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    By Senator Wilson





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the school grading system;

  3         amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; removing letter

  4         grades from the performance grade categories by

  5         which schools must be identified in the

  6         Commissioner of Education's annual report of

  7         the results of the statewide assessment

  8         program; amending ss. 1001.42, 1002.33,

  9         1002.38, 1002.415, 1003.62, 1008.33, 1008.345,

10         and 1011.62, F.S.; correcting references to the

11         letter grades, to conform; providing an

12         effective date.

13  

14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

15  

16         Section 1.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section 1008.34,

17  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

18         1008.34  School grading system; school report cards;

19  district grade.--

20         (2)  SCHOOL GRADES.--The annual report shall identify

21  schools as having one of the following performance grades,

22  defined according to rules of the State Board of Education:

23         (a)  "A," Schools making excellent progress.

24         (b)  "B," Schools making above average progress.

25         (c)  "C," Schools making satisfactory progress.

26         (d)  "D," Schools making less than satisfactory

27  progress.

28         (e)  "F," Schools failing to make adequate progress.

29  

30  Each school designated with a grade of "A," making excellent

31  progress, or having improved at least two grade levels, shall

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 1  have greater authority over the allocation of the school's

 2  total budget generated from the FEFP, state categoricals,

 3  lottery funds, grants, and local funds, as specified in state

 4  board rule. The rule must provide that the increased budget

 5  authority shall remain in effect until the school's grade

 6  declines.

 7         (3)  DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.--Each school that

 8  has students who are tested and included in the school grading

 9  system, except an alternative school that receives a school

10  improvement rating pursuant to s. 1008.341, shall receive a

11  school grade; however, an alternative school may choose to

12  receive a school grade under this section in lieu of a school

13  improvement rating. Additionally, a school that serves any

14  combination of students in kindergarten through grade 3 which

15  does not receive a school grade because its students are not

16  tested and included in the school grading system shall receive

17  the school grade designation of a K-3 feeder pattern school

18  identified by the Department of Education and verified by the

19  school district. A school feeder pattern exists if at least 60

20  percent of the students in the school serving a combination of

21  students in kindergarten through grade 3 are scheduled to be

22  assigned to the graded school. School grades itemized in

23  subsection (2) shall be based on the following:

24         (a)  Criteria.--A school's grade shall be based on a

25  combination of:

26         1.  Student achievement scores, including achievement

27  scores for students seeking a special diploma.

28         2.  Student learning gains as measured by annual FCAT

29  assessments in grades 3 through 10; learning gains for

30  students seeking a special diploma, as measured by an

31  

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 1  alternate assessment tool, shall be included not later than

 2  the 2009-2010 school year.

 3         3.  Improvement of the lowest 25th percentile of

 4  students in the school in reading, math, or writing on the

 5  FCAT, unless these students are exhibiting satisfactory

 6  performance.

 7         (b)  Student assessment data.--Student assessment data

 8  used in determining school grades shall include:

 9         1.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students

10  enrolled in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT.

11         2.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students

12  enrolled in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT,

13  including Florida Writes, and who have scored at or in the

14  lowest 25th percentile of students in the school in reading,

15  math, or writing, unless these students are exhibiting

16  satisfactory performance.

17         3.  Effective with the 2005-2006 school year, the

18  achievement scores and learning gains of eligible students

19  attending alternative schools that provide dropout prevention

20  and academic intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53. The

21  term "eligible students" in this subparagraph does not include

22  students attending an alternative school who are subject to

23  district school board policies for expulsion for repeated or

24  serious offenses, who are in dropout retrieval programs

25  serving students who have officially been designated as

26  dropouts, or who are in programs operated or contracted by the

27  Department of Juvenile Justice. The student performance data

28  for eligible students identified in this subparagraph shall be

29  included in the calculation of the home school's grade. For

30  purposes of this section and s. 1008.341, "home school" means

31  the school the student was attending when assigned to an

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 1  alternative school. If an alternative school chooses to be

 2  graded pursuant to this section, student performance data for

 3  eligible students identified in this subparagraph shall not be

 4  included in the home school's grade but shall be included only

 5  in the calculation of the alternative school's grade. School

 6  districts must require collaboration between the home school

 7  and the alternative school in order to promote student

 8  success.

