 1001.10,
19	F.S.; requiring legislative review of a revised state plan
20	to implement certain federal requirements; creating s.
21	1001.215, F.S.; creating the Just Read, Florida! Office in
22	the Department of Education; providing duties; amending s.
23	1001.33, F.S.; conforming provisions relating to the 2005
24	repeal of the BEST Florida Teaching salary career ladder
25	program; amending s. 1001.41, F.S.; requiring district
26	school boards to adopt standards and policies to provide
27	each student a complete education program; amending s.
28	1001.42, F.S.; providing a district school board
29	requirement relating to the opening date of the school
30	year; conforming provisions relating to the 2005 repeal of
31	the BEST Florida Teaching salary career ladder program;
32	providing requirements for each school district's system
33	of school improvement and student progression; revising
34	requirements for school improvement plans; requiring
35	alignment with the Sunshine State Standards; revising
36	format and content of public disclosure reports;
37	conforming provisions relating to deletion of a rigorous
38	reading requirement and the designation of school grades;
39	repealing s. 1001.51(24), F.S., and amending s. 1001.54,
40	F.S.; conforming provisions relating to the 2005 repeal of
41	the BEST Florida Teaching salary career ladder program;
42	revising provisions relating to duties of school
43	principals; amending s. 1002.38, F.S., relating to the
44	Opportunity Scholarship Program; conforming provisions
45	relating to the designation of school grades; amending s.
46	1003.01, F.S.; revising definition of the term "special
47	education services"; amending s. 1003.05, F.S.; deleting
48	the requirement that certain children receive preference
49	for admission to special academic programs even if maximum
50	enrollment has been reached; revising programs defined as
51	"special academic programs" for purposes of such
52	preference; creating s. 1003.413, F.S., relating to
53	secondary school reform; providing intent and guiding
54	principles; requiring district school boards to establish
55	policies to implement requirements for middle grades
56	promotion, revised requirements for high school
57	graduation, and requirements for career and professional
58	academies; requiring policy approval and department
59	support for implementation; directing the Commissioner of
60	Education to create and implement the Secondary School
61	Improvement Award Program; repealing s. 1003.415, F.S.,
62	the Middle Grades Reform Act; creating s. 1003.4156, F.S.;
63	providing general course requirements for middle grades
64	promotion; requiring intensive reading and mathematics
65	courses in certain circumstances; authorizing rulemaking
66	and enforcement; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; providing for
67	required instruction for middle grades promotion; creating
68	s. 1003.428, F.S.; establishing revised general
69	requirements for high school graduation; providing
70	applicability beginning with 2007-2008 first-year high
71	school students; requiring completion of specified credits
72	or a specified curriculum; requiring strategies for
73	exceptional students to meet graduation requirements;
74	requiring standards for graduation; requiring rules for
75	test accommodations and modifications in certain cases;
76	providing requirements for standard diplomas and
77	certificates of completion with exceptions; authorizing
78	rulemaking and enforcement; amending s. 1003.437, F.S.;
79	including middle grades in the uniform grading system;
80	repealing s. 1003.492(3) and (4), F.S., relating to
81	department studies of student performance in industry-
82	certified career education programs; creating s. 1003.493,
83	F.S.; defining career and professional academies and
84	specifying goals of the academies; providing requirements
85	of academies relating to curriculum, partnerships,
86	instruction, career education certification, and
87	evaluation; amending s. 1003.57, F.S.; providing
88	guidelines for determining the residency of a student who
89	receives instruction as an exceptional student with a
90	disability; requiring the student's placing authority or
91	parent to pay the cost of such instruction, facilities,
92	and services; providing responsibilities of the
93	department; providing responsibilities of residential
94	facilities that educate exceptional students with
95	disabilities; providing applicability; creating s.
96	1003.576, F.S.; requiring the department to develop an
97	individual education plan form for use in developing and
98	implementing individual education plans for exceptional
99	students; requiring school districts to use the form;
100	amending s. 1003.58, F.S.; correcting a cross-reference;
101	amending s. 1003.62, F.S.; conforming provisions relating
102	to the designation of school grades and differentiated pay
103	for school administrators and instructional personnel;
104	creating s. 1004.99, F.S., the Florida Ready to Work
105	Certification Program to enhance student workplace skills;
106	providing for program implementation and requirements;
107	authorizing rulemaking; amending s. 1006.09, F.S.;
108	conforming provisions relating to differentiated pay;
109	amending s. 1007.2615, F.S.; revising provisions for
110	certification of American Sign Language teachers; amending
111	s. 1008.22, F.S.; specifying FCAT grade level and subject
112	area testing requirements; requiring documentation of
113	procedures that ensure test difficulty under certain
114	circumstances; requiring certain opportunities for
115	demonstrating student performance; requiring the
116	Commissioner of Education to adopt scores concordant to
117	FCAT scores required for high school graduation; providing
118	that such scores satisfy requirements for a diploma;
119	clarifying eligibility to use such scores; requiring an
120	annual report on student performance; repealing s.
121	1008.221, F.S., relating to alternative assessments for
122	dependent children of military personnel, to conform;
123	amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; authorizing district school
124	boards to require low-performing students to attend
125	remediation programs outside of regular school hours or
126	during the summer; requiring the department to establish a
127	uniform format for reporting information relating to
128	student progression; requiring an annual report; repealing
129	s. 1008.301, F.S., relating to a concordance study of FCAT
130	equivalencies for high school graduation; amending s.
131	1008.31, F.S.; revising intent, goals, and measures of the
132	K-20 performance accountability system and requiring data
133	quality improvements; requiring adoption of rules;
134	amending s. 1008.33, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference
135	and provisions relating to the designation of school
136	grades; authorizing principals to recommend corrective
137	actions for low-performing faculty and staff at "F" graded
138	schools and publication of a school's grade; amending s.
139	1008.34, F.S.; revising terminology and provisions
140	relating to designation and determination of school
141	grades; providing for school grading for alternative
142	schools and specifying requirements related thereto;
143	defining the term "home school" for purposes of
144	assessment; requiring an annual school report card to be
145	published by the department and distributed by school
146	districts; creating s. 1008.341, F.S.; providing for
147	school improvement ratings for certain alternative
148	schools; providing the basis for such ratings and
149	requiring annual performance reports; providing for
150	determination of school improvement ratings,
151	identification of student learning gains, and eligibility
152	for school recognition awards; requiring the development
153	and distribution of an annual school report card;
154	authorizing adoption of rules; amending s. 1008.345, F.S.;
155	conforming a cross-reference and provisions relating to
156	the designation of school grades; providing conditions for
157	determination of a school district in a state of
158	educational emergency; providing procedures to resolve the
159	educational emergency, including state assistance;
160	authorizing establishment of an educational emergency
161	board and providing duties thereof; providing for an
162	action plan to implement recommendations; amending s.
163	1008.36, F.S.; authorizing certain alternative schools to
164	participate in the Florida School Recognition Program;
165	modifying procedures for determination and use of school
166	recognition awards; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; providing
167	FTE funding for juveniles enrolled in specified education
168	programs; conforming cross-references and provisions
169	relating to the designation of school grades; establishing
170	a research-based reading instruction allocation to provide
171	funds for a comprehensive reading instruction system;
172	requiring school district plans for use of the allocation
173	and approval thereof; including the allocation in the
174	total amount allocated to each school district for current
175	operation; amending s. 1011.64, F.S.; conforming
176	terminology and a cross-reference; amending s. 1011.67,
177	F.S.; requiring district school board approval of a staff
178	development plan relating to use of instructional
179	materials; amending s. 1011.685, F.S.; conforming
180	provisions relating to the 2005 repeal of the BEST Florida
181	Teaching salary career ladder program and implementation
182	of differentiated pay; amending s. 1011.71, F.S.;
183	correcting a cross-reference; amending s. 1012.21, F.S.;
184	requiring department reporting relating to school district
185	collectively bargained contracts and the salary and
186	benefits of certain personnel; amending s. 1012.22, F.S.;
187	requiring each district school board to adopt a salary
188	schedule with differentiated pay for instructional
189	personnel and school-based administrators beginning with
190	the 2007-2008 academic year; creating s. 1012.2315, F.S.;
191	providing school district requirements for the assignment
192	of teachers and providing procedures for noncompliance;
193	amending s. 1012.27, F.S.; conforming provisions relating
194	to the 2005 repeal of the BEST Florida Teaching salary
195	career ladder program and implementation of differentiated
196	pay; amending s. 1012.28, F.S.; conforming provisions
197	relating to differentiated pay; amending s. 1012.34, F.S.;
198	conforming provisions relating to deletion of a rigorous
199	reading requirement; amending s. 1012.56, F.S.;
200	encouraging school districts to provide mechanisms for
201	teachers to obtain subject area coverage for middle
202	grades; creating s. 1012.986, F.S.; establishing the
203	William Cecil Golden Professional Development Program for
204	School Leaders; defining the term "school leader";
205	providing for school leader designations; providing
206	program requirements and delivery systems; requiring
207	adoption of rules; repealing s. 1012.987, F.S., which
208	requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules
209	through which school principals may earn a leadership
210	designation; providing an effective date.
211
212	WHEREAS, students will have the best opportunity to obtain
213	a high-quality education in the public education system of this
214	state and that system can best be enhanced when resources are
215	allocated efficiently and are concentrated in a rigorous and
216	relevant classroom learning environment, when teachers and
217	principals are supported, when high-quality educational
218	opportunity is reinforced through shared high academic and
219	career expectations, when accurate data is consistently
220	maintained and used to drive systemwide decisionmaking, and when
221	successes are rewarded, failures are identified, and the public
222	is apprised of both successes and failures, NOW, THEREFORE,
223
224	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
225
226	Section 1.  Subsection (8) is added to section 11.90,
227	Florida Statutes, to read:
228	11.90  Legislative Budget Commission.--
229	(8)  Upon the 2007 reauthorization of the federal No Child
230	Left Behind Act of 2001, the commission may review the proposed
231	state plan of the State Board of Education and the Commissioner
232	of Education before that plan is submitted.
233	Section 2.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (3) of
234	section 20.15, Florida Statutes, to read:
235	20.15  Department of Education.--There is created a
236	Department of Education.
237	(3)  DIVISIONS.--The following divisions of the Department
238	of Education are established:
239	(f)  Division of Accountability, Research, and Measurement.
240	Section 3.  Subsection (4) of section 1000.03, Florida
241	Statutes, is amended to read:
242	1000.03  Function, mission, and goals of the Florida K-20
243	education system.--
244	(4)  The mission of Florida's K-20 education system is to
245	allow its students to increase their proficiency by allowing
246	them the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills
247	through high-quality, rigorous, relevant adequate learning
248	opportunities, in accordance with the mission statement and
249	accountability requirements of s. 1008.31.
250	Section 4.  Section 1000.041, Florida Statutes, is
251	repealed.
252	Section 5.  Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section
253	1001.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
254	1001.02  General powers of State Board of Education.--
255	(2)  The State Board of Education has the following duties:
256	(g)  To approve plans for cooperating with the Federal
257	Government. Upon the 2007 reauthorization of the federal No
258	Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the Commissioner of Education
259	shall seek public input and secure legislative review of the
260	revised state plan prior to submission.
261	Section 6.  Subsections (1), (3), and (14) of section
262	1001.03, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
263	1001.03  Specific powers of State Board of Education.--
264	(1)  PUBLIC K-12 STUDENT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS.--The State
265	Board of Education shall approve the student performance
266	standards known as the Sunshine State Standards in key academic
267	subject areas and grade levels. The state board shall establish
268	a schedule to facilitate the periodic review of each subject
269	area to maintain rigor, relevance, integration, and
270	reinforcement for student achievement and articulation and
271	evaluate how the standards are taught at each grade level. The
272	review teams for each Sunshine State Standards subject area must
273	include representatives from each other Sunshine State Standards
274	subject area to support valid integration of content and to
275	address the learning styles and instructional needs of all
276	students. Each review team must address the following:
277	(a)  Rigor, relevance, logical student progression,
278	articulation from grade to grade, and integration of reading,
279	writing, and mathematics.
280	(b)  Timelines for revision of course descriptions,
281	adoption of instructional materials, modifications to the
282	statewide assessment, and enhancements to professional
283	development.
284	(c)  Input from parents, classroom teachers, school and
285	district administrators, community college and university
286	faculty, and business representatives, in collaboration with
287	local education foundations.
288
289	The review schedule and an annual status report must be
290	submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
291	Speaker of the House of Representatives annually not later than
292	January 1.
293	(3)  PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES.--The State Board of
294	Education shall classify school services, designate the
295	certification subject areas, establish competencies, including
296	the use of technology to enhance student learning, and
297	certification requirements for all school-based personnel, and
298	prescribe rules in accordance with which the professional,
299	temporary, and part-time certificates shall be issued by the
300	Department of Education to applicants who meet the standards
301	prescribed by such rules for their class of service, as
302	described in chapter 1012. The state board shall adopt rules
303	that give part-time and full-time nondegreed teachers of career
304	programs, pursuant to s. 1012.39(1)(c), the opportunity to earn
305	a reading credential equivalent to a reading endorsement.
306	(14)  UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT
307	ADMINISTRATIVE AND MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL.--The State Board of
308	Education shall maintain recommend to the Legislature by
309	February 1, 2003, a uniform classification system for school
310	district administrative and management personnel that will
311	facilitate the uniform coding of administrative and management
312	personnel to total district employees.
313	Section 7.  Section 1001.10, Florida Statutes, is amended
314	to read:
315	1001.10  Commissioner of Education; general powers and
316	duties.--The Commissioner of Education is the chief educational
317	officer of the state and the sole custodian of the K-20 data
318	warehouse, and is responsible for giving full assistance to the
319	State Board of Education in enforcing compliance with the
320	mission and goals of the seamless K-20 education system. To
321	facilitate innovative practices and to allow local selection of
322	educational methods, the State Board of Education may authorize
323	the commissioner to waive, upon the request of a district school
324	board, State Board of Education rules that relate to district
325	school instruction and school operations, except those rules
326	pertaining to civil rights, and student health, safety, and
327	welfare. The Commissioner of Education is not authorized to
328	grant waivers for any provisions in rule pertaining to the
329	allocation and appropriation of state and local funds for public
330	education; the election, compensation, and organization of
331	school board members and superintendents; graduation and state
332	accountability standards; financial reporting requirements;
333	reporting of out-of-field teaching assignments under s. 1012.42;
334	public meetings; public records; or due process hearings
335	governed by chapter 120. No later than January 1 of each year,
336	the commissioner shall report to the Legislature and the State
337	Board of Education all approved waiver requests in the preceding
338	year. Additionally, the commissioner has the following general
339	powers and duties:
340	(1)  To appoint staff necessary to carry out his or her
341	powers and duties.
342	(2)  To advise and counsel with the State Board of
343	Education on all matters pertaining to education; to recommend
344	to the State Board of Education actions and policies as, in the
345	commissioner's opinion, should be acted upon or adopted; and to
346	execute or provide for the execution of all acts and policies as
347	are approved.
348	(3)  To keep such records as are necessary to set forth
349	clearly all acts and proceedings of the State Board of
350	Education.
351	(4)  To have a seal for his or her office with which, in
352	connection with his or her own signature, the commissioner shall
353	authenticate true copies of decisions, acts, or documents.
354	(5)  To recommend to the State Board of Education policies
355	and steps designed to protect and preserve the principal of the
356	State School Fund; to provide an assured and stable income from
357	the fund; to execute such policies and actions as are approved;
358	and to administer the State School Fund.
359	(6)  To take action on the release of mineral rights based
360	upon the recommendations of the Board of Trustees of the
361	Internal Improvement Trust Fund.
362	(7)  To submit to the State Board of Education, on or
363	before August 1 of each year, recommendations for a coordinated
364	K-20 education budget that estimates the expenditures for the
365	State Board of Education, including the Department of Education,
366	the Commissioner of Education, and all of the boards,
367	institutions, agencies, and services under the general
368	supervision of the State Board of Education for the ensuing
369	fiscal year. Any program recommended to the State Board of
370	Education that will require increases in state funding for more
371	than 1 year must be presented in a multiyear budget plan.
372	(8)  To develop and implement a plan for cooperating with
373	the Federal Government in carrying out any or all phases of the
374	educational program and to recommend policies for administering
375	funds that are appropriated by Congress and apportioned to the
376	state for any or all educational purposes. Upon the 2007
377	reauthorization of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
378	the commissioner shall seek public input and secure legislative
379	review of the revised state plan prior to submission.
380	(9)  To develop and implement policies for cooperating with
381	other public agencies in carrying out those phases of the
382	program in which such cooperation is required by law or is
383	deemed by the commissioner to be desirable and to cooperate with
384	public and nonpublic agencies in planning and bringing about
385	improvements in the educational program.
386	(10)  To prepare forms and procedures as are necessary to
387	be used by district school boards and all other educational
388	agencies to assure uniformity, accuracy, and efficiency in the
389	keeping of records, the execution of contracts, the preparation
390	of budgets, or the submission of reports; and to furnish at
391	state expense, when deemed advisable by the commissioner, those
392	forms that can more economically and efficiently be provided.
393	(11)  To implement a program of school improvement and
394	education accountability designed to provide all students the
395	opportunity to make adequate learning gains in each year of
396	school as provided by statute and State Board of Education rule
397	based upon the achievement of the state education goals,
398	recognizing the following:
399	(a)  The State Board of Education is the body corporate
400	responsible for the supervision of the system of public
401	education.
402	(b)  The district school board is responsible for school
403	and student performance.
404	(c)  The individual school is the unit for education
405	accountability.
406	(d)  The community college board of trustees is responsible
407	for community college performance and student performance.
408	(e)  The university board of trustees is responsible for
409	university performance and student performance.
410	(12)  To establish a Citizen Information Center responsible
411	for the preparation, publication, and distribution of materials
412	relating to the state system of seamless K-20 public education.
413	(13)  To prepare and publish annually reports giving
414	statistics and other useful information pertaining to the
415	Opportunity Scholarship Program.
416	(14)  To have printed or electronic copies of school laws,
417	forms, instruments, instructions, and rules of the State Board
418	of Education and provide for their distribution.
419	(15)  To develop criteria for use by state instructional
420	materials committees in evaluating materials submitted for
421	adoption consideration. The criteria shall, as appropriate, be
422	based on instructional expectations reflected in curriculum
423	frameworks and student performance standards. The criteria for
424	each subject or course shall be made available to publishers of
425	instructional materials pursuant to the requirements of chapter
426	1006.
427	(16)  To prescribe procedures for evaluating instructional
428	materials submitted by publishers and manufacturers in each
429	adoption.
430
431	The commissioner's office shall operate all statewide functions
432	necessary to support the State Board of Education and the K-20
433	education system, including strategic planning and budget
434	development, general administration, and assessment and
435	accountability.
436	Section 8.  Section 1001.215, Florida Statutes, is created
437	to read:
438	1001.215  Just Read, Florida! Office.--There is created in
439	the Department of Education the Just Read, Florida! Office. The
440	office shall be fully accountable to the Commissioner of
441	Education and shall:
442	(1)  Train highly effective reading coaches.
443	(2)  Create multiple designations of effective reading
444	instruction, with accompanying endorsement credentials, which
445	encourage all teachers to integrate reading instruction into
446	their content areas.
447	(3)  Train K-12 teachers, school principals, and parents on
448	research-based reading instructional strategies and secondary
449	teachers on effective instructional strategies for teaching
450	reading in the content areas with an emphasis on reading for
451	information.
452	(4)  Provide technical assistance to school districts in
453	the development and implementation of district plans for use of
454	the research-based reading instruction allocation provided under
455	s. 1011.62(8) and annually review and approve such plans.
456	(5)  Review, evaluate, and provide technical assistance to
457	school districts on their implementation of the K-12
458	comprehensive reading plan required by s. 1011.62(8).
459	(6)  Provide information on research-based reading programs
460	and effective instructional strategies for teaching reading in
461	the content areas and support for reading for information.
462	(7)  Periodically review the Sunshine State Standards for
463	reading at all grade levels.
464	(8)  Periodically review teacher certification examinations
465	to ascertain whether the examinations measure the skills needed
466	for research-based reading, instructional strategies for
467	teaching reading in the content areas, and support for reading
468	for information.
469	(9)  Work with teacher preparation programs approved
470	pursuant to s. 1004.04 to integrate into teacher preparation
471	programs research-based reading instructional strategies and
472	instructional strategies for teaching reading in the content
473	areas.
474	(10)  Administer grants and perform other functions as
475	necessary to meet the goal that all students read at grade
476	level.
477	Section 9.  Section 1001.33, Florida Statutes, is amended
478	to read:
479	1001.33  Schools under control of district school board and
480	district school superintendent.--
481	(1)  Except as otherwise provided by law, all public
482	schools conducted within the district shall be under the
483	direction and control of the district school board with the
484	district school superintendent as executive officer.
485	(2)  Each district school board, each district school
486	superintendent, and each district and school-based administrator
487	shall cooperate to apply the following guiding principles of
488	Better Educated Students and Teachers (BEST) Florida Teaching:
489	(a)  Teachers lead, students learn.
490	(b)  Teachers maintain orderly, disciplined classrooms
491	conducive to student learning.
492	(c)  Teachers are trained, recruited, well compensated, and
493	retained for quality.
494	(d)  Teachers are well rewarded for their students' high
495	performance.
496	(e)  Teachers are most effective when served by exemplary
497	school administrators.
498	Section 10.  Subsection (3) of section 1001.41, Florida
499	Statutes, is amended to read:
500	1001.41  General powers of district school board.--The
501	district school board, after considering recommendations
502	submitted by the district school superintendent, shall exercise
503	the following general powers:
504	(3)  Prescribe and adopt standards and policies to provide
505	each student the opportunity to receive a complete education
506	program, including language arts, mathematics, science, social
507	studies, health, physical education, foreign languages, and the
508	arts, as defined by the Sunshine State Standards. The standards
509	and policies must emphasize integration and reinforcement of
510	reading, writing, and mathematics skills in a rigorous and
511	relevant context across all subjects, including career and
512	technical education as are considered desirable by it for
513	improving the district school system.
514	Section 11.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (4), paragraph (c)
515	of subsection (5), subsection (16), paragraph (d) of subsection
516	(17), and subsection (18) of section 1001.42, Florida Statutes,
517	are amended to read:
518	1001.42  Powers and duties of district school board.--The
519	district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
520	powers and perform all duties listed below:
521	(4)  ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF
522	SCHOOLS.--Adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the
523	establishment, organization, and operation of the schools of the
524	district, including, but not limited to, the following:
525	(f)  Opening and closing of schools; fixing uniform
526	date.--Adopt policies for the opening and closing of schools and
527	fix uniform dates provided that the opening date of the school
528	year for schools in the district shall be no earlier than 7 days
529	before Labor Day each year.
530	(5)  PERSONNEL.--
531	(c)  Fully support and cooperate in the application of the
532	guiding principles of Better Educated Students and Teachers
533	(BEST) Florida Teaching, pursuant to s. 1000.041.
534	(16)  IMPLEMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
535	ACCOUNTABILITY.--Maintain a system of school improvement and
536	education accountability as provided by statute and State Board
537	of Education rule. This system of school improvement and
538	education accountability shall be consistent with, and
539	implemented through, the district's continuing system of
540	planning and budgeting required by this section and ss.
541	1008.385, 1010.01, and 1011.01. This system of school
542	improvement and education accountability shall include, but is
543	not limited to, the following:
544	(a)  School improvement plans.--Annually approve and
545	require implementation of a new, amended, or continuation school
546	improvement plan for each school in the district, except that a
547	district school board may establish a district school
548	improvement plan that includes all schools in the district
549	operating for the purpose of providing educational services to
550	youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs. The school
551	improvement Such plan shall be designed to achieve the state
552	education priorities pursuant to s. 1000.03(5) and student
553	proficiency on the Sunshine State Standards pursuant to s.
554	1003.41 performance standards. In addition, any school required
555	to implement a rigorous reading requirement pursuant to s.
556	1003.415 must include such component in its school improvement
557	plan. Each plan shall also address issues relative to budget,
558	training, instructional materials, technology, staffing, student
559	support services, specific school safety and discipline
560	strategies, student health and fitness, including physical
561	fitness, parental involvement information on student health and
562	fitness, and indoor environmental air quality, and other matters
563	of resource allocation, as determined by district school board
564	policy, and shall include be based on an accurate, data-based
565	analysis of student achievement and other school performance
566	data. For each school in the district that earns a school grade
567	of "C" or below, or is required to have a school improvement
568	plan under federal law, the school improvement plan shall, at a
569	minimum include:
570	1.  A needs assessment, based on disaggregated student
571	achievement data related to student performance on the FCAT,
572	which is used to identify each individual student subgroup's
573	strengths and weaknesses and to determine the effectiveness of
574	the teaching and learning strategies that are being used in the
575	classroom.
576	2.  Performance goals, based on the needs assessment, with
577	measurable objectives of improvement in the areas of language
578	arts, mathematics, and science for each student subgroup.
579	3.  A Sunshine State Standards instructional calendar and
580	timeline based on the needs assessment for each grade and in
581	each of the subject areas of language arts, mathematics, and
582	science to focus and integrate instruction, manage instructional
583	time, and allocate resources.
584	4.  The following strategies:
585	a.  Mini-assessments of targeted Sunshine State Standards
586	benchmarks that provide ongoing progress monitoring of students
587	and generate data to redesign instruction.
588	b.  Alternative in-school, tutorial, remediation, or
589	enrichment programs for students that are based on each
590	student's individual academic needs as defined by performance on
591	the mini-assessments.
592	c.  A student performance monitoring plan and clearly
593	assigned school personnel monitoring responsibilities.
594	5.  Professional development that supports enhanced
595	instructional strategies, improves teaching and learning, and
596	addresses skill gaps.
597	6.  If the school is a high school, annual publication of
598	the school's graduation rate calculated without GEDs for the
599	past 3 years, disaggregated by student ethnicity.
600
601	For each school district with a school designated with a grade
602	of "D" or "F," the district school board shall cooperate with
603	the community assessment team assigned by the commissioner in
604	accordance with s. 1008.345(6)(d).
605	(b)  Alignment with Sunshine State Standards.--Design the
606	school district's system of school improvement and student
607	progression to provide frequent and accurate information to the
608	teacher and student regarding each student's progress toward
609	mastering the Sunshine State Standards. The system must support
610	the alignment of the Sunshine State Standards, monitoring of
611	individual student progress, and enhanced instructional
612	strategies, assessment, and professional development.
613	(c)(b)  Approval process.--Develop a process for approval
614	of a school improvement plan presented by an individual school
615	and its advisory council. In the event a district school board
616	does not approve a school improvement plan after exhausting this
617	process, the Department of Education shall be notified of the
618	need for assistance.
619	(d)(c)  Assistance and intervention.--
620	1.  Develop a 2-year plan of increasing individualized
621	assistance and intervention for each school in danger of not
622	meeting state standards or making adequate progress, as defined
623	pursuant to statute and State Board of Education rule, toward
624	meeting the goals and standards of its approved school
625	improvement plan.
626	2.  Provide assistance and intervention to a school that is
627	designated with a identified as being in performance grade of
628	category "D" pursuant to s. 1008.34 and is in danger of failing.
629	3.  Develop a plan to encourage teachers with demonstrated
630	mastery in improving student performance to remain at or
631	transfer to a school designated with a as performance grade of
632	category "D" or "F" or to an alternative school that serves
633	disruptive or violent youths. If a classroom teacher, as defined
634	by s. 1012.01(2)(a), who meets the definition of teaching
635	mastery developed according to the provisions of this paragraph,
636	requests assignment to a school designated with a as performance
637	grade of category "D" or "F" or to an alternative school that
638	serves disruptive or violent youths, the district school board
639	shall make every practical effort to grant the request.
640	4.  Prioritize, to the extent possible, the expenditures of
641	funds received from the supplemental academic instruction
642	categorical fund under s. 1011.62(1)(f) to improve student
643	performance in schools that receive a performance grade category
644	designation of "D" or "F."
645	(e)(d)  After 2 years.--Notify the Commissioner of
646	Education and the State Board of Education in the event any
647	school does not make adequate progress toward meeting the goals
648	and standards of a school improvement plan by the end of 2 years
649	of failing to make adequate progress and proceed according to
650	guidelines developed pursuant to statute and State Board of
651	Education rule. School districts shall provide intervention and
652	assistance to schools in danger of being designated with a as
653	performance grade of category "F," failing to make adequate
654	progress.
655	(f)(e)  Public disclosure.--Provide information regarding
656	performance of students and educational programs as required
657	pursuant to ss. 1008.22 and 1008.385 and implement a system of
658	school reports as required by statute and State Board of
659	Education rule that shall include schools operating for the
660	purpose of providing educational services to youth in Department
661	of Juvenile Justice programs, and for those schools, report on
662	the elements specified in s. 1003.52(19). Annual public
663	disclosure reports shall be in an understandable and easy-to-
664	read report card format, use multiple media such as electronic
665	mail, websites, public service announcements, or print or
666	electronic advertising, and shall include the school's student
667	and school performance grade, high school graduation rate
668	calculated without GEDs, disaggregated by student ethnicity,
669	category designation and other performance data as specified in
670	state board rule.
671	(g)(f)  School improvement funds.--Provide funds to schools
672	for developing and implementing school improvement plans. Such
673	funds shall include those funds appropriated for the purpose of
674	school improvement pursuant to s. 24.121(5)(c).
675	(17)  LOCAL-LEVEL DECISIONMAKING.--
676	(d)  Adopt policies that assist in giving greater autonomy,
677	including authority over the allocation of the school's budget,
678	to schools designated with a as performance grade of category
679	"A," making excellent progress, and schools rated as having
680	improved at least two grades performance grade categories.
681	(18)  OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS.--Adopt policies allowing
682	students attending schools that have been designated with a as
683	performance grade of category "F," failing to make adequate
684	progress, for 2 school years in a 4-year period to attend a
685	higher performing school in the district or an adjoining
686	district or be granted a state opportunity scholarship to a
687	private school, in conformance with s. 1002.38 and State Board
688	of Education rule.
689	Section 12.  Subsection (24) of section 1001.51, Florida
690	Statutes, is repealed.
691	Section 13.  Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (1) and
692	subsection (2) of section 1001.54, Florida Statutes, are amended
693	to read:
694	1001.54  Duties of school principals.--
695	(1)
696	(c)  The school principal shall encourage school personnel
697	to implement the guiding principles for Better Educated Students
698	and Teachers (BEST) Florida Teaching, pursuant to s. 1000.041.
699	(c)(d)  The school principal shall fully support the
700	authority of each teacher and school bus driver to remove
701	disobedient, disrespectful, violent, abusive, uncontrollable, or
702	disruptive students from the classroom and the school bus and,
703	when appropriate and available, place such students in an
704	alternative educational setting.
705	(2)  Each school principal shall provide instructional
706	leadership in the development, or revision, and implementation
707	of a school improvement plan, pursuant to s. 1001.42(16).
708	Section 14.  Subsection (2) and paragraphs (a) and (b) of
709	subsection (3) of section 1002.38, Florida Statutes, are amended
710	to read:
711	1002.38  Opportunity Scholarship Program.--
712	(2)  OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.--A public school
713	student's parent may request and receive from the state an
714	opportunity scholarship for the student to enroll in and attend
715	a private school in accordance with the provisions of this
716	section if:
717	(a)1.  By assigned school attendance area or by special
718	assignment, the student has spent the prior school year in
719	attendance at a public school that has been designated pursuant
720	to s. 1008.34 with a as performance grade of category "F,"
721	failing to make adequate progress, and that has had 2 school
722	years in a 4-year period of such low performance, and the
723	student's attendance occurred during a school year in which such
724	designation was in effect;
725	2.  The student has been in attendance elsewhere in the
726	public school system and has been assigned to such school for
727	the next school year; or
728	3.  The student is entering kindergarten or first grade and
729	has been notified that the student has been assigned to such
730	school for the next school year.
731	(b)  The parent has obtained acceptance for admission of
732	the student to a private school eligible for the program
733	pursuant to subsection (4), and has notified the Department of
734	Education and the school district of the request for an
735	opportunity scholarship no later than July 1 of the first year
736	in which the student intends to use the scholarship.
737
738	The provisions of this section shall not apply to a student who
739	is enrolled in a school operating for the purpose of providing
740	educational services to youth in Department of Juvenile Justice
741	commitment programs. For purposes of continuity of educational
742	choice, the opportunity scholarship shall remain in force until
743	the student returns to a public school or, if the student
744	chooses to attend a private school the highest grade of which is
745	grade 8, until the student matriculates to high school and the
746	public high school to which the student is assigned is an
747	accredited school with a performance grade category designation
748	of "C" or better. However, at any time upon reasonable notice to
749	the Department of Education and the school district, the
750	student's parent may remove the student from the private school
751	and place the student in a public school, as provided in
752	subparagraph (3)(a)2.
753	(3)  SCHOOL DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.--
754	(a)  A school district shall, for each student enrolled in
755	or assigned to a school that has been designated with a as
756	performance grade of category "F" for 2 school years in a 4-year
757	period:
758	1.  Timely notify the parent of the student as soon as such
759	designation is made of all options available pursuant to this
760	section.
761	2.  Offer that student's parent an opportunity to enroll
762	the student in a the public school within the district that has
763	been designated by the state pursuant to s. 1008.34 as a school
764	performing higher than that in which the student is currently
765	enrolled or to which the student has been assigned, but not less
766	than performance grade category "C." The parent is not required
767	to accept this offer in lieu of requesting a state opportunity
768	scholarship to a private school. The opportunity to continue
769	attending the higher performing public school shall remain in
770	force until the student graduates from high school.
771	(b)  The parent of a student enrolled in or assigned to a
772	school that has been designated with a performance grade of
773	category "F" for 2 school years in a 4-year period may choose as
774	an alternative to enroll the student in and transport the
775	student to a higher-performing public school that has available
776	space in an adjacent school district, and that school district
777	shall accept the student and report the student for purposes of
778	the district's funding pursuant to the Florida Education Finance
779	Program.
780	Section 15.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
781	1003.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
782	1003.01  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term:
783	(3)
784	(b)  "Special education services" means specially designed
785	instruction and such related services as are necessary for an
786	exceptional student to benefit from education. Such services may
787	include: transportation; diagnostic and evaluation services;
788	social services; physical and occupational therapy; speech and
789	language pathology services; job placement; orientation and
790	mobility training; braillists, typists, and readers for the
791	blind; interpreters and auditory amplification; rehabilitation
792	counseling; transition services; mental health services;
793	guidance and career counseling; specified materials, assistive
794	technology devices, and other specialized equipment; and other
795	such services as approved by rules of the state board.
796	Section 16.  Subsection (3) of section 1003.05, Florida
797	Statutes, is amended to read:
798	1003.05  Assistance to transitioning students from military
799	families.--
800	(3)  Dependent children of active duty military personnel
801	who otherwise meet the eligibility criteria for special academic
802	programs offered through public schools shall be given first
803	preference for admission to such programs even if the program is
804	being offered through a public school other than the school to
805	which the student would generally be assigned and the school at
806	which the program is being offered has reached its maximum
807	enrollment. If such a program is offered through a public school
808	other than the school to which the student would generally be
809	assigned, the parent or guardian of the student must assume
810	responsibility for transporting the student to that school. For
811	purposes of this subsection, special academic programs include
812	charter schools, magnet schools, advanced studies programs,
813	advanced placement, dual enrollment, Advanced International
814	Certificate of Education, and International Baccalaureate.
815	Section 17.  Section 1003.413, Florida Statutes, is created
816	to read:
817	1003.413  Secondary school reform.--
818	(1)  Secondary schools are schools that primarily serve
819	students in grades 6 through 12. It is the intent of the
820	Legislature to provide for secondary school reform so that
821	students promoted from the 8th grade have the necessary academic
822	skills for success in high school and students graduating from
823	high school have the necessary skills for success in the
824	workplace and postsecondary education.