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10  The State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate criteria

11  for each school grade. The criteria must also give added

12  weight to student achievement in reading. Schools designated

13  as with a grade of "C," making satisfactory progress, shall be

14  required to demonstrate that adequate progress has been made

15  by students in the school who are in the lowest 25th

16  percentile in reading, math, or writing on the FCAT, including

17  Florida Writes, unless these students are exhibiting

18  satisfactory performance.

19         Section 2.  Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (16),

20  paragraph (d) of subsection (17), and subsection (18) of

21  section 1001.42, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

22         1001.42  Powers and duties of district school

23  board.--The district school board, acting as a board, shall

24  exercise all powers and perform all duties listed below:

25         (16)  IMPLEMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND

26  ACCOUNTABILITY.--Maintain a system of school improvement and

27  education accountability as provided by statute and State

28  Board of Education rule. This system of school improvement and

29  education accountability shall be consistent with, and

30  implemented through, the district's continuing system of

31  planning and budgeting required by this section and ss.

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 1  1008.385, 1010.01, and 1011.01. This system of school

 2  improvement and education accountability shall include, but is

 3  not limited to, the following:

 4         (c)  Assistance and intervention.--

 5         1.  Develop a 2-year plan of increasing individualized

 6  assistance and intervention for each school in danger of not

 7  meeting state standards or making adequate progress, as

 8  defined pursuant to statute and State Board of Education rule,

 9  toward meeting the goals and standards of its approved school

10  improvement plan.

11         2.  Provide assistance and intervention to a school

12  that is designated as making less than satisfactory progress

13  with a grade of "D" pursuant to s. 1008.34 and is in danger of

14  failing.

15         3.  Develop a plan to encourage teachers with

16  demonstrated mastery in improving student performance to

17  remain at or transfer to a school designated as making less

18  than satisfactory progress or failing to make adequate

19  progress with a grade of "D" or "F" or to an alternative

20  school that serves disruptive or violent youths. If a

21  classroom teacher, as defined by s. 1012.01(2)(a), who meets

22  the definition of teaching mastery developed according to the

23  provisions of this paragraph, requests assignment to a school

24  designated as making less than satisfactory progress or

25  failing to make adequate progress with a grade of "D" or "F"

26  or to an alternative school that serves disruptive or violent

27  youths, the district school board shall make every practical

28  effort to grant the request.

29         4.  Prioritize, to the extent possible, the

30  expenditures of funds received from the supplemental academic

31  instruction categorical fund under s. 1011.62(1)(f) to improve

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 1  student performance in schools designated as making less than

 2  satisfactory progress or failing to make adequate progress.

 3  that receive a grade of "D" or "F."

 4         (d)  After 2 years.--Notify the Commissioner of

 5  Education and the State Board of Education in the event any

 6  school does not make adequate progress toward meeting the

 7  goals and standards of a school improvement plan by the end of

 8  2 years of failing to make adequate progress and proceed

 9  according to guidelines developed pursuant to statute and

10  State Board of Education rule. School districts shall provide

11  intervention and assistance to schools in danger of being

12  designated as with a grade of "F," failing to make adequate

13  progress.

14         (17)  LOCAL-LEVEL DECISIONMAKING.--

15         (d)  Adopt policies that assist in giving greater

16  autonomy, including authority over the allocation of the

17  school's budget, to schools designated as with a grade of "A,"

18  making excellent progress, and schools rated as having

19  improved at least two grades.