825	(2)  Guiding principles for secondary school reform are:
826	(a)  Struggling students, especially those in failing
827	schools, need the highest quality teachers and dramatically
828	different, innovative approaches to teaching and learning.
829	(b)  Every teacher must contribute to every student's
830	reading improvement.
831	(c)  Quality professional development provides teachers and
832	principals with the tools they need to better serve students.
833	(d)  Small learning communities allow teachers to
834	personalize instruction to better address student learning
835	styles, strengths, and weaknesses.
836	(e)  Intensive intervention in reading and mathematics must
837	occur early and through innovative delivery systems.
838	(f)  Parents need access to tools they can use to monitor
839	their child's progress in school, communicate with teachers, and
840	act early on behalf of their child.
841	(g)  Applied and integrated courses help students see the
842	relationships between subjects and relevance to their futures.
843	(h)  Majors and minors allow students to choose courses and
844	set goals based on their interests and talents.
845	(i)  Master schedules should not determine instruction and
846	must be designed based on student needs, not adult or
847	institutional needs.
848	(j)  Academic and career planning engages students in
849	developing a personally meaningful course of study so they can
850	achieve goals they have set for themselves.
851	(3)  Based on these guiding principles, district school
852	boards shall establish policies to implement the requirements of
853	ss. 1003.4156, 1003.428, and 1003.493. The policies must
854	address:
855	(a)  Procedures for placing and promoting students who
856	enter a Florida public school at grade 6 through grade 12 from
857	out of state or from a foreign country, including a review of
858	the student's prior academic performance.
859	(b)  Alternative methods for students to demonstrate
860	competency in required courses and credits, with special support
861	for students who have been retained.
862	(c)  Applied, integrated, and combined courses that provide
863	flexibility for students to enroll in courses that are creative
864	and meet individual learning styles and student needs.
865	(d)  Credit recovery courses and intensive reading and
866	mathematics intervention courses based on student performance on
867	the FCAT. These courses should be competency based and offered
868	through innovative delivery systems, including computer-assisted
869	instruction. School districts should use learning gains as well
870	as other appropriate data and provide incentives to identify and
871	reward high-performing teachers who teach credit recovery and
872	intensive intervention courses.
873	(e)  Grade forgiveness policies that replace a grade of "D"
874	or "F" with a grade of "C" or higher earned subsequently in the
875	same or a comparable course.
876	(f)  Summer academies for students to receive intensive
877	reading and mathematics intervention courses or competency-based
878	credit recovery courses. A student's participation in an
879	instructional or remediation program prior to or immediately
880	following entering grade 9 for the first time shall not affect
881	that student's classification as a first-time 9th grader for
882	reporting purposes.
883	(g)  Strategies to support teachers' pursuit of the reading
884	endorsement and emphasize reading instruction professional
885	development for content area teachers.
886	(h)  Creative and flexible scheduling designed to meet
887	student needs.
888	(i)  Procedures for high school students who have not
889	prepared an electronic personal education plan pursuant to s.
890	1003.4156 to prepare such plan.
891	(j)  Tools for parents to regularly monitor student
892	progress and communicate with teachers.
893	(k)  Additional course requirements for promotion and
894	graduation which may be determined by each school district in
895	the student progression plan and may include additional
896	academic, fine and performing arts, physical education, or
897	career and technical education courses in order to provide a
898	complete education program pursuant to s. 1001.41(3).
899
900	Within 30 days after adoption, the district school board
901	policies shall be submitted to the State Board of Education for
902	approval. The district school board policies shall be deemed
903	approved unless specifically rejected by the State Board of
904	Education within 60 days after receipt.
905	(4)  In order to support the successful implementation of
906	this section by district school boards, the Department of
907	Education shall by the 2006-2007 school year:
908	(a)  Increase the number of approved applied, integrated,
909	and combined courses available to school districts.
910	(b)  Make available a professional development package
911	designed to provide the information that content area teachers
912	need to become proficient in applying scientifically based
913	reading strategies through their content areas.
914	(c)  Share best practices for providing a complete
915	education program to students enrolled in course recovery,
916	credit recovery, intensive reading intervention, or intensive
917	mathematics intervention.
918	(d)  Expedite assistance and decisions and coordinate
919	policies throughout all divisions within the department to
920	provide school districts with support to implement this section.
921	(e)  Use data to provide the Legislature with an annual
922	longitudinal analysis of the success of this reform effort,
923	including the progress of 6th grade students and 9th grade
924	students scoring at Level 1 on FCAT Reading or FCAT Mathematics.
925	(5)  The Commissioner of Education shall create and
926	implement the Secondary School Improvement Award Program to
927	reward public secondary schools that demonstrate continuous
928	student academic improvement and show the greatest gains in
929	student academic achievement in reading and mathematics.
930	Section 18.  Section 1003.415, Florida Statutes, is
931	repealed.
932	Section 19.  Section 1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is
933	created to read:
934	1003.4156  General requirements for middle grades
935	promotion.--
936	(1)  Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2006-
937	2007 school year, promotion from a school composed of middle
938	grades 6, 7, and 8 requires that:
939	(a)  The student must successfully complete academic
940	courses as follows:
941	1.  Three middle school or higher year-long courses in
942	English. These courses shall emphasize literature, composition,
943	and reading for information.
944	2.  Three middle school or higher year-long courses in
945	mathematics. Each middle school must offer at least one high-
946	school-level mathematics course for which students may earn high
947	school credit.
948	3.  Three middle school or higher year-long courses in
949	social studies, including American history and world history.
950	4.  Three middle school or higher year-long courses in
951	science.
952	5.  One half-year course in career exploration and
953	education planning to be completed in grade 7 or grade 8. The
954	course may be taught by any member of the instructional staff;
955	must include a web-based career exploration program; must
956	include educational planning using the online student advising
957	system Florida Academic Counseling and Tracking for Students at
958	the Internet website FACTS.org; must provide information to each
959	student about high school programs and courses that are
960	available, including acceleration mechanisms, career and
961	technical programs, and career and professional academies
962	pursuant to s. 1003.493; and shall result in the completion of
963	an electronic personal education plan. Each student's plan must
964	be signed by the student, the student's guidance counselor, and
965	the student's parent. By January 1, 2007, the Department of
966	Education shall develop a course framework and professional
967	development materials for the career exploration and education
968	planning course.
969	(b)  For each year in which a student scores at Level l on
970	FCAT Reading, the student must be enrolled in and complete an
971	intensive reading course the following year. Placement of Level
972	2 readers in either an intensive reading course or a content
973	area course in which reading strategies are delivered shall be
974	determined by diagnosis of reading needs. The department shall
975	provide guidance on appropriate strategies for diagnosing and
976	meeting the varying instructional needs of students reading
977	below grade level. Reading courses shall be designed and offered
978	pursuant to the comprehensive reading plan required by s.
979	1011.62(8).
980	(c)  For each year in which a student scores at Level 1 on
981	FCAT Mathematics, the student must complete an intensive
982	mathematics course the following year, which may be integrated
983	into the student's required mathematics course. These courses
984	are subject to approval by the department for inclusion in the
985	Course Code Directory.
986	(2)  Students in grade 6, grade 7, or grade 8 who are not
987	enrolled in schools with a middle grades configuration are
988	subject to the promotion requirements of this section.
989	(3)  The State Board of Education may adopt rules pursuant
990	to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this
991	section and may enforce the provisions of this section pursuant
992	to s. 1008.32.
993	Section 20.  Subsection (1) of section 1003.42, Florida
994	Statutes, is amended to read:
995	1003.42  Required instruction.--
996	(1)  Each district school board shall provide all courses
997	required for middle grades promotion, high school graduation,
998	and appropriate instruction designed to ensure that all students
999	have the opportunity to meet State Board of Education adopted
1000	standards in the following subject areas: reading and other
1001	language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign
1002	languages, health and physical education, and the arts.
1003	Section 21.  Section 1003.428, Florida Statutes, is created
1004	to read:
1005	1003.428  General requirements for high school graduation;
1006	revised.--
1007	(1)  Except as otherwise authorized pursuant to s.
1008	1003.429, beginning with students entering their first year of
1009	high school in the 2007-2008 school year, graduation requires
1010	the successful completion of a minimum of 24 credits, an
1011	International Baccalaureate curriculum, or an Advanced
1012	International Certificate of Education curriculum. Students must
1013	be advised of eligibility requirements for state scholarship
1014	programs and postsecondary admissions.
1015	(2)  The 24 credits may be earned through applied,
1016	integrated, and combined courses approved by the Department of
1017	Education and shall be distributed as follows:
1018	(a)  Fourteen core curriculum credits:
1019	1.  Four credits in English, with major concentration in
1020	composition, reading for information, and literature.
1021	2.  Four credits in mathematics, one of which must be
1022	Algebra I, a series of courses equivalent to Algebra I, or a
1023	higher-level mathematics course. School districts are encouraged
1024	to set specific goals to increase enrollments in, and successful
1025	completion of, geometry and Algebra II.
1026	3.  Three credits in science, two of which must have a
1027	laboratory component.
1028	4.  Three credits in social studies as follows: one credit
1029	in American history; one credit in world history; one-half
1030	credit in economics; and one-half credit in American government.
1031	(b)  Ten credits in majors, minors, or electives:
1032	1.  Four credits in a major area of study, such as
1033	sequential courses in a career and technical program, fine and
1034	performing arts, or academic content area, selected by the
1035	student as part of the education plan required by s. 1003.4156.
1036	Annually by October 1, the district school board shall approve
1037	major areas of study and submit the list of majors to the
1038	Commissioner of Education for approval. Each major shall be
1039	deemed approved unless specifically rejected by the commissioner
1040	within 60 days. Upon approval, each district's majors shall be
1041	available for use by all school districts and shall be posted on
1042	the department's website.
1043	2.  Six credits in elective courses selected by the student
1044	as part of the education plan required by s. 1003.4156. These
1045	credits may be combined to allow for a second major area of
1046	study pursuant to subparagraph 1., a minor area of study,
1047	elective courses, intensive reading or mathematics intervention
1048	courses, or credit recovery courses as described in this
1049	subparagraph.
1050	a.  Minor areas of study are composed of three credits
1051	selected by the student as part of the education plan required
1052	by s. 1003.4156 and approved by the district school board.
1053	b.  Elective courses are selected by the student in order
1054	to pursue a complete education program as described in s.
1055	1001.41(3) and to meet eligibility requirements for
1056	scholarships.
1057	c.  For each year in which a student scores at Level l on
1058	FCAT Reading, the student must be enrolled in and complete an
1059	intensive reading course the following year. Placement of Level
1060	2 readers in either an intensive reading course or a content
1061	area course in which reading strategies are delivered shall be
1062	determined by diagnosis of reading needs. The department shall
1063	provide guidance on appropriate strategies for diagnosing and
1064	meeting the varying instructional needs of students reading
1065	below grade level. Reading courses shall be designed and offered
1066	pursuant to the comprehensive reading plan required by s.
1067	1011.62(8).
1068	d.  For each year in which a student scores at Level 1 on
1069	FCAT Mathematics, the student must complete an intensive
1070	mathematics course the following year. These courses may be
1071	taught through applied, integrated, or combined courses and are
1072	subject to approval by the department for inclusion in the
1073	Course Code Directory.
1074	e.  Credit recovery courses shall be offered so that
1075	students can simultaneously earn an elective credit and the
1076	recovered credit.
1077	(3)(a)  A district school board may require specific
1078	courses and programs of study within the minimum credit
1079	requirements for high school graduation and shall modify basic
1080	courses, as necessary, to assure exceptional students the
1081	opportunity to meet the graduation requirements for a standard
1082	diploma, using one of the following strategies:
1083	1.  Assignment of the exceptional student to an exceptional
1084	education class for instruction in a basic course with the same
1085	student performance standards as those required of
1086	nonexceptional students in the district school board student
1087	progression plan; or
1088	2.  Assignment of the exceptional student to a basic
1089	education class for instruction that is modified to accommodate
1090	the student's exceptionality.
1091	(b)  The district school board shall determine which of
1092	these strategies to employ based upon an assessment of the
1093	student's needs and shall reflect this decision in the student's
1094	individual education plan.
1095	(4)  Each district school board shall establish standards
1096	for graduation from its schools, which must include:
1097	(a)  Earning passing scores on the FCAT, as defined in s.
1098	1008.22(3)(c), or scores on a standardized test that are
1099	concordant with passing scores on the FCAT as defined in s.
1100	1008.22(9).
1101	(b)  Completion of all other applicable requirements
1102	prescribed by the district school board pursuant to s. 1008.25.
1103	(c)  Achievement of a cumulative grade point average of 2.0
1104	on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the courses required by
1105	this section.
1106	(5)  The State Board of Education, after a public hearing
1107	and consideration, shall adopt rules based upon the
1108	recommendations of the commissioner for the provision of test
1109	accommodations and modifications of procedures as necessary for
1110	students with disabilities which will demonstrate the student's
1111	abilities rather than reflect the student's impaired sensory,
1112	manual, speaking, or psychological process skills.
1113	(6)  The public hearing and consideration required in
1114	subsection (5) shall not be construed to amend or nullify the
1115	requirements of security relating to the contents of
1116	examinations or assessment instruments and related materials or
1117	data as prescribed in s. 1008.23.
1118	(7)(a)  A student who meets all requirements prescribed in
1119	subsections (1), (2), (3), and(4) shall be awarded a standard
1120	diploma in a form prescribed by the State Board of Education.
1121	(b)  A student who completes the minimum number of credits
1122	and other requirements prescribed by subsections (1), (2), and
1123	(3), but who is unable to meet the standards of paragraph
1124	(4)(a), paragraph (4)(b), or paragraph (4)(c), shall be awarded
1125	a certificate of completion in a form prescribed by the State
1126	Board of Education. However, any student who is otherwise
1127	entitled to a certificate of completion may elect to remain in
1128	the secondary school either as a full-time student or a part-
1129	time student for up to 1 additional year and receive special
1130	instruction designed to remedy his or her identified
1131	deficiencies.
1132	(8)(a)  Each district school board must provide instruction
1133	to prepare students with disabilities to demonstrate proficiency
1134	in the skills and competencies necessary for successful grade-
1135	to-grade progression and high school graduation.
1136	(b)  A student with a disability, as defined in s.
1137	1007.02(2), for whom the individual education plan (IEP)
1138	committee determines that the FCAT cannot accurately measure the
1139	student's abilities taking into consideration all allowable
1140	accommodations, shall have the FCAT requirement of paragraph
1141	(4)(a) waived for the purpose of receiving a standard high
1142	school diploma, if the student:
1143	1.  Completes the minimum number of credits and other
1144	requirements prescribed by subsections (1), (2), and (3).
1145	2.  Does not meet the requirements of paragraph (4)(a)
1146	after one opportunity in 10th grade and one opportunity in 11th
1147	grade.
1148	(9)  The Commissioner of Education may award a standard
1149	high school diploma to honorably discharged veterans who started
1150	high school between 1937 and 1946 and were scheduled to graduate
1151	between 1941 and 1950 but were inducted into the United States
1152	Armed Forces between September 16, 1940, and December 31, 1946,
1153	prior to completing the necessary high school graduation
1154	requirements. Upon the recommendation of the commissioner, the
1155	State Board of Education may develop criteria and guidelines for
1156	awarding such diplomas.
1157	(10)  The Commissioner of Education may award a standard
1158	high school diploma to honorably discharged veterans who started
1159	high school between 1946 and 1950 and were scheduled to graduate
1160	between 1950 and 1954, but were inducted into the United States
1161	Armed Forces between June 27, 1950, and January 31, 1955, and
1162	served during the Korean Conflict prior to completing the
1163	necessary high school graduation requirements. Upon the
1164	recommendation of the commissioner, the State Board of Education
1165	may develop criteria and guidelines for awarding such diplomas.
1166	(11)  The State Board of Education may adopt rules pursuant
1167	to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this
1168	section and may enforce the provisions of this section pursuant
1169	to s. 1008.32.
1170	Section 22.  Section 1003.437, Florida Statutes, is amended
1171	to read:
1172	1003.437  Middle and high school grading system.--The
1173	grading system and interpretation of letter grades used for
1174	students in public high schools in grades 6 through 12 shall be
1175	as follows:
1176	(1)  Grade "A" equals 90 percent through 100 percent, has a
1177	grade point average value of 4, and is defined as "outstanding
1178	progress."
1179	(2)  Grade "B" equals 80 percent through 89 percent, has a
1180	grade point average value of 3, and is defined as "above average
1181	progress."
1182	(3)  Grade "C" equals 70 percent through 79 percent, has a
1183	grade point average value of 2, and is defined as "average
1184	progress."
1185	(4)  Grade "D" equals 60 percent through 69 percent, has a
1186	grade point average value of 1, and is defined as "lowest
1187	acceptable progress."
1188	(5)  Grade "F" equals zero percent through 59 percent, has
1189	a grade point average value of zero, and is defined as
1190	"failure."
1191	(6)  Grade "I" equals zero percent, has a grade point
1192	average value of zero, and is defined as "incomplete."
1193
1194	For the purposes of class ranking for students in grades 9
1195	through 12, district school boards may exercise a weighted
1196	grading system.
1197	Section 23.  Subsections (3) and (4) of section 1003.492,
1198	Florida Statutes, are repealed.
1199	Section 24.  Section 1003.493, Florida Statutes, is created
1200	to read:
1201	1003.493  Career and professional academies.--
1202	(1)  A career and professional academy is a research-based
1203	program that integrates a rigorous academic curriculum with an
1204	industry-driven career curriculum. Career and professional
1205	academies may be offered by public schools, school districts, or
1206	the Florida Virtual School. Students completing career and
1207	professional academy programs receive a standard high school
1208	diploma, the highest available industry certification, and
1209	postsecondary credit if the academy partners with a
1210	postsecondary institution.
1211	(2)  The goals of career and professional academies are to:
1212	(a)  Increase student academic achievement and graduation
1213	rates through integrated academic and career curricula.
1214	(b)  Focus on career preparation through rigorous academics
1215	and industry certification.
1216	(c)  Raise student aspiration and commitment to academic
1217	achievement and work ethics.
1218	(d)  Support the revised graduation requirements pursuant
1219	to s. 1003.428 by providing creative, applied majors.
1220	(e)  Promote acceleration mechanisms, such as dual
1221	enrollment, articulated credit, or occupational completion
1222	points, so that students may earn postsecondary credit while in
1223	high school.
1224	(f)  Support the state's economy by meeting industry needs
1225	for skilled employees in high-demand occupations.
1226	(3)  A career and professional academy may be offered as
1227	one of the following small learning communities:
1228	(a)  A school-within-a-school career academy, as part of an
1229	existing high school, that provides courses in one occupational
1230	cluster. Students in the high school are not required to be
1231	students in the academy.
1232	(b)  A total school configuration providing multiple
1233	academies each structured around an occupational cluster. Every
1234	student in the school is in an academy.
1235	(4)  Each career and professional academy must:
1236	(a)  Provide a rigorous standards-based academic curriculum
1237	integrated with a career curriculum. The curriculum must take
1238	into consideration multiple styles of student learning; promote
1239	learning by doing through application and adaptation; maximize
1240	relevance of the subject matter; enhance each student's capacity
1241	to excel; and include an emphasis on work habits and work
1242	ethics.
1243	(b)  Include one or more partnerships with postsecondary
1244	institutions, businesses, industry, employers, economic
1245	development organizations, or other appropriate partners from
1246	the local community. Such partnerships must provide
1247	opportunities for:
1248	1.  Instruction from highly skilled professionals.
1249	2.  Internships, externships, and on-the-job training.
1250	3.  A postsecondary degree, diploma, or certificate.
1251	4.  The highest available level of industry certification.
1252	Where no national or state certification exists, school
1253	districts may establish a local certification in conjunction
1254	with the local workforce development board, the chamber of
1255	commerce, or the Agency for Workforce Innovation.
1256	5.  Maximum articulation of credits pursuant to s. 1007.23
1257	upon program completion.
1258	(c)  Provide creative and tailored student advisement,
1259	including parent participation and coordination with middle
1260	schools to provide career exploration and education planning as
1261	required under s. 1003.4156. Coordination with middle schools
1262	must provide information to middle school students about
1263	secondary and postsecondary career education programs and
1264	academies.
1265	(d)  Provide a career education certification on the high
1266	school diploma pursuant to s. 1003.431.
1267	(e)  Provide instruction in careers designated as high
1268	growth, high demand, and high pay by the local workforce
1269	development board, the chamber of commerce, or the Agency for
1270	Workforce Innovation.
1271	(f)  Deliver academic content through instruction relevant
1272	to the career, including intensive reading and mathematics
1273	intervention required by s. 1003.428, with an emphasis on
1274	strengthening reading for information skills.
1275	(g)  Provide instruction resulting in competency,
1276	certification, or credentials in workplace skills, including,
1277	but not limited to, communication skills, interpersonal skills,
1278	decisionmaking skills, the importance of attendance and
1279	timeliness in the work environment, and work ethics.
1280	(h)  Provide opportunities for students to obtain the
1281	Florida Ready to Work Certification pursuant to s. 1004.99.
1282	(i)  Include an evaluation plan developed jointly with the
1283	Department of Education. The evaluation plan must include a
1284	self-assessment tool based on standards, such as the Career
1285	Academy National Standards of Practice, and outcome measures
1286	including, but not limited to, graduation rates, enrollment in
1287	postsecondary education, business and industry satisfaction,
1288	employment and earnings, achievement of industry certification,
1289	awards of postsecondary credit, and FCAT achievement levels and
1290	learning gains.
1291	Section 25.  Section 1003.57, Florida Statutes, is amended
1292	to read:
1293	1003.57  Exceptional students instruction.--
1294	(1)  Each district school board shall provide for an
1295	appropriate program of special instruction, facilities, and
1296	services for exceptional students as prescribed by the State
1297	Board of Education as acceptable, including provisions that:
1298	(a)(1)  The district school board provide the necessary
1299	professional services for diagnosis and evaluation of
1300	exceptional students.
1301	(b)(2)  The district school board provide the special
1302	instruction, classes, and services, either within the district
1303	school system, in cooperation with other district school
1304	systems, or through contractual arrangements with approved
1305	private schools or community facilities that meet standards
1306	established by the commissioner.
1307	(c)(3)  The district school board annually provide
1308	information describing the Florida School for the Deaf and the
1309	Blind and all other programs and methods of instruction
1310	available to the parent of a sensory-impaired student.
1311	(d)(4)  The district school board, once every 3 years,
1312	submit to the department its proposed procedures for the
1313	provision of special instruction and services for exceptional
1314	students.
1315	(e)(5)  A No student may not be given special instruction
1316	or services as an exceptional student until after he or she has
1317	been properly evaluated, classified, and placed in the manner
1318	prescribed by rules of the State Board of Education. The parent
1319	of an exceptional student evaluated and placed or denied
1320	placement in a program of special education shall be notified of
1321	each such evaluation and placement or denial. Such notice shall
1322	contain a statement informing the parent that he or she is
1323	entitled to a due process hearing on the identification,
1324	evaluation, and placement, or lack thereof. Such hearings shall
1325	be exempt from the provisions of ss. 120.569, 120.57, and
1326	286.011, except to the extent that the State Board of Education
1327	adopts rules establishing other procedures and any records
1328	created as a result of such hearings shall be confidential and
1329	exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). The hearing must be
1330	conducted by an administrative law judge from the Division of
1331	Administrative Hearings of the Department of Management
1332	Services. The decision of the administrative law judge shall be
1333	final, except that any party aggrieved by the finding and
1334	decision rendered by the administrative law judge shall have the
1335	right to bring a civil action in the circuit court. In such an
1336	action, the court shall receive the records of the
1337	administrative hearing and shall hear additional evidence at the
1338	request of either party. In the alternative, any party aggrieved
1339	by the finding and decision rendered by the administrative law
1340	judge shall have the right to request an impartial review of the
1341	administrative law judge's order by the district court of appeal
1342	as provided by s. 120.68. Notwithstanding any law to the
1343	contrary, during the pendency of any proceeding conducted
1344	pursuant to this section, unless the district school board and
1345	the parents otherwise agree, the student shall remain in his or
1346	her then-current educational assignment or, if applying for
1347	initial admission to a public school, shall be assigned, with
1348	the consent of the parents, in the public school program until
1349	all such proceedings have been completed.
1350	(f)(6)  In providing for the education of exceptional
1351	students, the district school superintendent, principals, and
1352	teachers shall utilize the regular school facilities and adapt
1353	them to the needs of exceptional students to the maximum extent
1354	appropriate. Segregation of exceptional students shall occur
1355	only if the nature or severity of the exceptionality is such
1356	that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary
1357	aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
1358	(g)(7)  In addition to the services agreed to in a
1359	student's individual education plan, the district school
1360	superintendent shall fully inform the parent of a student having
1361	a physical or developmental disability of all available services
1362	that are appropriate for the student's disability. The
1363	superintendent shall provide the student's parent with a summary
1364	of the student's rights.
1365	(2)(a)  An exceptional student with a disability who
1366	resides in a residential facility and receives special
1367	instruction or services is considered a resident of the state in
1368	which the student's parent is a resident. The cost of such
1369	instruction, facilities, and services for a nonresident student
1370	with a disability shall be provided by the placing authority in
1371	the student's state of residence, such as a public school
1372	entity, other placing authority, or parent. A nonresident
1373	student with a disability may not be reported by any school
1374	district for FTE funding in the Florida Education Finance
1375	Program.
1376	(b)  The Department of Education shall provide to each
1377	school district a statement of the specific limitations of the
1378	district's financial obligation for exceptional students with
1379	disabilities under federal and state law. The department shall
1380	also provide to each school district technical assistance as
1381	necessary for developing a local plan to impose on a student's
1382	home state the fiscal responsibility for educating a nonresident
1383	exceptional student with a disability.
1384	(c)  The Department of Education shall develop a process by
1385	which a school district must, before providing services to an
1386	exceptional student with a disability who resides in a
1387	residential facility in this state, review the residency of the
1388	student. The residential facility, not the district, is
1389	responsible for billing and collecting from a nonresidential
1390	student's home state payment for the student's educational and
1391	related services.
1392	(d)  This subsection applies to any nonresident student
1393	with a disability who resides in a residential facility and who
1394	receives instruction as an exceptional student with a disability
1395	in any type of residential facility in this state, including,
1396	but not limited to, a public school, a private school, a group
1397	home facility as defined in s. 393.063, an intensive residential
1398	treatment program for children and adolescents as defined in s.
1399	395.002, a facility as defined in s. 394.455, an intermediate
1400	care facility for the developmentally disabled or ICF/DD as
1401	defined in s. 393.063 or s. 400.960, or a community residential
1402	home as defined in s. 419.001.
1403	Section 26.  Section 1003.576, Florida Statutes, is created
1404	to read:
1405	1003.576  Individual education plans for exceptional
1406	students.--The Department of Education shall develop an
1407	individual education plan (IEP) form for use in developing and
1408	implementing individual education plans for exceptional
1409	students. The IEP form must be available electronically, include
1410	notice of testing accommodations pursuant to s. 1008.22(3), and
1411	have a streamlined format. To provide for the use of an existing
1412	IEP form when a student transfers from one school district to
1413	another, the IEP form developed by the department must be used
1414	in each school district in the state.
1415	Section 27.  Subsection (3) of section 1003.58, Florida
1416	Statutes, is amended to read:
1417	1003.58  Students in residential care facilities.--Each
1418	district school board shall provide educational programs
1419	according to rules of the State Board of Education to students
1420	who reside in residential care facilities operated by the
1421	Department of Children and Family Services.
1422	(3)  The district school board shall have full and complete
1423	authority in the matter of the assignment and placement of such
1424	students in educational programs. The parent of an exceptional
1425	student shall have the same due process rights as are provided
1426	under s. 1003.57(1)(e)(5).
1427
1428	Notwithstanding the provisions herein, the educational program
1429	at the Marianna Sunland Center in Jackson County shall be
1430	operated by the Department of Education, either directly or
1431	through grants or contractual agreements with other public or
1432	duly accredited educational agencies approved by the Department
1433	of Education.
1434	Section 28.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and paragraph
1435	(a) of subsection (2) of section 1003.62, Florida Statutes, are
1436	amended to read:
1437	1003.62  Academic performance-based charter school
1438	districts.--The State Board of Education may enter into a
1439	performance contract with district school boards as authorized
1440	in this section for the purpose of establishing them as academic
1441	performance-based charter school districts. The purpose of this
1442	section is to examine a new relationship between the State Board
1443	of Education and district school boards that will produce
1444	significant improvements in student achievement, while complying
1445	with constitutional and statutory requirements assigned to each
1446	entity.
1447	(1)  ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE-BASED CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICT.--
1448	(a)  A school district shall be eligible for designation as
1449	an academic performance-based charter school district if it is a
1450	high-performing school district in which a minimum of 50 percent
1451	of the schools earn a performance grade of category "A" or "B"
1452	and in which no school earns a performance grade of category "D"
1453	or "F" for 2 consecutive years pursuant to s. 1008.34. Schools
1454	that receive a performance grade of category "I" or "N" shall
1455	not be included in this calculation. The performance contract
1456	for a school district that earns a charter based on school
1457	performance grades shall be predicated on maintenance of at
1458	least 50 percent of the schools in the school district earning a
1459	performance grade of category "A" or "B" with no school in the
1460	school district earning a performance grade of category "D" or
1461	"F" for 2 consecutive years. A school district in which the
1462	number of schools that earn a performance grade of "A" or "B" is
1463	less than 50 percent may have its charter renewed for 1 year;
1464	however, if the percentage of "A" or "B" schools is less than 50
1465	percent for 2 consecutive years, the charter shall not be
1466	renewed.
1467	(2)  EXEMPTION FROM STATUTES AND RULES.--
1468	(a)  An academic performance-based charter school district
1469	shall operate in accordance with its charter and shall be exempt
1470	from certain State Board of Education rules and statutes if the
1471	State Board of Education determines such an exemption will
1472	assist the district in maintaining or improving its high-
1473	performing status pursuant to paragraph (1)(a). However, the
1474	State Board of Education may not exempt an academic performance-
1475	based charter school district from any of the following
1476	statutes:
1477	1.  Those statutes pertaining to the provision of services
1478	to students with disabilities.
1479	2.  Those statutes pertaining to civil rights, including s.
1480	1000.05, relating to discrimination.
1481	3.  Those statutes pertaining to student health, safety,
1482	and welfare.
1483	4.  Those statutes governing the election or compensation
1484	of district school board members.
1485	5.  Those statutes pertaining to the student assessment
1486	program and the school grading system, including chapter 1008.
1487	6.  Those statutes pertaining to financial matters,
1488	including chapter 1010.
1489	7.  Those statutes pertaining to planning and budgeting,
1490	including chapter 1011, except that ss. 1011.64 and 1011.69
1491	shall be eligible for exemption.
1492	8.  Sections 1012.22(1)(c) and 1012.27(2), relating to
1493	performance-pay policies and differentiated pay for school
1494	administrators and instructional personnel. Professional service
1495	contracts shall be subject to the provisions of ss. 1012.33 and
1496	1012.34.
1497	9.  Those statutes pertaining to educational facilities,
1498	including chapter 1013, except as specified under contract with
1499	the State Board of Education. However, no contractual provision
1500	that could have the effect of requiring the appropriation of
1501	additional capital outlay funds to the academic performance-
1502	based charter school district shall be valid.
1503	Section 29.  Section 1004.99, Florida Statutes, is created
1504	to read:
1505	1004.99  Florida Ready to Work Certification Program.--
1506	(1)  There is created the Florida Ready to Work
1507	Certification Program to enhance the workplace skills of
1508	Florida's students to better prepare them for successful entry-
1509	level employment in specific occupations.
1510	(2)  The Florida Ready to Work Certification Program may be
1511	conducted in public high schools, community colleges, technical
1512	centers, one-stop career centers, vocational rehabilitation
1513	centers, and Department of Juvenile Justice educational
1514	facilities. The Department of Education shall establish
1515	institutional readiness criteria for program implementation.
1516	(3)  The Florida Ready to Work Certification Program shall
1517	be composed of:
1518	(a)  A comprehensive identification of workplace skills for
1519	each occupation identified for inclusion in the program by the
1520	Agency for Workforce Innovation.
1521	(b)  A preinstructional assessment that delineates the
1522	student's mastery level on the specific workplace skills
1523	identified for that occupation.
1524	(c)  A targeted instructional program limited to those
1525	identified workplace skills in which the student is not
1526	proficient as measured by the preinstructional assessment.
1527	Instruction must utilize a web-based program and be customized
1528	to meet identified specific needs of local employers.
1529	(d)  A certificate and portfolio awarded to students upon
1530	successful completion of the instruction. Each portfolio must
1531	delineate the skills demonstrated by the student as evidence of
1532	the student's preparation for employment.
1533	(4)  The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
1534	Agency for Workforce Innovation, may adopt rules pursuant to ss.
1535	120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this
1536	section.
1537	Section 30.  Subsection (4) of section 1006.09, Florida
1538	Statutes, is amended to read:
1539	1006.09  Duties of school principal relating to student
1540	discipline and school safety.--
1541	(4)  When a student has been the victim of a violent crime
1542	perpetrated by another student who attends the same school, the
1543	school principal shall make full and effective use of the
1544	provisions of subsection (2) and s. 1006.13(5). A school
1545	principal who fails to comply with this subsection shall be
1546	ineligible for any portion of the performance-pay performance
1547	pay policy incentive or the differentiated pay under s.
1548	1012.22(1)(c). However, if any party responsible for
1549	notification fails to properly notify the school, the school
1550	principal shall be eligible for the incentive or differentiated
1551	pay.
1552	Section 31.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
1553	1007.2615, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1554	1007.2615  American Sign Language; findings; foreign-
1555	language credits authorized; teacher licensing.--
1556	(3)  DUTIES OF COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AND STATE BOARD OF
1557	EDUCATION; LICENSING OF AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE TEACHERS; PLAN
1558	FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION PROVIDERS.--
1559	(c)  An ASL teacher must be certified by the Department of
1560	Education by July 1, 2009 January 1, 2008, and must obtain
1561	current certification through the Florida American Sign Language
1562	Teachers' Association (FASLTA) by January 1, 2006. New FASLTA
1563	certification may be used by current ASL teachers as an
1564	alternative certification track.
1565	Section 32.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (1), paragraphs
1566	(c) and (e) of subsection (3), and subsection (9) of section
1567	1008.22, Florida Statutes, are amended, paragraph (g) is added
1568	to subsection (3), subsection (10) is renumbered as subsection
1569	(11), and a new subsection (10) is added to that section, to
1570	read:
1571	1008.22  Student assessment program for public schools.--
1572	(1)  PURPOSE.--The primary purposes of the student
1573	assessment program are to provide information needed to improve
1574	the public schools by enhancing the learning gains of all
1575	students and to inform parents of the educational progress of
1576	their public school children. The program must be designed to:
1577	(f)  Provide information on the performance of Florida
1578	students compared with that of other students others across the
1579	United States.
1580	(3)  STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.--The commissioner shall
1581	design and implement a statewide program of educational
1582	assessment that provides information for the improvement of the
1583	operation and management of the public schools, including
1584	schools operating for the purpose of providing educational
1585	services to youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs.
1586	The commissioner may enter into contracts for the continued
1587	administration of the assessment, testing, and evaluation
1588	programs authorized and funded by the Legislature. Contracts may
1589	be initiated in 1 fiscal year and continue into the next and may
1590	be paid from the appropriations of either or both fiscal years.