20         (18)  OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIPS.--Adopt policies

21  allowing students attending schools that have been designated

22  as with a grade of "F," failing to make adequate progress, for

23  2 school years in a 4-year period to attend a higher

24  performing school in the district or an adjoining district or

25  be granted a state opportunity scholarship to a private

26  school, in conformance with s. 1002.38 and State Board of

27  Education rule.

28         Section 3.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) and

29  paragraphs (o) and (p) of subsection (9) of section 1002.33,

30  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

31         1002.33  Charter schools.--

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 1         (7)  CHARTER.--The major issues involving the operation

 2  of a charter school shall be considered in advance and written

 3  into the charter. The charter shall be signed by the governing

 4  body of the charter school and the sponsor, following a public

 5  hearing to ensure community input.

 6         (b)1.  A charter may be renewed provided that a program

 7  review demonstrates that the criteria in paragraph (a) have

 8  been successfully accomplished and that none of the grounds

 9  for nonrenewal established by paragraph (8)(a) has been

10  documented. In order to facilitate long-term financing for

11  charter school construction, charter schools operating for a

12  minimum of 2 years and demonstrating exemplary academic

13  programming and fiscal management are eligible for a 15-year

14  charter renewal. Such long-term charter is subject to annual

15  review and may be terminated during the term of the charter.

16         2.  The 15-year charter renewal that may be granted

17  pursuant to subparagraph 1. shall be granted to a charter

18  school that is designated as making excellent progress or

19  making above average progress has received a school grade of

20  "A" or "B" pursuant to s. 1008.34 in 3 of the past 4 years and

21  is not in a state of financial emergency or deficit position

22  as defined by this section. Such long-term charter is subject

23  to annual review and may be terminated during the term of the

24  charter pursuant to subsection (8).

25         (9)  CHARTER SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS.--

26         (o)  The director and a representative of the governing

27  body of a charter school that is designated as making less

28  than satisfactory progress has received a school grade of "D"

29  under s. 1008.34(2) shall appear before the sponsor or the

30  sponsor's staff at least once a year to present information

31  concerning each contract component having noted deficiencies.

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 1  The sponsor shall communicate at the meeting, and in writing

 2  to the director, the services provided to the school to help

 3  the school address its deficiencies.

 4         (p)  Upon notification that a charter school has been

 5  designated as making less than satisfactory progress receives

 6  a school grade of "D" for 2 consecutive years or is designated

 7  as failing to make adequate progress a school grade of "F"

 8  under s. 1008.34(2), the charter school sponsor or the

 9  sponsor's staff shall require the director and a

10  representative of the governing body to submit to the sponsor

11  for approval a school improvement plan to raise student

12  achievement and to implement the plan. The sponsor has the

13  authority to approve a school improvement plan that the

14  charter school will implement in the following school year.

15  The sponsor may also consider the State Board of Education's

16  recommended action pursuant to s. 1008.33(1) as part of the

17  school improvement plan. The Department of Education shall

18  offer technical assistance and training to the charter school

19  and its governing body and establish guidelines for

20  developing, submitting, and approving such plans.

21         1.  If the charter school fails to improve its student

22  performance from the year immediately prior to the

23  implementation of the school improvement plan, the sponsor

24  shall place the charter school on probation and shall require

25  the charter school governing body to take one of the following

26  corrective actions:

27         a.  Contract for the educational services of the

28  charter school;

29         b.  Reorganize the school at the end of the school year

30  under a new director or principal who is authorized to hire

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 1  new staff and implement a plan that addresses the causes of

 2  inadequate progress; or

 3         c.  Reconstitute the charter school.

 4         2.  A charter school that is placed on probation shall

 5  continue the corrective actions required under subparagraph 1.

 6  until the charter school improves its student performance from

 7  the year prior to the implementation of the school improvement

 8  plan.

 9         3.  Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph,

10  the sponsor may terminate the charter at any time pursuant to

11  the provisions of subsection (8).