1591	The commissioner is authorized to negotiate for the sale or
1592	lease of tests, scoring protocols, test scoring services, and
1593	related materials developed pursuant to law. Pursuant to the
1594	statewide assessment program, the commissioner shall:
1595	(c)  Develop and implement a student achievement testing
1596	program known as the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test
1597	(FCAT) as part of the statewide assessment program, to be
1598	administered annually in grades 3 through 10 to measure reading,
1599	writing, science, and mathematics. Other content areas may be
1600	included as directed by the commissioner. The assessment of
1601	reading and mathematics shall be administered annually in grades
1602	3 through 10. The assessment of writing and science shall be
1603	administered at least once at each of the elementary, middle,
1604	and high school levels. The commissioner must document the
1605	procedures that ensure that the versions of the FCAT taken by
1606	students retaking the grade 10 FCAT are as equally challenging
1607	and difficult as the tests taken by students in grade 10 that
1608	contain performance tasks. The testing program must be designed
1609	so that:
1610	1.  The tests measure student skills and competencies
1611	adopted by the State Board of Education as specified in
1612	paragraph (a). The tests must measure and report student
1613	proficiency levels in reading, writing, mathematics, and
1614	science. The commissioner shall provide for the tests to be
1615	developed or obtained, as appropriate, through contracts and
1616	project agreements with private vendors, public vendors, public
1617	agencies, postsecondary educational institutions, or school
1618	districts. The commissioner shall obtain input with respect to
1619	the design and implementation of the testing program from state
1620	educators and the public.
1621	2.  The testing program will include a combination of norm-
1622	referenced and criterion-referenced tests and include, to the
1623	extent determined by the commissioner, questions that require
1624	the student to produce information or perform tasks in such a
1625	way that the skills and competencies he or she uses can be
1626	measured.
1627	3.  Each testing program, whether at the elementary,
1628	middle, or high school level, includes a test of writing in
1629	which students are required to produce writings that are then
1630	scored by appropriate methods.
1631	4.  A score is designated for each subject area tested,
1632	below which score a student's performance is deemed inadequate.
1633	The school districts shall provide appropriate remedial
1634	instruction to students who score below these levels.
1635	5.  Except as provided in s. 1003.428(8)(b) or s.
1636	1003.43(11)(b), students must earn a passing score on the grade
1637	10 assessment test described in this paragraph or attain
1638	concordant scores on an alternate assessment as described in
1639	subsection (9) in reading, writing, and mathematics to qualify
1640	for a regular high school diploma. The State Board of Education
1641	shall designate a passing score for each part of the grade 10
1642	assessment test. In establishing passing scores, the state board
1643	shall consider any possible negative impact of the test on
1644	minority students. All students who took the grade 10 FCAT
1645	during the 2000-2001 school year shall be required to earn the
1646	passing scores in reading and mathematics established by the
1647	State Board of Education for the March 2001 test administration.
1648	Such students who did not earn the established passing scores
1649	and must repeat the grade 10 FCAT are required to earn the
1650	passing scores established for the March 2001 test
1651	administration. All students who take the grade 10 FCAT for the
1652	first time in March 2002 shall be required to earn the passing
1653	scores in reading and mathematics established by the State Board
1654	of Education for the March 2002 test administration. The State
1655	Board of Education shall adopt rules which specify the passing
1656	scores for the grade 10 FCAT. Any such rules, which have the
1657	effect of raising the required passing scores, shall only apply
1658	to students taking the grade 10 FCAT for the first time after
1659	such rules are adopted by the State Board of Education.
1660	6.  Participation in the testing program is mandatory for
1661	all students attending public school, including students served
1662	in Department of Juvenile Justice programs, except as otherwise
1663	prescribed by the commissioner. If a student does not
1664	participate in the statewide assessment, the district must
1665	notify the student's parent and provide the parent with
1666	information regarding the implications of such nonparticipation.
1667	If modifications are made in the student's instruction to
1668	provide accommodations that would not be permitted on the
1669	statewide assessment tests, the district must notify the
1670	student's parent of the implications of such instructional
1671	modifications. A parent must provide signed consent for a
1672	student to receive instructional modifications that would not be
1673	permitted on the statewide assessments and must acknowledge in
1674	writing that he or she understands the implications of such
1675	accommodations. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules,
1676	based upon recommendations of the commissioner, for the
1677	provision of test accommodations and modifications of procedures
1678	as necessary for students in exceptional education programs and
1679	for students who have limited English proficiency.
1680	Accommodations that negate the validity of a statewide
1681	assessment are not allowable.
1682	7.  A student seeking an adult high school diploma must
1683	meet the same testing requirements that a regular high school
1684	student must meet.
1685	8.  District school boards must provide instruction to
1686	prepare students to demonstrate proficiency in the skills and
1687	competencies necessary for successful grade-to-grade progression
1688	and high school graduation. If a student is provided with
1689	accommodations or modifications that are not allowable in the
1690	statewide assessment program, as described in the test manuals,
1691	the district must inform the parent in writing and must provide
1692	the parent with information regarding the impact on the
1693	student's ability to meet expected proficiency levels in
1694	reading, writing, and math. The commissioner shall conduct
1695	studies as necessary to verify that the required skills and
1696	competencies are part of the district instructional programs.
1697	9.  District school boards must provide opportunities for
1698	students to demonstrate an acceptable level of performance on an
1699	alternative standardized assessment approved by the State Board
1700	of Education following enrollment in summer academies.
1701	10.9.  The Department of Education must develop, or select,
1702	and implement a common battery of assessment tools that will be
1703	used in all juvenile justice programs in the state. These tools
1704	must accurately measure the skills and competencies established
1705	in the Florida Sunshine State Standards.
1706
1707	The commissioner may design and implement student testing
1708	programs, for any grade level and subject area, necessary to
1709	effectively monitor educational achievement in the state.
1710	(e)  Conduct ongoing research and analysis of student
1711	achievement data, including, without limitation, monitoring
1712	trends in student achievement by grade level and overall student
1713	achievement, identifying school programs that are successful,
1714	and analyzing correlates of school achievement.
1715	(g)  Study the cost and student achievement impact of
1716	secondary end-of-course assessments, including web-based and
1717	performance formats, and report to the Legislature prior to
1718	implementation.
1719	(9)  CONCORDANT SCORES FOR THE FCAT EQUIVALENCIES FOR
1720	STANDARDIZED TESTS.--
1721	(a)  The State Board of Education shall analyze the content
1722	and concordant data sets for widely used high school achievement
1723	tests, including, but not limited to, the PSAT, PLAN, SAT, ACT,
1724	and College Placement Test, to assess if concordant scores can
1725	be determined that correspond to those required on the FCAT for
1726	high school graduation. In cases where concordant scores can be
1727	determined, the Commissioner of Education shall adopt those
1728	scores as meeting the graduation requirement in lieu of
1729	achieving the FCAT passing score. Each time that test content or
1730	scoring procedures are changed for either the FCAT or one of the
1731	identified tests, new concordant scores must be determined. The
1732	use of concordant scores shall take effect for students who are
1733	eligible to graduate beginning in the 2003-2004 academic year
1734	and thereafter. The Commissioner of Education shall approve the
1735	use of the SAT and ACT tests as alternative assessments to the
1736	grade 10 FCAT for the 2003-2004 school year.
1737	(b)  Students who attain concordant scores pursuant to this
1738	subsection on the SAT or ACT which equate to the passing scores
1739	on the grade 10 FCAT for purposes of high school graduation
1740	shall satisfy the assessment requirement for a standard high
1741	school diploma as provided in s. 1003.429(6)(a) or s.
1742	1003.43(5)(a) for the 2003-2004 school year if the students meet
1743	the requirement in paragraph (c) (b).
1744	(c)(b)  A student shall be required to take each subject
1745	area of the grade 10 FCAT a total of three times without earning
1746	a passing score in order to use the concordant subject area
1747	scores on an alternative assessment pursuant to this subsection
1748	paragraph (a). This requirement shall not apply to a new student
1749	who enters the Florida is a new student to the public school
1750	system in grade 12, who may either take the FCAT or use approved
1751	concordant scores to fulfill the graduation requirement.
1752	(10)  REPORTS.--The Department of Education shall annually
1753	provide a report to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
1754	and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the
1755	following:
1756	(a)  Longitudinal performance of students in mathematics
1757	and reading.
1758	(b)  Longitudinal performance of students by grade level in
1759	mathematics and reading.
1760	(c)  Longitudinal performance regarding efforts to close
1761	the achievement gap.
1762	(d)  Longitudinal performance of students on the norm-
1763	referenced component of the FCAT.
1764	(e)  Other student performance data based on national norm-
1765	referenced and criterion-referenced tests, when available, and
1766	numbers of students who after 8th grade enroll in adult
1767	education rather than other secondary education.
1768	Section 33.  Section 1008.221, Florida Statutes, is
1769	repealed.
1770	Section 34.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) and paragraph
1771	(b) of subsection (8) of section 1008.25, Florida Statutes, are
1772	amended, and paragraph (c) is added to subsection (8) of that
1773	section, to read:
1774	1008.25  Public school student progression; remedial
1775	instruction; reporting requirements.--
1776	(4)  ASSESSMENT AND REMEDIATION.--
1777	(b)  The school in which the student is enrolled must
1778	develop, in consultation with the student's parent, and must
1779	implement an academic improvement plan designed to assist the
1780	student in meeting state and district expectations for
1781	proficiency. For a student for whom a personalized middle school
1782	success plan is required pursuant to s. 1003.415, the middle
1783	school success plan must be incorporated in the student's
1784	academic improvement plan. Beginning with the 2002-2003 school
1785	year, if the student has been identified as having a deficiency
1786	in reading, the academic improvement plan shall identify the
1787	student's specific areas of deficiency in phonemic awareness,
1788	phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary; the desired
1789	levels of performance in these areas; and the instructional and
1790	support services to be provided to meet the desired levels of
1791	performance. Schools shall also provide for the frequent
1792	monitoring of the student's progress in meeting the desired
1793	levels of performance. District school boards may require low-
1794	performing students to attend remediation programs held before
1795	or after regular school hours or during the summer, upon the
1796	request of the school principal, and shall assist schools and
1797	teachers to implement research-based reading activities that
1798	have been shown to be successful in teaching reading to low-
1799	performing students. Remedial instruction provided during high
1800	school may not be in lieu of English and mathematics credits
1801	required for graduation.
1802	(8)  ANNUAL REPORT.--
1803	(b)  Beginning with the 2001-2002 school year, Each
1804	district school board must annually publish in the local
1805	newspaper, and report in writing to the State Board of Education
1806	by September 1 of each year, the following information on the
1807	prior school year:
1808	1.  The provisions of this section relating to public
1809	school student progression and the district school board's
1810	policies and procedures on student retention and promotion.
1811	2.  By grade, the number and percentage of all students in
1812	grades 3 through 10 performing at Levels 1 and 2 on the reading
1813	portion of the FCAT.
1814	3.  By grade, the number and percentage of all students
1815	retained in grades 3 through 10.
1816	4.  Information on the total number of students who were
1817	promoted for good cause, by each category of good cause as
1818	specified in paragraph (6)(b).
1819	5.  Any revisions to the district school board's policy on
1820	student retention and promotion from the prior year.
1821	(c)  The Department of Education shall establish a uniform
1822	format for school districts to report the information required
1823	in paragraph (b). The format shall be developed with input from
1824	district school boards and shall be provided not later than 90
1825	days prior to the annual due date. The department shall annually
1826	compile the information required in subparagraphs (b)2., 3., and
1827	4., along with state-level summary information, and report such
1828	information to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
1829	the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
1830	Section 35.  Section 1008.301, Florida Statutes, is
1831	repealed.
1832	Section 36.  Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (1),
1833	paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (2), and subsection (3) of
1834	section 1008.31, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection
1835	(4) is added to that section, to read:
1836	1008.31  Florida's K-20 education performance
1837	accountability system; legislative intent; performance-based
1838	funding; mission, goals, and systemwide measures; data quality
1839	improvements.--
1840	(1)  LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the
1841	Legislature that:
1842	(d)  The State Board of Education and the Board of
1843	Governors of the State University System recommend to the
1844	Legislature systemwide performance standards; the Legislature
1845	establish systemwide performance measures and standards; and the
1846	systemwide measures and standards provide Floridians with
1847	information on what the public is receiving in return for the
1848	funds it invests in education and how well the K-20 system
1849	educates its students.
1850	(e)1.  The State Board of Education establish performance
1851	measures and set performance standards for individual components
1852	of the public education system, including individual schools and
1853	community colleges postsecondary educational institutions, with
1854	measures and standards based primarily on student achievement.
1855	2.  The Board of Governors of the State University System
1856	establish performance measures and set performance standards for
1857	individual state universities.
1858	(2)  MISSION, GOALS, AND SYSTEMWIDE MEASURES.--
1859	(b)  The process State Board of Education shall adopt
1860	guiding principles for establishing state and sector-specific
1861	standards and measures must be:
1862	1.  Focused on student success.
1863	2.  Addressable through policy and program changes.
1864	3.  Efficient and of high quality.
1865	4.  Measurable over time.
1866	5.  Simple to explain and display to the public.
1867	6.  Aligned with other measures and other sectors to
1868	support a coordinated K-20 education system.
1869	(c)  The Department State Board of Education shall maintain
1870	an accountability system that measures student progress toward
1871	the following goals:
1872	1.  Highest student achievement, as indicated by evidence
1873	of student learning gains at all levels measured by: student
1874	FCAT performance and annual learning gains; the number and
1875	percentage of schools that improve at least one school
1876	performance grade designation or maintain a school performance
1877	grade designation of "A" pursuant to s. 1008.34; graduation or
1878	completion rates at all learning levels; and other measures
1879	identified in law or rule.
1880	2.  Seamless articulation and maximum access, as measured
1881	by evidence of progression, readiness, and access by targeted
1882	groups of students identified by the Commissioner of Education:
1883	the percentage of students who demonstrate readiness for the
1884	educational level they are entering, from kindergarten through
1885	postsecondary education and into the workforce; the number and
1886	percentage of students needing remediation; the percentage of
1887	Floridians who complete associate, baccalaureate, graduate,
1888	professional, and postgraduate degrees; the number and
1889	percentage of credits that articulate; the extent to which each
1890	set of exit-point requirements matches the next set of entrance-
1891	point requirements; the degree to which underserved populations
1892	access educational opportunity; the extent to which access is
1893	provided through innovative educational delivery strategies; and
1894	other measures identified in law or rule.
1895	3.  Skilled workforce and economic development, as measured
1896	by evidence of employment and earnings: the number and
1897	percentage of graduates employed in their areas of preparation;
1898	the percentage of Floridians with high school diplomas and
1899	postsecondary education credentials; the percentage of business
1900	and community members who find that Florida's graduates possess
1901	the skills they need; national rankings; and other measures
1902	identified in law or rule.
1903	4.  Quality efficient services, as measured by evidence of
1904	return on investment: cost per completer or graduate; average
1905	cost per noncompleter at each educational level; cost disparity
1906	across institutions offering the same degrees; the percentage of
1907	education customers at each educational level who are satisfied
1908	with the education provided; and other measures identified in
1909	law or rule.
1910	5.  Other goals as identified by law or rule.
1911	(3)  K-20 EDUCATION DATA QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS SYSTEMWIDE
1912	DATA COLLECTION.--To provide data required to implement
1913	education performance accountability measures in state and
1914	federal law, the Commissioner of Education shall initiate and
1915	maintain strategies to improve data quality and timeliness. All
1916	data collected from state universities shall, as determined by
1917	the commissioner, be integrated into the K-20 data warehouse.
1918	The commissioner shall have unlimited access to such data solely
1919	for the purposes of conducting studies, reporting annual and
1920	longitudinal student outcomes, and improving college readiness
1921	and articulation. All public educational institutions shall
1922	provide data to the K-20 data warehouse in a format specified by
1923	the commissioner.
1924	(a)   School districts and public postsecondary educational
1925	institutions shall maintain information systems that will
1926	provide the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors of
1927	the State University System, and the Legislature with
1928	information and reports necessary to address the specifications
1929	of the accountability system. The State Board of Education shall
1930	determine the standards for the required data. The level of
1931	comprehensiveness and quality shall be no less than that which
1932	was available as of June 30, 2001.
1933	(b)  The Commissioner of Education shall determine the
1934	standards for the required data, monitor data quality, and
1935	measure improvements. The commissioner shall report annually to
1936	the State Board of Education, the Board of Governors of the
1937	State University System, the President of the Senate, and the
1938	Speaker of the House of Representatives data quality indicators
1939	and ratings for all school districts and public postsecondary
1940	educational institutions.
1941	(c)  Before establishing any new reporting or data
1942	collection requirements, the Commissioner of Education shall
1943	utilize existing data being collected to reduce duplication and
1944	minimize paperwork.
1945	(4)  RULES.--The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
1946	pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the
1947	provisions of this section relating to the K-20 data warehouse.
1948	Section 37.  Subsections (1), (2), and (4) of section
1949	1008.33, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1950	1008.33  Authority to enforce public school
1951	improvement.--It is the intent of the Legislature that all
1952	public schools be held accountable for students performing at
1953	acceptable levels. A system of school improvement and
1954	accountability that assesses student performance by school,
1955	identifies schools in which students are not making adequate
1956	progress toward state standards, institutes appropriate measures
1957	for enforcing improvement, and provides rewards and sanctions
1958	based on performance shall be the responsibility of the State
1959	Board of Education.
1960	(1)  Pursuant to Art. IX of the State Constitution
1961	prescribing the duty of the State Board of Education to
1962	supervise Florida's public school system and notwithstanding any
1963	other statutory provisions to the contrary, the State Board of
1964	Education shall intervene in the operation of a district school
1965	system when one or more schools in the school district have
1966	failed to make adequate progress for 2 school years in a 4-year
1967	period. For purposes of determining when a school is eligible
1968	for state board action and opportunity scholarships for its
1969	students, the terms "2 years in any 4-year period" and "2 years
1970	in a 4-year period" mean that in any year that a school has a
1971	grade of "F," the school is eligible for state board action and
1972	opportunity scholarships for its students if it also has had a
1973	grade of "F" in any of the previous 3 school years. The State
1974	Board of Education may determine that the school district or
1975	school has not taken steps sufficient for students in the school
1976	to be academically well served. Considering recommendations of
1977	the Commissioner of Education, the State Board of Education
1978	shall recommend action to a district school board intended to
1979	improve educational services to students in each school that is
1980	designated with a as performance grade of category "F."