12         Section 4.  Subsection (2) and paragraphs (a) and (b)

13  of subsection (3) of section 1002.38, Florida Statutes, are

14  amended to read:

15         1002.38  Opportunity Scholarship Program.--

16         (2)  OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.--A public

17  school student's parent may request and receive from the state

18  an opportunity scholarship for the student to enroll in and

19  attend a private school in accordance with the provisions of

20  this section if:

21         (a)1.  By assigned school attendance area or by special

22  assignment, the student has spent the prior school year in

23  attendance at a public school that has been designated

24  pursuant to s. 1008.34 as performance grade category "F,"

25  failing to make adequate progress, and that has had 2 school

26  years in a 4-year period of such low performance, and the

27  student's attendance occurred during a school year in which

28  such designation was in effect;

29         2.  The student has been in attendance elsewhere in the

30  public school system and has been assigned to such school for

31  the next school year; or

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 1         3.  The student is entering kindergarten or first grade

 2  and has been notified that the student has been assigned to

 3  such school for the next school year.

 4         (b)  The parent has obtained acceptance for admission

 5  of the student to a private school eligible for the program

 6  pursuant to subsection (4), and has notified the Department of

 7  Education and the school district of the request for an

 8  opportunity scholarship no later than July 1 of the first year

 9  in which the student intends to use the scholarship.

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11  This section does The provisions of this section shall not

12  apply to a student who is enrolled in a school operating for

13  the purpose of providing educational services to youth in

14  Department of Juvenile Justice commitment programs. For

15  purposes of continuity of educational choice, the opportunity

16  scholarship shall remain in force until the student returns to

17  a public school or, if the student chooses to attend a private

18  school the highest grade of which is grade 8, until the

19  student matriculates to high school and the public high school

20  to which the student is assigned is an accredited school with

21  a performance grade category designation as making

22  satisfactory progress of "C" or better. However, at any time

23  upon reasonable notice to the Department of Education and the

24  school district, the student's parent may remove the student

25  from the private school and place the student in a public

26  school, as provided in subparagraph (3)(a)2.

27         (3)  SCHOOL DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.--

28         (a)  A school district shall, for each student enrolled

29  in or assigned to a school that has been designated as failing

30  to make adequate progress performance grade category "F" for 2

31  school years in a 4-year period:

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 1         1.  Timely notify the parent of the student as soon as

 2  such designation is made of all options available pursuant to

 3  this section.

 4         2.  Offer that student's parent an opportunity to

 5  enroll the student in the public school within the district

 6  that has been designated by the state pursuant to s. 1008.34

 7  as a school performing higher than that in which the student

 8  is currently enrolled or to which the student has been

 9  assigned, but not less than the performance grade category of

10  "schools making adequate progress." "C." The parent is not

11  required to accept this offer in lieu of requesting a state

12  opportunity scholarship to a private school. The opportunity

13  to continue attending the higher performing public school

14  shall remain in force until the student graduates from high

15  school.

16         (b)  The parent of a student enrolled in or assigned to

17  a school that has been designated as failing to make adequate

18  progress performance grade category "F" for 2 school years in

19  a 4-year period may choose as an alternative to enroll the

20  student in and transport the student to a higher-performing

21  public school that has available space in an adjacent school

22  district, and that school district shall accept the student

23  and report the student for purposes of the district's funding

24  pursuant to the Florida Education Finance Program.

25         Section 5.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section

26  1002.415, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

27         1002.415  K-8 Virtual School Program.--Subject to

28  annual legislative appropriation, a kindergarten through grade

29  8 virtual school program is established within the Department

30  of Education for the purpose of making academic instruction

31  available to full-time students in kindergarten through grade

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 1  8 using on-line and distance learning technology. The

 2  department shall use an application process to select schools

 3  to deliver program instruction.

 4         (8)  CAUSES FOR NONRENEWAL OR TERMINATION OF A

 5  CONTRACT.--

 6         (a)  At the end of a contract with a K-8 virtual

 7  school, the department may choose not to renew the contract

 8  for any of the following grounds:

 9         1.  Failure to participate in the state's education

10  accountability system created in s. 1008.31, as required in

11  this section;

12         2.  Failure to receive a designation as making

13  satisfactory progress school performance grade of "C" or

14  better under the school grading system created by s. 1008.34

15  for any 2 years in a consecutive 4-year period;

16         3.  Failure to meet generally accepted standards of

17  fiscal management;

18         4.  Violation of law;

19         5.  Failure of the Legislature to fund the program; or

20         6.  Other good cause shown.

21         Section 6.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section

22  1003.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

23         1003.62  Academic performance-based charter school

24  districts.--The State Board of Education may enter into a

25  performance contract with district school boards as authorized

26  in this section for the purpose of establishing them as

27  academic performance-based charter school districts. The

28  purpose of this section is to examine a new relationship

29  between the State Board of Education and district school

30  boards that will produce significant improvements in student

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 1  achievement, while complying with constitutional and statutory

 2  requirements assigned to each entity.

 3         (1)  ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE-BASED CHARTER SCHOOL

 4  DISTRICT.--

 5         (a)  A school district shall be eligible for

 6  designation as an academic performance-based charter school

 7  district if it is a high-performing school district in which a

 8  minimum of 50 percent of the schools are designated as making

 9  excellent progress or making above average progress earn a

10  grade of "A" or "B" and in which no school is designated as

11  making less than satisfactory progress or failing to make

12  adequate progress earns a grade of "D" or "F" for 2

13  consecutive years pursuant to s. 1008.34. Schools that receive

14  a grade of "I" or "N" shall not be included in this

15  calculation. The performance contract for a school district

16  that earns a charter based on school grades shall be

17  predicated on maintenance of at least 50 percent of the

18  schools in the school district being designated as making

19  excellent progress or making above average progress earning a

20  grade of "A" or "B" with no school in the school district

21  being designated as making less than satisfactory progress or

22  failing to make adequate progress earning a grade of "D" or

23  "F" for 2 consecutive years. A school district in which the

24  percentage number of schools designated as making excellent

25  progress or making above average progress that earn a grade of

26  "A" or "B" is less than 50 percent may have its charter

27  renewed for 1 year; however, if the percentage of "A" or "B"

28  schools designated as making excellent progress or making

29  above average progress is less than 50 percent for 2

30  consecutive years, the charter may shall not be renewed.

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 1         Section 7.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1008.33,

 2  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

 3         1008.33  Authority to enforce public school

 4  improvement.--It is the intent of the Legislature that all

 5  public schools be held accountable for students performing at

 6  acceptable levels. A system of school improvement and

 7  accountability that assesses student performance by school,

 8  identifies schools in which students are not making adequate

 9  progress toward state standards, institutes appropriate

10  measures for enforcing improvement, and provides rewards and

11  sanctions based on performance shall be the responsibility of

12  the State Board of Education.

13         (1)  Pursuant to Art. IX of the State Constitution

14  prescribing the duty of the State Board of Education to

15  supervise Florida's public school system and notwithstanding

16  any other statutory provisions to the contrary, the State

17  Board of Education shall intervene in the operation of a

18  district school system when one or more schools in the school

19  district have failed to make adequate progress for 2 school

20  years in a 4-year period. For purposes of determining when a

21  school is eligible for state board action and opportunity

22  scholarships for its students, the terms "2 years in any

23  4-year period" and "2 years in a 4-year period" mean that in

24  any year that a school is designated as failing to make

25  adequate progress, has a grade of "F," the school is eligible

26  for state board action and opportunity scholarships for its

27  students if it also has been designated as failing to make

28  adequate progress had a grade of "F" in any of the previous 3

29  school years. The State Board of Education may determine that

30  the school district or school has not taken steps sufficient

31  for students in the school to be academically well served.