1981	Recommendations for actions to be taken in the school district
1982	shall be made only after thorough consideration of the unique
1983	characteristics of a school, which shall include student
1984	mobility rates, the number and type of exceptional students
1985	enrolled in the school, and the availability of options for
1986	improved educational services. The state board shall adopt by
1987	rule steps to follow in this process. Such steps shall provide
1988	school districts sufficient time to improve student performance
1989	in schools and the opportunity to present evidence of assistance
1990	and interventions that the district school board has
1991	implemented.
1992	(2)  The State Board of Education may recommend one or more
1993	of the following actions to district school boards to enable
1994	students in schools designated with a as performance grade of
1995	category "F" to be academically well served by the public school
1996	system:
1997	(a)  Provide additional resources, change certain
1998	practices, and provide additional assistance if the state board
1999	determines the causes of inadequate progress to be related to
2000	school district policy or practice;
2001	(b)  Implement a plan that satisfactorily resolves the
2002	education equity problems in the school;
2003	(c)  Contract for the educational services of the school,
2004	or reorganize the school at the end of the school year under a
2005	new school principal who is authorized to hire new staff and
2006	implement a plan that addresses the causes of inadequate
2007	progress;
2008	(d)  Authorize the school principal to recommend corrective
2009	actions for low-performing faculty and staff as necessary to
2010	improve educational opportunities and the performance of
2011	students;
2012	(e)(d)  Allow parents of students in the school to send
2013	their children to another district school of their choice; or
2014	(f)(e)  Other action appropriate to improve the school's
2015	performance, including, if the school is a high school,
2016	requiring annual publication of the school's graduation rate
2017	calculated without GEDs for the past 3 years, disaggregated by
2018	student ethnicity.
2019	(4)  The State Board of Education may require the
2020	Department of Education or Chief Financial Officer to withhold
2021	any transfer of state funds to the school district if, within
2022	the timeframe specified in state board action, the school
2023	district has failed to comply with the action ordered to improve
2024	the district's low-performing schools. Withholding the transfer
2025	of funds shall occur only after all other recommended actions
2026	for school improvement have failed to improve performance. The
2027	State Board of Education may impose the same penalty on any
2028	district school board that fails to develop and implement a plan
2029	for assistance and intervention for low-performing schools as
2030	specified in s. 1001.42(16)(d)(c).
2031	Section 38.  Section 1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended
2032	to read:
2033	1008.34  School grading system; school report cards;
2034	district performance grade.--
2035	(1)  ANNUAL REPORTS.--The Commissioner of Education shall
2036	prepare annual reports of the results of the statewide
2037	assessment program which describe student achievement in the
2038	state, each district, and each school. The commissioner shall
2039	prescribe the design and content of these reports, which must
2040	include, without limitation, descriptions of the performance of
2041	all schools participating in the assessment program and all of
2042	their major student populations as determined by the
2043	Commissioner of Education, and must also include the median
2044	scores of all eligible students who scored at or in the lowest
2045	25th percentile of the state in the previous school year;
2046	provided, however, that the provisions of s. 1002.22 pertaining
2047	to student records apply to this section.
2048	(2)  SCHOOL GRADES PERFORMANCE GRADE CATEGORIES.--The
2049	annual report shall identify schools as having one of the
2050	following grades being in one of the following grade categories
2051	defined according to rules of the State Board of Education:
2052	(a)  "A," schools making excellent progress.
2053	(b)  "B," schools making above average progress.
2054	(c)  "C," schools making satisfactory progress.
2055	(d)  "D," schools making less than satisfactory progress.
2056	(e)  "F," schools failing to make adequate progress.
2057
2058	Each school designated with a in performance grade of category
2059	"A," making excellent progress, or having improved at least two
2060	performance grade levels categories, shall have greater
2061	authority over the allocation of the school's total budget
2062	generated from the FEFP, state categoricals, lottery funds,
2063	grants, and local funds, as specified in state board rule. The
2064	rule must provide that the increased budget authority shall
2065	remain in effect until the school's performance grade declines.
2066	(3)  DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES PERFORMANCE GRADE
2067	CATEGORIES.--School grades performance grade category
2068	designations itemized in subsection (2) shall be based on the
2069	following:
2070	(a)  Criteria Timeframes.--A school's grade shall be based
2071	on a combination of:
2072	1.  Student achievement scores School performance grade
2073	category designations shall be based on the school's current
2074	year performance and the school's annual learning gains.
2075	2.  A school's performance grade category designation shall
2076	be based on a combination of student achievement scores, Student
2077	learning gains as measured by annual FCAT assessments in grades
2078	3 through 10., and
2079	3.  Improvement of the lowest 25th percentile of students
2080	in the school in reading, math, or writing on the FCAT Reading,
2081	unless these students are exhibiting performing above
2082	satisfactory performance.
2083	(b)  Student assessment data.--Student assessment data used
2084	in determining school grades performance grade categories shall
2085	include:
2086	1.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
2087	in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT.
2088	2.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
2089	in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT, including
2090	Florida Writes, and who have scored at or in the lowest 25th
2091	percentile of students in the school in reading, math, or
2092	writing, unless these students are exhibiting performing above
2093	satisfactory performance.
2094
2095	The Department of Education shall study the effects of mobility
2096	on the performance of highly mobile students and recommend
2097	programs to improve the performance of such students. The State
2098	Board of Education shall adopt appropriate criteria for each
2099	school performance grade category. The criteria must also give
2100	added weight to student achievement in reading. Schools
2101	designated with a as performance grade of category "C," making
2102	satisfactory progress, shall be required to demonstrate that
2103	adequate progress has been made by students in the school who
2104	are in the lowest 25th percentile in reading, math, or writing
2105	on the FCAT, including Florida Writes, unless these students are
2106	exhibiting performing above satisfactory performance.
2107	(4)  SCHOOL GRADING FOR ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS.--Alternative
2108	schools providing dropout prevention and academic intervention
2109	services may choose to receive a school grade pursuant to
2110	subsections (2) and (3) or an improvement rating pursuant to s.
2111	1008.341 according to the following requirements:
2112	(a)  If an alternative school chooses to be graded pursuant
2113	to this section, student performance data as identified in
2114	subsection (3) shall not be included in the home school's grade
2115	but shall only be included in calculation of the alternative
2116	school's grade unless the Commissioner of Education requires
2117	that the alternative school's student assessment data must be
2118	included in the home school's grade based on a finding of
2119	collusion to avoid the state's accountability system.
2120	(b)  If an alternative school chooses to receive an
2121	improvement rating pursuant to s. 1008.341, student performance
2122	data as identified in subsection (3) shall be included in the
2123	home school's grade, except for achievement scores and learning
2124	gains of students attending alternative schools who are subject
2125	to district school board policies for expulsion for repeated or
2126	serious offenses, in dropout retrieval programs serving students
2127	officially designated as dropouts, or in Department of Juvenile
2128	Justice operated and contracted programs.
2129
2130	For purposes of this section and s. 1008.341, "home school"
2131	means the school the student was attending when assigned to an
2132	alternative school or the school to which the student would be
2133	assigned if the student left the alternative school. School
2134	districts must require collaboration between the home school and
2135	the alternative school to promote student success.
2136	(5)(4)  SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT RATINGS.--The annual report
2137	shall identify each school's performance as having improved,
2138	remained the same, or declined. This school improvement rating
2139	shall be based on a comparison of the current year's and
2140	previous year's student and school performance data. Schools
2141	that improve at least one performance grade level category are
2142	eligible for school recognition awards pursuant to s. 1008.36.
2143	(6)(5)  SCHOOL REPORT CARD PERFORMANCE GRADE CATEGORY AND
2144	IMPROVEMENT RATING REPORTS.--The Department of Education shall
2145	annually develop, in collaboration with the district school
2146	boards, a school report card to be delivered to parents
2147	throughout each school district. The report card shall include
2148	the school's grade, information regarding school improvement, an
2149	explanation of school performance as evaluated by the federal No
2150	Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and indicators of return on
2151	investment. School performance grade category designations and
2152	improvement ratings shall apply to each school's performance for
2153	the year in which performance is measured. Each school's report
2154	card designation and rating shall be published annually by the
2155	department on its website, of Education and the school district
2156	shall provide the school report card to each parent. Parents
2157	shall be entitled to an easy-to-read report card about the
2158	designation and rating of the school in which their child is
2159	enrolled.
2160	(7)  PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING.--The Legislature may factor
2161	in the performance of schools in calculating any
2162	performance-based funding policy that is provided for annually
2163	in the General Appropriations Act.
2164	(8)  DISTRICT PERFORMANCE GRADE.--The annual report
2165	required by subsection (1) shall include district performance
2166	grades, which shall consist of weighted district average grades,
2167	by level, for all elementary schools, middle schools, and high
2168	schools in the district. A district's weighted average grade
2169	shall be calculated by weighting individual school grades
2170	determined pursuant to subsection (2) by school enrollment.
2171	(9)(6)  RULES.--The State Board of Education shall adopt
2172	rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the
2173	provisions of this section.
2174	Section 39.  Section 1008.341, Florida Statutes, is created
2175	to read:
2176	1008.341  School improvement rating for alternative
2177	schools.--
2178	(1)  ANNUAL REPORTS.--The Commissioner of Education shall
2179	prepare an annual report on the performance of each school
2180	receiving a school improvement rating pursuant to this section
2181	provided that the provisions of s. 1002.22 pertaining to student
2182	records shall apply.
2183	(2)  SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT RATING.--Alternative schools that
2184	provide dropout prevention and academic intervention services
2185	may choose to receive a school improvement rating pursuant to
2186	this section in lieu of a school grade pursuant to s. 1008.34.
2187	The school improvement rating shall identify schools as having
2188	one of the following ratings defined according to rules of the
2189	State Board of Education:
2190	(a)  "Improving," schools with students making more
2191	academic progress than when the students were served in their
2192	home schools.
2193	(b)  "Maintaining," schools with students making progress
2194	equivalent to the progress made when the students were served in
2195	their home schools.
2196	(c)  "Declining," schools with students making less
2197	academic progress than when the students were served in their
2198	home schools.
2199
2200	The school improvement rating shall be based on a comparison of
2201	the current year and previous year student performance data.
2202	Schools that improve at least one level or maintain an
2203	"improving" rating pursuant to this section are eligible for
2204	school recognition awards pursuant to s. 1008.36.
2205	(3)  DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT RATING.--Student
2206	data used in determining an alternative school's school
2207	improvement rating shall include:
2208	(a)  The aggregate scores of all students who were assigned
2209	to and enrolled in the school during the October or February FTE
2210	count, who have been assessed on the FCAT, and who have FCAT or
2211	comparable scores for the preceding school year.
2212	(b)  The aggregate scores of all students who were assigned
2213	to and enrolled in the school during the October or February FTE
2214	count, who have been assessed on the FCAT, including Florida
2215	Writes, and who have scored in the lowest 25th percentile of
2216	students in the state on FCAT Reading.
2217	(4)  IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENT LEARNING GAINS.--For each
2218	alternative school receiving a school improvement rating, the
2219	Department of Education shall annually identify the percentage
2220	of students making learning gains as compared to the percentage
2221	of the same students making learning gains in their home schools
2222	in the year prior to being assigned to the alternative school.
2223	(5)  SCHOOL REPORT CARD.--The Department of Education shall
2224	annually develop, in collaboration with the school districts, a
2225	school report card for alternative schools to be delivered to
2226	parents throughout each school district. The report card shall
2227	include the school improvement rating, identification of student
2228	learning gains, information regarding school improvement, an
2229	explanation of school performance as evaluated by the federal No
2230	Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and indicators of return on
2231	investment.
2232	(6)  RULES.--The State Board of Education may adopt rules
2233	pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the
2234	provisions of this section.
2235	Section 40.  Subsection (5), paragraphs (b) and (d) of
2236	subsection (6), and subsection (7) of section 1008.345, Florida
2237	Statutes, are amended to read:
2238	1008.345  Implementation of state system of school
2239	improvement and education accountability.--
2240	(5)  The commissioner shall report to the Legislature and
2241	recommend changes in state policy necessary to foster school
2242	improvement and education accountability. Included in the report
2243	shall be a list of the schools, including schools operating for
2244	the purpose of providing educational services to youth in
2245	Department of Juvenile Justice programs, for which district
2246	school boards have developed assistance and intervention plans
2247	and an analysis of the various strategies used by the school
2248	boards. School reports shall be distributed pursuant to this
2249	subsection and s. 1001.42(16)(f)(e) and according to rules
2250	adopted by the State Board of Education.
2251	(6)
2252	(b)  Upon request, the department shall provide technical
2253	assistance and training to any school, including any school
2254	operating for the purpose of providing educational services to
2255	youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs, school
2256	advisory council, district, or district school board for
2257	conducting needs assessments, developing and implementing school
2258	improvement plans, developing and implementing assistance and
2259	intervention plans, or implementing other components of school
2260	improvement and accountability. Priority for these services
2261	shall be given to schools designated with a as performance grade
2262	of category "D" or "F" and school districts in rural and
2263	sparsely populated areas of the state.
2264	(d)1.  The commissioner department shall assign a community
2265	assessment team to each school district with a school designated
2266	with a as performance grade of category "D" or "F" to review the
2267	school performance data, including, for a high school graded "D"
2268	or "F," the school's graduation rate calculated without GEDs for
2269	the past 3 years, disaggregated by student ethnicity, and
2270	determine causes for the low performance. The team shall make
2271	recommendations to the school board, to the department, and to
2272	the State Board of Education for implementing an assistance and
2273	intervention plan that will address the causes of the school's
2274	low performance. The assessment team shall include, but not be
2275	limited to, a department representative, parents, business
2276	representatives, educators, and community activists, and shall
2277	represent the demographics of the community from which they are
2278	appointed.
2279	2.  Each school district that has a school designated with
2280	a grade of "F" for a second consecutive year after the community
2281	assessment team's recommendations to the school board for
2282	implementing an assistance and intervention plan shall be
2283	subject to review and oversight by the Governor and the
2284	Commissioner of Education as a school district in a state of
2285	educational emergency.
2286	3.  For each school district in a state of educational
2287	emergency, the Governor and the Commissioner of Education shall
2288	contact the district school board to determine what actions have
2289	been taken by the district school board to address the
2290	recommendations of the community assessment team and to resolve
2291	the educational emergency. The Governor and the Commissioner of
2292	Education shall determine whether the district school board
2293	needs state assistance to resolve the educational emergency. If
2294	state assistance is needed, the Governor and the Commissioner of
2295	Education have the authority to implement measures as set forth
2296	in this subparagraph to assist the district school board in
2297	resolving the educational emergency. Such measures may include,
2298	but are not limited to:
2299	a.  Requiring approval of the school district's budget by
2300	the Governor and the Commissioner of Education.
2301	b.  Authorizing a state loan and providing for its
2302	repayment by the district school board.
2303	c.  Requiring the district school board to reallocate funds
2304	as necessary until such time as the school district is no longer
2305	in a state of educational emergency.
2306	d.  Making inspections and reviews of records, information,
2307	reports, and assets of the school district. The appropriate
2308	school district officials shall cooperate in such inspections
2309	and reviews.
2310	e.  Consulting with officials and auditors of the school
2311	district and the appropriate state officials regarding any steps
2312	necessary to bring the books of account, accounting systems,
2313	financial procedures, personnel, and personnel systems into
2314	compliance with state requirements.
2315	f.  Providing technical assistance to the district school
2316	board.
2317	g.  Establishing an educational emergency board to oversee
2318	the activities of the district school board. If an educational
2319	emergency board is established, the Governor and Commissioner of
2320	Education shall appoint board members and select a chair. The
2321	school district's community assessment team shall serve in an
2322	advisory capacity to the educational emergency board. The
2323	educational emergency board shall adopt such rules as are
2324	necessary for conducting board business. The board may review
2325	all of the educational operations, including, but not limited
2326	to, graduation and dropout rates, personnel, management,
2327	efficiency, curriculum, instructional materials, productivity,
2328	and financing of functions and operations, of the school
2329	district. The recommendations and reports made by the
2330	educational emergency board must be submitted to the Governor,
2331	the Commissioner of Education, and the State Board of Education
2332	for appropriate action. Upon receipt of the educational
2333	emergency board's recommendations and report, the Governor, the
2334	Commissioner of Education, and the State Board of Education
2335	shall require an action plan to implement the educational
2336	emergency board's recommendations, to be prepared by officials
2337	of the school district in consultation with the appropriate
2338	state officials, so as to cause the school district to no longer
2339	be in a state of educational emergency.
2340	4.  The Governor and the Commissioner of Education may
2341	terminate all state actions pursuant to this paragraph upon
2342	determination that the school district is no longer in a state
2343	of educational emergency and has successfully established and is
2344	operating an effective educational system for all students in
2345	the district.
2346	(7)(a)  Schools designated with a in performance grade of
2347	category "A," making excellent progress, shall, if requested by
2348	the school, be given deregulated status as specified in s.
2349	1003.63(5), (7), (8), (9), and (10).
2350	(b)  Schools that have improved at least two grades
2351	performance grade categories and that meet the criteria of the
2352	Florida School Recognition Program pursuant to s. 1008.36 may be
2353	given deregulated status as specified in s. 1003.63(5), (7),
2354	(8), (9), and (10).
2355	Section 41.  Subsections (3), (4), and (5) of section
2356	1008.36, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
2357	1008.36  Florida School Recognition Program.--
2358	(3)  All public schools, including charter schools, that
2359	receive a school grade pursuant to s. 1008.34 or a school
2360	improvement rating pursuant to s. 1008.341 are eligible to
2361	participate in the program.
2362	(4)  All selected schools shall receive financial awards
2363	depending on the availability of funds appropriated and the
2364	number and size of schools selected to receive an award. Funds
2365	must be distributed to the school's fiscal agent and placed in
2366	the school's account and must be used for purposes listed in
2367	subsection (5) as determined by the staff and school advisory
2368	council pursuant to s. 1001.452 in the annual school improvement
2369	plan required under s. 1001.42(16)(a). If such a determination
2370	is not included in the school improvement plan at the time of
2371	its annual approval by the district school board, the school
2372	shall not be eligible to receive a financial award jointly by
2373	the school's staff and school advisory council. If school staff
2374	and the school advisory council cannot reach agreement by
2375	November 1, the awards must be equally distributed to all
2376	classroom teachers currently teaching in the school.