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 1  Considering recommendations of the Commissioner of Education,

 2  the State Board of Education shall recommend action to a

 3  district school board intended to improve educational services

 4  to students in each school that is designated as failing to

 5  make adequate progress. with a grade of "F." Recommendations

 6  for actions to be taken in the school district shall be made

 7  only after thorough consideration of the unique

 8  characteristics of a school, which shall include student

 9  mobility rates, the number and type of exceptional students

10  enrolled in the school, and the availability of options for

11  improved educational services. The state board shall adopt by

12  rule steps to follow in this process. Such steps shall provide

13  school districts sufficient time to improve student

14  performance in schools and the opportunity to present evidence

15  of assistance and interventions that the district school board

16  has implemented.

17         (2)  The State Board of Education may recommend one or

18  more of the following actions to district school boards to

19  enable students in schools designated as failing to make

20  adequate progress with a grade of "F" to be academically well

21  served by the public school system:

22         (a)  Provide additional resources, change certain

23  practices, and provide additional assistance if the state

24  board determines the causes of inadequate progress to be

25  related to school district policy or practice;

26         (b)  Implement a plan that satisfactorily resolves the

27  education equity problems in the school;

28         (c)  Contract for the educational services of the

29  school, or reorganize the school at the end of the school year

30  under a new school principal who is authorized to hire new

31  staff and implement a plan that addresses the causes of

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 1  inadequate progress. A contract to administer an alternative

 2  school may not be entered into with a private entity which

 3  contract changes the character of the alternative school

 4  population as it existed when the alternative school was

 5  administered by the public school system. The term "character

 6  of the alternative school population" means the percentage of

 7  students having learning disabilities, physical disabilities,

 8  emotional disabilities, or developmental disabilities, as well

 9  as the percentage of students having discipline problems;

10         (d)  Allow parents of students in the school to send

11  their children to another district school of their choice; or

12         (e)  Other action appropriate to improve the school's

13  performance, including, if the school is a high school,

14  requiring annual publication of the school's graduation rate

15  calculated without GED tests for the past 3 years,

16  disaggregated by student ethnicity.

17         Section 8.  Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection (6)

18  and paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 1008.345,

19  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

20         1008.345  Implementation of state system of school

21  improvement and education accountability.--

22         (6)

23         (b)  Upon request, the department shall provide

24  technical assistance and training to any school, including any

25  school operating for the purpose of providing educational

26  services to youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs,

27  school advisory council, district, or district school board

28  for conducting needs assessments, developing and implementing

29  school improvement plans, developing and implementing

30  assistance and intervention plans, or implementing other

31  components of school improvement and accountability. Priority

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 1  for these services shall be given to schools designated as

 2  making less than satisfactory progress or failing to make

 3  adequate progress with a grade of "D" or "F" and school

 4  districts in rural and sparsely populated areas of the state.

 5         (d)  The commissioner shall assign a community

 6  assessment team to each school district or governing board

 7  with a school designated as making less than satisfactory

 8  progress or failing to make adequate progress graded "F" to

 9  review the school performance data and determine causes for

10  the low performance, including the role of school, area, and

11  district administrative personnel. The community assessment

12  team shall review a high school's graduation rate calculated

13  without GED tests for the past 3 years, disaggregated by

14  student ethnicity. The team shall make recommendations to the

15  school board or the governing board, to the department, and to

16  the State Board of Education for implementing an assistance

17  and intervention plan that will address the causes of the

18  school's low performance. The assessment team shall include,

19  but not be limited to, a department representative, parents,

20  business representatives, educators, representatives of local

21  governments, and community activists, and shall represent the

22  demographics of the community from which they are appointed.

23         (7)(a)  Schools designated as with a grade of "A,"

24  making excellent progress, shall, if requested by the school,

25  be given deregulated status as specified in s. 1003.63(5),

26  (7), (8), (9), and (10).