2377	(5)  School recognition awards must be used for the
2378	following:
2379	(a)  Nonrecurring bonuses to the faculty and staff who
2380	worked at the school during the year of improved performance and
2381	additional employees as determined in the school improvement
2382	plan;
2383	(b)  Nonrecurring expenditures for educational equipment,
2384	or materials, or student incentives to assist in maintaining and
2385	improving student performance; or
2386	(c)  Temporary personnel for the school to assist in
2387	maintaining and improving student performance.
2388
2389	Notwithstanding statutory provisions to the contrary, incentive
2390	awards are not subject to collective bargaining.
2391	Section 42.  Paragraphs (f), (h), (l), (m), and (n) of
2392	subsection (1) and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (4) of
2393	section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are amended, subsections (8)
2394	and (9) are renumbered as subsections (9) and (10),
2395	respectively, and amended, and a new subsection (8) is added to
2396	that section, to read:
2397	1011.62  Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual
2398	allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
2399	district for operation of schools is not determined in the
2400	annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
2401	the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
2402	follows:
2403	(1)  COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
2404	OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in
2405	determining the annual allocation to each district for
2406	operation:
2407	(f)  Supplemental academic instruction; categorical fund.--
2408	1.  There is created a categorical fund to provide
2409	supplemental academic instruction to students in kindergarten
2410	through grade 12. This paragraph may be cited as the
2411	"Supplemental Academic Instruction Categorical Fund."
2412	2.  Categorical funds for supplemental academic instruction
2413	shall be allocated annually to each school district in the
2414	amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. These funds
2415	shall be in addition to the funds appropriated on the basis of
2416	FTE student membership in the Florida Education Finance Program
2417	and shall be included in the total potential funds of each
2418	district. These funds shall be used to provide supplemental
2419	academic instruction to students enrolled in the K-12 program.
2420	Supplemental instruction strategies may include, but are not
2421	limited to: modified curriculum, reading instruction, after-
2422	school instruction, tutoring, mentoring, class size reduction,
2423	extended school year, intensive skills development in summer
2424	school, and other methods for improving student achievement.
2425	Supplemental instruction may be provided to a student in any
2426	manner and at any time during or beyond the regular 180-day term
2427	identified by the school as being the most effective and
2428	efficient way to best help that student progress from grade to
2429	grade and to graduate.
2430	3.  Effective with the 1999-2000 fiscal year, funding on
2431	the basis of FTE membership beyond the 180-day regular term
2432	shall be provided in the FEFP only for students enrolled in
2433	juvenile justice education programs or in an education program
2434	for juveniles under s. 985.223. Funding for instruction beyond
2435	the regular 180-day school year for all other K-12 students
2436	shall be provided through the supplemental academic instruction
2437	categorical fund and other state, federal, and local fund
2438	sources with ample flexibility for schools to provide
2439	supplemental instruction to assist students in progressing from
2440	grade to grade and graduating.
2441	4.  The Florida State University School, as a lab school,
2442	is authorized to expend from its FEFP or Lottery Enhancement
2443	Trust Fund allocation the cost to the student of remediation in
2444	reading, writing, or mathematics for any graduate who requires
2445	remediation at a postsecondary educational institution.
2446	5.  Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, dropout
2447	prevention programs as defined in ss. 1003.52, 1003.53(1)(a),
2448	(b), and (c), and 1003.54 shall be included in group 1 programs
2449	under subparagraph (d)3.
2450	(h)  Small, isolated high schools.--Districts which levy
2451	the maximum nonvoted discretionary millage, exclusive of millage
2452	for capital outlay purposes levied pursuant to s. 1011.71(2),
2453	may calculate full-time equivalent students for small, isolated
2454	high schools by multiplying the number of unweighted full-time
2455	equivalent students times 2.75; provided the school has attained
2456	a state accountability performance grade category of "C" or
2457	better, pursuant to s. 1008.34, for the previous school year.
2458	For the purpose of this section, the term "small, isolated high
2459	school" means any high school which is located no less than 28
2460	miles by the shortest route from another high school; which has
2461	been serving students primarily in basic studies provided by
2462	sub-subparagraphs (c)1.b. and c. and may include subparagraph
2463	(c)4.; and which has a membership of no more than 100 students,
2464	but no fewer than 28 students, in grades 9 through 12.
2465	(l)  Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
2466	membership based on international baccalaureate examination
2467	scores of students.--A value of 0.24 full-time equivalent
2468	student membership shall be calculated for each student enrolled
2469	in an international baccalaureate course who receives a score of
2470	4 or higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.3 full-time
2471	equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
2472	student who receives an international baccalaureate diploma.
2473	Such value shall be added to the total full-time equivalent
2474	student membership in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in
2475	the subsequent fiscal year. The school district shall distribute
2476	to each classroom teacher who provided international
2477	baccalaureate instruction:
2478	1.  A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
2479	the International Baccalaureate teacher in each international
2480	baccalaureate course who receives a score of 4 or higher on the
2481	international baccalaureate examination.
2482	2.  An additional bonus of $500 to each International
2483	Baccalaureate teacher in a school designated with a performance
2484	grade of category "D" or "F" who has at least one student
2485	scoring 4 or higher on the international baccalaureate
2486	examination, regardless of the number of classes taught or of
2487	the number of students scoring a 4 or higher on the
2488	international baccalaureate examination.
2489
2490	Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall
2491	not exceed $2,000 in any given school year and shall be in
2492	addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher received
2493	or is scheduled to receive.
2494	(m)  Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
2495	membership based on Advanced International Certificate of
2496	Education examination scores of students.--A value of 0.24 full-
2497	full-time equivalent student membership shall be calculated for
2498	each student enrolled in a full-credit Advanced International
2499	Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or
2500	higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.12 full-time
2501	equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
2502	student enrolled in a half-credit Advanced International
2503	Certificate of Education course who receives a score of E or
2504	higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.3 full-time
2505	equivalent student membership shall be calculated for each
2506	student who receives an Advanced International Certificate of
2507	Education diploma. Such value shall be added to the total full-
2508	time equivalent student membership in basic programs for grades
2509	9 through 12 in the subsequent fiscal year. The school district
2510	shall distribute to each classroom teacher who provided Advanced
2511	International Certificate of Education instruction:
2512	1.  A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
2513	the Advanced International Certificate of Education teacher in
2514	each full-credit Advanced International Certificate of Education
2515	course who receives a score of E or higher on the Advanced
2516	International Certificate of Education examination. A bonus in
2517	the amount of $25 for each student taught by the Advanced
2518	International Certificate of Education teacher in each half-
2519	credit Advanced International Certificate of Education course
2520	who receives a score of E or higher on the Advanced
2521	International Certificate of Education examination.
2522	2.  An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced
2523	International Certificate of Education teacher in a school
2524	designated with a performance grade of category "D" or "F" who
2525	has at least one student scoring E or higher on the full-credit
2526	Advanced International Certificate of Education examination,
2527	regardless of the number of classes taught or of the number of
2528	students scoring an E or higher on the full-credit Advanced
2529	International Certificate of Education examination.
2530	3.  Additional bonuses of $250 each to teachers of half-
2531	credit Advanced International Certificate of Education classes
2532	in a school designated with a performance grade of category "D"
2533	or "F" which has at least one student scoring an E or higher on
2534	the half-credit Advanced International Certificate of Education
2535	examination in that class. The maximum additional bonus for a
2536	teacher awarded in accordance with this subparagraph shall not
2537	exceed $500 in any given school year. Teachers receiving an
2538	award under subparagraph 2. are not eligible for a bonus under
2539	this subparagraph.
2540
2541	Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall
2542	not exceed $2,000 in any given school year and shall be in
2543	addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher received
2544	or is scheduled to receive.
2545	(n)  Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
2546	membership based on college board advanced placement scores of
2547	students.--A value of 0.24 full-time equivalent student
2548	membership shall be calculated for each student in each advanced
2549	placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher on the
2550	College Board Advanced Placement Examination for the prior year
2551	and added to the total full-time equivalent student membership
2552	in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in the subsequent
2553	fiscal year. Each district must allocate at least 80 percent of
2554	the funds provided to the district for advanced placement
2555	instruction, in accordance with this paragraph, to the high
2556	school that generates the funds. The school district shall
2557	distribute to each classroom teacher who provided advanced
2558	placement instruction:
2559	1.  A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
2560	the Advanced Placement teacher in each advanced placement course
2561	who receives a score of 3 or higher on the College Board
2562	Advanced Placement Examination.
2563	2.  An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced Placement
2564	teacher in a school designated with a performance grade of
2565	category "D" or "F" who has at least one student scoring 3 or
2566	higher on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination,
2567	regardless of the number of classes taught or of the number of
2568	students scoring a 3 or higher on the College Board Advanced
2569	Placement Examination.
2570
2571	Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall
2572	not exceed $2,000 in any given school year and shall be in
2573	addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher received
2574	or is scheduled to receive.
2575	(4)  COMPUTATION OF DISTRICT REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT.--The
2576	Legislature shall prescribe the aggregate required local effort
2577	for all school districts collectively as an item in the General
2578	Appropriations Act for each fiscal year. The amount that each
2579	district shall provide annually toward the cost of the Florida
2580	Education Finance Program for kindergarten through grade 12
2581	programs shall be calculated as follows:
2582	(a)  Estimated taxable value calculations.--
2583	1.a.  Not later than 2 working days prior to July 19, the
2584	Department of Revenue shall certify to the Commissioner of
2585	Education its most recent estimate of the taxable value for
2586	school purposes in each school district and the total for all
2587	school districts in the state for the current calendar year
2588	based on the latest available data obtained from the local
2589	property appraisers. Not later than July 19, the Commissioner of
2590	Education shall compute a millage rate, rounded to the next
2591	highest one one-thousandth of a mill, which, when applied to 95
2592	percent of the estimated state total taxable value for school
2593	purposes, would generate the prescribed aggregate required local
2594	effort for that year for all districts. The Commissioner of
2595	Education shall certify to each district school board the
2596	millage rate, computed as prescribed in this subparagraph, as
2597	the minimum millage rate necessary to provide the district
2598	required local effort for that year.
2599	b.  The General Appropriations Act shall direct the
2600	computation of the statewide adjusted aggregate amount for
2601	required local effort for all school districts collectively from
2602	ad valorem taxes to ensure that no school district's revenue
2603	from required local effort millage will produce more than 90
2604	percent of the district's total Florida Education Finance
2605	Program calculation, and the adjustment of the required local
2606	effort millage rate of each district that produces more than 90
2607	percent of its total Florida Education Finance Program
2608	entitlement to a level that will produce only 90 percent of its
2609	total Florida Education Finance Program entitlement in the July
2610	calculation.
2611	2.  As revised data are received from property appraisers,
2612	the Department of Revenue shall amend the certification of the
2613	estimate of the taxable value for school purposes. The
2614	Commissioner of Education, in administering the provisions of
2615	subparagraph (10)(9)(a)2., shall use the most recent taxable
2616	value for the appropriate year.
2617	(b)  Final calculation.--
2618	1.  The Department of Revenue shall, upon receipt of the
2619	official final assessed value of property from each of the
2620	property appraisers, certify to the Commissioner of Education
2621	the taxable value total for school purposes in each school
2622	district, subject to the provisions of paragraph (d). The
2623	commissioner shall use the official final taxable value for
2624	school purposes for each school district in the final
2625	calculation of the annual Florida Education Finance Program
2626	allocations.
2627	2.  For the purposes of this paragraph, the official final
2628	taxable value for school purposes shall be the taxable value for
2629	school purposes on which the tax bills are computed and mailed
2630	to the taxpayers, adjusted to reflect final administrative
2631	actions of value adjustment boards and judicial decisions
2632	pursuant to part I of chapter 194. By September 1 of each year,
2633	the Department of Revenue shall certify to the commissioner the
2634	official prior year final taxable value for school purposes. For
2635	each county that has not submitted a revised tax roll reflecting
2636	final value adjustment board actions and final judicial
2637	decisions, the Department of Revenue shall certify the most
2638	recent revision of the official taxable value for school
2639	purposes. The certified value shall be the final taxable value
2640	for school purposes, and no further adjustments shall be made,
2641	except those made pursuant to subparagraph (10)(9)(a)2.
2642	(8)  RESEARCH-BASED READING INSTRUCTION ALLOCATION.--
2643	(a)  The research-based reading instruction allocation is
2644	created to provide comprehensive reading instruction to students
2645	in kindergarten through grade 12.
2646	(b)  Funds for comprehensive, research-based reading
2647	instruction shall be allocated annually to each school district
2648	in the amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. Each
2649	eligible school district shall receive the same minimum amount
2650	as specified in the General Appropriations Act, and any
2651	remaining funds shall be distributed to eligible school
2652	districts based on each school district's proportionate share of
2653	K-12 base funding.
2654	(c)  Funds must be used to provide a system of
2655	comprehensive reading instruction to students enrolled in the K-
2656	12 programs, which may include the following:
2657	1.  The provision of highly qualified reading coaches.
2658	2.  Professional development for school district teachers
2659	and administrators in scientifically based reading instruction.
2660	3.  The provision of summer reading camps for students who
2661	score at Level 1 on FCAT Reading.
2662	4.  The provision of supplemental instructional materials
2663	that are grounded in scientifically based reading research and
2664	comprehensive training in their use for which teachers shall
2665	receive inservice credit.
2666	5.  The provision of intensive interventions for middle and
2667	high school students reading below grade level.
2668	(d)  Annually, by a date determined by the Department of
2669	Education but before May 1, school districts shall submit a K-12
2670	comprehensive reading plan for the specific use of the research-
2671	based reading instruction allocation in the format prescribed by
2672	the department for review and approval by the Just Read,
2673	Florida! Office created pursuant to s. 1001.215. The plan
2674	annually submitted by school districts shall be deemed approved
2675	unless the department rejects the plan on or before June 1. If a
2676	school district and the Just Read, Florida! Office cannot reach
2677	agreement on the contents of the plan, the school district may
2678	appeal to the State Board of Education for resolution. High-
2679	performing school districts shall be allowed reasonable
2680	flexibility in designing their plans and shall be encouraged to
2681	offer reading intervention through innovative methods. The plan
2682	format shall be developed with input from school district
2683	personnel, including teachers and principals. The plan must
2684	emphasize reading for information at the secondary level and
2685	allow reading intervention through content courses in core,
2686	career, and alternative programs. No later than July 1 annually,
2687	the department shall release the school district's allocation of
2688	appropriated funds to those districts with approved plans. A
2689	school district that spends 100 percent of this allocation on
2690	its approved plan shall be deemed to have been in compliance
2691	with the plan. The department may withhold funds upon a
2692	determination that reading instruction allocation funds are not
2693	being used to implement the approved plan.
2694	(9)(8)  QUALITY ASSURANCE GUARANTEE.--The Legislature may
2695	annually in the General Appropriations Act determine a
2696	percentage increase in funds per K-12 unweighted FTE as a
2697	minimum guarantee to each school district. The guarantee shall
2698	be calculated from prior year base funding per unweighted FTE
2699	student which shall include the adjusted FTE dollars as provided
2700	in subsection (10)(9), quality guarantee funds, and actual
2701	nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. From the base
2702	funding per unweighted FTE, the increase shall be calculated for
2703	the current year. The current year funds from which the
2704	guarantee shall be determined shall include the adjusted FTE
2705	dollars as provided in subsection (10)(9) and potential nonvoted
2706	discretionary local effort from taxes. A comparison of current
2707	year funds per unweighted FTE to prior year funds per unweighted
2708	FTE shall be computed. For those school districts which have
2709	less than the legislatively assigned percentage increase, funds
2710	shall be provided to guarantee the assigned percentage increase
2711	in funds per unweighted FTE student. Should appropriated funds
2712	be less than the sum of this calculated amount for all
2713	districts, the commissioner shall prorate each district's
2714	allocation. This provision shall be implemented to the extent
2715	specifically funded.
2716	(10)(9)  TOTAL ALLOCATION OF STATE FUNDS TO EACH DISTRICT
2717	FOR CURRENT OPERATION.--The total annual state allocation to
2718	each district for current operation for the FEFP shall be
2719	distributed periodically in the manner prescribed in the General
2720	Appropriations Act.
2721	(a)  The basic amount for current operation for the FEFP as
2722	determined in subsection (1), multiplied by the district cost
2723	differential factor as determined in subsection (2), plus the
2724	amounts provided for categorical components within the FEFP,
2725	plus the amount for the sparsity supplement as determined in
2726	subsection (6), the decline in full-time equivalent students as
2727	determined in subsection (7), the research-based reading
2728	instruction allocation as determined in subsection (8), and the
2729	quality assurance guarantee as determined in subsection (9)(8),
2730	less the required local effort as determined in subsection (4).
2731	If the funds appropriated for the purpose of funding the total
2732	amount for current operation as provided in this paragraph are
2733	not sufficient to pay the state requirement in full, the
2734	department shall prorate the available state funds to each
2735	district in the following manner:
2736	1.  Determine the percentage of proration by dividing the
2737	sum of the total amount for current operation, as provided in
2738	this paragraph for all districts collectively, and the total
2739	district required local effort into the sum of the state funds
2740	available for current operation and the total district required
2741	local effort.
2742	2.  Multiply the percentage so determined by the sum of the
2743	total amount for current operation as provided in this paragraph
2744	and the required local effort for each individual district.
2745	3.  From the product of such multiplication, subtract the
2746	required local effort of each district; and the remainder shall
2747	be the amount of state funds allocated to the district for
2748	current operation.
2749	(b)  The amount thus obtained shall be the net annual
2750	allocation to each school district. However, if it is determined
2751	that any school district received an underallocation or
2752	overallocation for any prior year because of an arithmetical
2753	error, assessment roll change, full-time equivalent student
2754	membership error, or any allocation error revealed in an audit
2755	report, the allocation to that district shall be appropriately
2756	adjusted. Beginning with audits for the 2001-2002 fiscal year,
2757	if the adjustment is the result of an audit finding in which
2758	group 2 FTE are reclassified to the basic program and the
2759	district weighted FTE are over the weighted enrollment ceiling
2760	for group 2 programs, the adjustment shall not result in a gain
2761	of state funds to the district. If the Department of Education
2762	audit adjustment recommendation is based upon controverted
2763	findings of fact, the Commissioner of Education is authorized to
2764	establish the amount of the adjustment based on the best
2765	interests of the state.
2766	(c)  The amount thus obtained shall represent the net
2767	annual state allocation to each district; however,
2768	notwithstanding any of the provisions herein, each district
2769	shall be guaranteed a minimum level of funding in the amount and
2770	manner prescribed in the General Appropriations Act.
2771	Section 43.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
2772	1011.64, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2773	1011.64  School district minimum classroom expenditure
2774	requirements.--
2775	(2)  For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this
2776	section, the Legislature shall prescribe minimum academic
2777	performance standards and minimum classroom expenditure
2778	requirements for districts not meeting such minimum academic
2779	performance standards in the General Appropriations Act.
2780	(a)  Minimum academic performance standards may be based
2781	on, but are not limited to, district performance grades
2782	determined pursuant to s. 1008.34(7)(8).
2783	Section 44.  Section 1011.67, Florida Statutes, is amended
2784	to read:
2785	1011.67  Funds for instructional materials.--
2786	(1)  The department is authorized to allocate and
2787	distribute to each district an amount as prescribed annually by
2788	the Legislature for instructional materials for student
2789	membership in basic and special programs in grades K-12, which
2790	will provide for growth and maintenance needs. For purposes of
2791	this subsection section, unweighted full-time equivalent
2792	students enrolled in the lab schools in state universities are
2793	to be included as school district students and reported as such
2794	to the department. These funds shall be distributed to school
2795	districts as follows: 50 percent on or about July 10; 35 percent
2796	on or about October 10; 10 percent on or about January 10; and 5
2797	percent on or about June 10. The annual allocation shall be
2798	determined as follows:
2799	(a)(1)  The growth allocation for each school district
2800	shall be calculated as follows:
2801	1.(a)  Subtract from that district's projected full-time
2802	equivalent membership of students in basic and special programs
2803	in grades K-12 used in determining the initial allocation of the
2804	Florida Education Finance Program, the prior year's full-time
2805	equivalent membership of students in basic and special programs
2806	in grades K-12 for that district.
2807	2.(b)  Multiply any such increase in full-time equivalent
2808	student membership by the allocation for a set of instructional
2809	materials, as determined by the department, or as provided for
2810	in the General Appropriations Act.
2811	3.(c)  The amount thus determined shall be that district's
2812	initial allocation for growth for the school year. However, the
2813	department shall recompute and adjust the initial allocation
2814	based on actual full-time equivalent student membership data for
2815	that year.
2816	(b)(2)  The maintenance of the instructional materials
2817	allocation for each school district shall be calculated by
2818	multiplying each district's prior year full-time equivalent
2819	membership of students in basic and special programs in grades
2820	K-12 by the allocation for maintenance of a set of instructional
2821	materials as provided for in the General Appropriations Act. The
2822	amount thus determined shall be that district's initial
2823	allocation for maintenance for the school year; however, the
2824	department shall recompute and adjust the initial allocation
2825	based on such actual full-time equivalent student membership
2826	data for that year.
2827	(c)(3)  In the event the funds appropriated are not
2828	sufficient for the purpose of implementing this subsection
2829	section in full, the department shall prorate the funds
2830	available for instructional materials after first funding in
2831	full each district's growth allocation.
2832	(2)  Annually by July 1 and prior to the release of
2833	instructional materials funds, each district school
2834	superintendent shall certify to the Commissioner of Education
2835	that the district school board has approved a comprehensive
2836	staff development plan that requires fidelity of implementation
2837	of instructional materials that are in the first 2 years of the
2838	adoption cycle and that the district intends to purchase. The
2839	staff development plan must provide for training for each
2840	teacher who will use the materials, provide inservice credit for
2841	the training, and document satisfactory completion of the
2842	training by each teacher. The superintendent shall annually
2843	report to the district school board on the implementation of the
2844	plan. The report shall include verification that training was
2845	provided, that teachers satisfactorily completed the training,
2846	and that the materials are being implemented as designed. The
2847	district's collective bargaining agreement shall not be used as
2848	a barrier to compliance with this subsection.
2849	Section 45.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
2850	1011.685, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2851	1011.685  Class size reduction; operating categorical
2852	fund.--
2853	(2)  Class size reduction operating categorical funds shall
2854	be used by school districts for the following:
2855	(b)  For any lawful operating expenditure, if the district
2856	has met the constitutional maximums identified in s. 1003.03(1)
2857	or the reduction of two students per year required by s.
2858	1003.03(2); however, priority shall be given to increase
2859	salaries of classroom teachers as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a)
2860	and to implement the performance-pay incentive and the
2861	differentiated pay detailed in s. 1012.22(1)(c) salary career
2862	ladder defined in s. 1012.231.
2863	Section 46.  Subsection (1) of section 1011.71, Florida
2864	Statutes, is amended to read:
2865	1011.71  District school tax.--
2866	(1)  If the district school tax is not provided in the
2867	General Appropriations Act or the substantive bill implementing
2868	the General Appropriations Act, each district school board
2869	desiring to participate in the state allocation of funds for
2870	current operation as prescribed by s. 1011.62(10)(9) shall levy
2871	on the taxable value for school purposes of the district,
2872	exclusive of millage voted under the provisions of s. 9(b) or s.
2873	12, Art. VII of the State Constitution, a millage rate not to
2874	exceed the amount certified by the commissioner as the minimum
2875	millage rate necessary to provide the district required local
2876	effort for the current year, pursuant to s. 1011.62(4)(a)1. In
2877	addition to the required local effort millage levy, each
2878	district school board may levy a nonvoted current operating
2879	discretionary millage. The Legislature shall prescribe annually
2880	in the appropriations act the maximum amount of millage a
2881	district may levy. The millage rate prescribed shall exceed zero
2882	mills but shall not exceed the lesser of 1.6 mills or 25 percent
2883	of the millage which is required pursuant to s. 1011.62(4),
2884	exclusive of millage levied pursuant to subsection (2).
2885	Section 47.  Subsection (6) is added to section 1012.21,
2886	Florida Statutes, to read:
2887	1012.21  Department of Education duties; K-12 personnel.--
2888	(6)  REPORTING.--The Department of Education shall annually
2889	post online links to each school district's collectively
2890	bargained contracts and the salary and benefits of the personnel
2891	or officers of any educator association that were paid by the
2892	school district pursuant to s. 1012.22.
2893	Section 48.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
2894	1012.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2895	1012.22  Public school personnel; powers and duties of the
2896	district school board.--The district school board shall:
2897	(1)  Designate positions to be filled, prescribe
2898	qualifications for those positions, and provide for the
2899	appointment, compensation, promotion, suspension, and dismissal
2900	of employees as follows, subject to the requirements of this
2901	chapter:
2902	(c)  Compensation and salary schedules.--
2903	1.  The district school board shall adopt a salary schedule
2904	or salary schedules designed to furnish incentives for
2905	improvement in training and for continued efficient service to
2906	be used as a basis for paying all school employees and fix and
2907	authorize the compensation of school employees on the basis
2908	thereof.
2909	2.  A district school board, in determining the salary
2910	schedule for instructional personnel, must base a portion of
2911	each employee's compensation on performance demonstrated under
2912	s. 1012.34, must consider the prior teaching experience of a
2913	person who has been designated state teacher of the year by any
2914	state in the United States, and must consider prior professional
2915	experience in the field of education gained in positions in
2916	addition to district level instructional and administrative
2917	positions.
2918	3.  In developing the salary schedule, the district school
2919	board shall seek input from parents, teachers, and
2920	representatives of the business community.
2921	4.  Beginning with the 2002-2003 fiscal year, each district
2922	school board must adopt a performance-pay policy for school
2923	administrators and instructional personnel. The district's
2924	performance-pay policy is subject to negotiation as provided in
2925	chapter 447; however, the adopted salary schedule must allow
2926	school administrators and instructional personnel who
2927	demonstrate outstanding performance, as measured under s.
2928	1012.34, to earn a 5-percent supplement in addition to their
2929	individual, negotiated salary. The supplements shall be funded
2930	from the performance-pay reserve funds adopted in the salary
2931	schedule. Beginning with the 2004-2005 academic year, the
2932	district's 5-percent performance-pay policy must provide for the
2933	evaluation of classroom teachers within each level of the salary
2934	career ladder provided in s. 1012.231. The Commissioner of
2935	Education shall determine whether the district school board's
2936	adopted policy and salary schedule complies with the requirement
2937	for performance-based pay. If the district school board fails to
2938	comply with this section, the commissioner may shall withhold
2939	disbursements from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund to the
2940	district and take any other measure provided by law necessary to
2941	ensure compliance until compliance is verified.
2942	5.  Beginning with the 2007-2008 academic year, each
2943	district school board shall adopt a salary schedule with
2944	differentiated pay for both instructional personnel and school-
2945	based administrators. The salary schedule is subject to
2946	negotiation as provided in chapter 447 and must allow
2947	differentiated pay based on district-determined factors,
2948	including, but not limited to, additional responsibilities,
2949	school demographics, critical shortage areas, and level of job
2950	performance difficulties.
2951	Section 49.  Section 1012.2315, Florida Statutes, is
2952	created to read:
2953	1012.2315  Assignment of teachers.--
2954	(1)  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.--The Legislature
2955	finds disparity between teachers assigned to teach in a majority
2956	of "A" graded schools compared to teachers assigned to teach in
2957	a majority of "F" graded schools. The disparity can be found in
2958	the average years of experience, the median salary, and the
2959	performance of the teachers on teacher certification
2960	examinations. It is the intent of the Legislature that district
2961	school boards have flexibility through the collective bargaining
2962	process to assign teachers more equitably across the schools in
2963	the district.
2964	(2)  ASSIGNMENT TO SCHOOLS GRADED "D" OR "F."--School
2965	districts may not assign a higher percentage than the school
2966	district average of first-time teachers, temporarily certified
2967	teachers, teachers in need of improvement, or out-of-field
2968	teachers to schools with above the school district average of
2969	minority and economically disadvantaged students or schools that
2970	are graded "D" or "F." Each school district shall annually
2971	certify to the Commissioner of Education that this requirement
2972	has been met. If the commissioner determines that a school
2973	district is not in compliance with this subsection, the State
2974	Board of Education shall be notified and shall take action
2975	pursuant to s. 1008.32 in the next regularly scheduled meeting
2976	to require compliance.
2977	Section 50.  Subsection (2) of section 1012.27, Florida
2978	Statutes, is amended to read:
2979	1012.27  Public school personnel; powers and duties of
2980	district school superintendent.--The district school
2981	superintendent is responsible for directing the work of the
2982	personnel, subject to the requirements of this chapter, and in
2983	addition the district school superintendent shall perform the
2984	following:
2985	(2)  COMPENSATION AND SALARY SCHEDULES.--Prepare and
2986	recommend to the district school board for adoption a salary
2987	schedule or salary schedules. The district school superintendent
2988	must recommend a salary schedule for instructional personnel
2989	which bases a portion of each employee's compensation on
2990	performance demonstrated under s. 1012.34. In developing the
2991	recommended salary schedule, the district school superintendent
2992	shall include input from parents, teachers, and representatives
2993	of the business community. Beginning with the 2006-2007 2004-
2994	2005 academic year, the recommended salary schedule for
2995	classroom teachers shall be consistent with the district's
2996	performance-pay policy under s. 1012.22(1)(c) and, beginning
2997	with the 2007-2008 academic year, the district's differentiated
2998	pay under s. 1012.22(1)(c) career ladder based upon s. 1012.231.
2999	Section 51.  Subsection (6) of section 1012.28, Florida
3000	Statutes, is amended to read:
3001	1012.28  Public school personnel; duties of school
3002	principals.--
3003	(6)  A school principal who fails to comply with this
3004	section shall be ineligible for any portion of the performance-
3005	pay performance pay policy incentive or the differentiated pay
3006	under s. 1012.22(1)(c).
3007	Section 52.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
3008	1012.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3009	1012.34  Assessment procedures and criteria.--
3010	(3)  The assessment procedure for instructional personnel
3011	and school administrators must be primarily based on the
3012	performance of students assigned to their classrooms or schools,
3013	as appropriate. Pursuant to this section, a school district's
3014	performance assessment is not limited to basing unsatisfactory
3015	performance of instructional personnel and school administrators
3016	upon student performance, but may include other criteria
3017	approved to assess instructional personnel and school
3018	administrators' performance, or any combination of student
3019	performance and other approved criteria. The procedures must
3020	comply with, but are not limited to, the following requirements:
3021	(a)  An assessment must be conducted for each employee at
3022	least once a year. The assessment must be based upon sound
3023	educational principles and contemporary research in effective
3024	educational practices. The assessment must primarily use data
3025	and indicators of improvement in student performance assessed
3026	annually as specified in s. 1008.22 and may consider results of
3027	peer reviews in evaluating the employee's performance. Student
3028	performance must be measured by state assessments required under
3029	s. 1008.22 and by local assessments for subjects and grade
3030	levels not measured by the state assessment program. The
3031	assessment criteria must include, but are not limited to,
3032	indicators that relate to the following:
3033	1.  Performance of students.
3034	2.  Ability to maintain appropriate discipline.
3035	3.  Knowledge of subject matter. The district school board
3036	shall make special provisions for evaluating teachers who are
3037	assigned to teach out-of-field.
3038	4.  Ability to plan and deliver instruction, including
3039	implementation of the rigorous reading requirement pursuant to
3040	s. 1003.415, when applicable, and the use of technology in the
3041	classroom.
3042	5.  Ability to evaluate instructional needs.
3043	6.  Ability to establish and maintain a positive
3044	collaborative relationship with students' families to increase
3045	student achievement.
3046	7.  Other professional competencies, responsibilities, and
3047	requirements as established by rules of the State Board of
3048	Education and policies of the district school board.
3049	Section 53.  Subsection (4) of section 1012.56, Florida
3050	Statutes, is amended to read:
3051	1012.56  Educator certification requirements.--
3052	(4)  MASTERY OF SUBJECT AREA KNOWLEDGE.--Acceptable means
3053	of demonstrating mastery of subject area knowledge are:
3054	(a)  Achievement of passing scores on subject area
3055	examinations required by state board rule;
3056	(b)  Completion of the subject area specialization
3057	requirements specified in state board rule and verification of
3058	the attainment of the essential subject matter competencies by
3059	the district school superintendent of the employing school
3060	district or chief administrative officer of the employing state-
3061	supported or private school for a subject area for which a
3062	subject area examination has not been developed and required by
3063	state board rule;
3064	(c)  Completion of the subject area specialization
3065	requirements specified in state board rule for a subject
3066	coverage requiring a master's or higher degree and achievement
3067	of a passing score on the subject area examination specified in
3068	state board rule;
3069	(d)  A valid professional standard teaching certificate
3070	issued by another state; or
3071	(e)  A valid certificate issued by the National Board for
3072	Professional Teaching Standards or a national educator
3073	credentialing board approved by the State Board of Education.
3074
3075	School districts are encouraged to provide mechanisms for those
3076	middle school teachers holding only a K-6 teaching certificate
3077	to obtain a subject area coverage for middle grades through
3078	postsecondary coursework or district subject content
3079	professional development activities to assist in the preparation
3080	for earning a passing score on the subject area examination
3081	required for add-on certification.
3082	Section 54.  Section 1012.986, Florida Statutes, is created
3083	to read:
3084	1012.986  William Cecil Golden Professional Development
3085	Program for School Leaders.--
3086	(1)  ESTABLISHMENT.--There is established the William Cecil
3087	Golden Professional Development Program for School Leaders, a
3088	high-quality, competency-based, customized, comprehensive, and
3089	coordinated statewide professional development program that is
3090	aligned with the leadership standards for school leaders adopted
3091	by the State Board of Education. The program shall be
3092	administered by the Department of Education and shall provide
3093	leadership training opportunities for school leaders to enable
3094	them to be more effective instructional leaders, especially in
3095	the area of reading. The program shall provide school leaders
3096	with the opportunity to attain a school leadership designation
3097	pursuant to subsection (3).
3098	(2)  DEFINITION.--As used in this section, the term "school
3099	leader" means a school principal or assistant principal holding
3100	a valid Florida certificate in educational leadership.
3101	(3)  DESIGNATIONS.--The Department of Education shall
3102	develop criteria for designating high-performing school leaders.
3103	The criteria must emphasize student learning gains, especially
3104	in high schools.
3105	(4)  PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.--
3106	(a)  The program shall be based upon the leadership
3107	standards adopted by the State Board of Education, the standards
3108	of the National Staff Development Council, and the federal
3109	requirements for high-quality professional development under the
3110	No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
3111	(b)  The program shall provide a competency-based approach
3112	that utilizes prediagnostic and postdiagnostic evaluations that
3113	shall be used to create an individualized professional
3114	development plan approved by the district school superintendent.
3115	The plan shall be structured to support the school leader's
3116	attainment of the leadership standards adopted by the State
3117	Board of Education.
3118	(c)  The program shall incorporate instructional leadership
3119	training and effective business practices for efficient school
3120	operations in school leadership training.
3121	(5)  DELIVERY SYSTEMS.--The Department of Education shall
3122	deliver the program through multiple delivery systems,
3123	including:
3124	(a)  Approved school district training programs.
3125	(b)  Interactive technology-based instruction.
3126	(c)  Regional consortium service organizations pursuant to
3127	s. 1001.451.
3128	(6)  RULES.--The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
3129	pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the
3130	provisions of this section.
3131	Section 55.  Section 1012.987, Florida Statutes, is
3132	repealed.
3133	Section 56.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a
3134	law.

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