27         Section 9.  Paragraphs (h), (l), (m), and (n) of

28  subsection (1) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are

29  amended to read:

30         1011.62  Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual

31  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each

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 1  district for operation of schools is not determined in the

 2  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing

 3  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as

 4  follows:

 5         (1)  COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR

 6  OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in

 7  determining the annual allocation to each district for

 8  operation:

 9         (h)  Small, isolated high schools.--Districts that

10  which levy the maximum nonvoted discretionary millage,

11  exclusive of millage for capital outlay purposes levied

12  pursuant to s. 1011.71(2), may calculate full-time equivalent

13  students for small, isolated high schools by multiplying the

14  number of unweighted full-time equivalent students times 2.75;

15  provided the school has been designated as making satisfactory

16  progress attained a grade of "C" or better, pursuant to s.

17  1008.34, for the previous school year. For the purpose of this

18  section, the term "small, isolated high school" means any high

19  school that which is located no less than 28 miles by the

20  shortest route from another high school; that which has been

21  serving students primarily in basic studies provided by

22  sub-subparagraphs (c)1.b. and c. and may include subparagraph

23  (c)4.; and that which has a membership of no more than 100

24  students, but no fewer than 28 students, in grades 9 through

25  12.

26         (l)  Calculation of additional full-time equivalent

27  membership based on international baccalaureate examination

28  scores of students.--A value of 0.24 full-time equivalent

29  student membership shall be calculated for each student

30  enrolled in an international baccalaureate course who receives

31  a score of 4 or higher on a subject examination. A value of

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 1  0.3 full-time equivalent student membership shall be

 2  calculated for each student who receives an international

 3  baccalaureate diploma. Such value shall be added to the total

 4  full-time equivalent student membership in basic programs for

 5  grades 9 through 12 in the subsequent fiscal year. The school

 6  district shall distribute to each classroom teacher who

 7  provided international baccalaureate instruction:

 8         1.  A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student

 9  taught by the International Baccalaureate teacher in each

10  international baccalaureate course who receives a score of 4

11  or higher on the international baccalaureate examination.

12         2.  An additional bonus of $500 to each International

13  Baccalaureate teacher in a school designated as making less

14  than satisfactory progress or failing to make adequate

15  progress with a grade of "D" or "F" who has at least one

16  student scoring 4 or higher on the international baccalaureate

17  examination, regardless of the number of classes taught or of

18  the number of students scoring a 4 or higher on the

19  international baccalaureate examination.

20  

21  Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall

22  not exceed $2,000 in any given school year and shall be in

23  addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher

24  received or is scheduled to receive.

25         (m)  Calculation of additional full-time equivalent

26  membership based on Advanced International Certificate of

27  Education examination scores of students.--A value of 0.24

28  full-time equivalent student membership shall be calculated

29  for each student enrolled in a full-credit Advanced

30  International Certificate of Education course who receives a

31  score of E or higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.12

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 1  full-time equivalent student membership shall be calculated

 2  for each student enrolled in a half-credit Advanced

 3  International Certificate of Education course who receives a

 4  score of E or higher on a subject examination. A value of 0.3

 5  full-time equivalent student membership shall be calculated

 6  for each student who receives an Advanced International

 7  Certificate of Education diploma. Such value shall be added to

 8  the total full-time equivalent student membership in basic

 9  programs for grades 9 through 12 in the subsequent fiscal

10  year. The school district shall distribute to each classroom

11  teacher who provided Advanced International Certificate of

12  Education instruction:

13         1.  A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student

14  taught by the Advanced International Certificate of Education

15  teacher in each full-credit Advanced International Certificate

16  of Education course who receives a score of E or higher on the

17  Advanced International Certificate of Education examination. A

18  bonus in the amount of $25 for each student taught by the

19  Advanced International Certificate of Education teacher in

20  each half-credit Advanced International Certificate of

21  Education course who receives a score of E or higher on the

22  Advanced International Certificate of Education examination.

23         2.  An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced

24  International Certificate of Education teacher in a school

25  designated as making less than satisfactory progress or

26  failing to make adequate progress with a grade of "D" or "F"

27  who has at least one student scoring E or higher on the

28  full-credit Advanced International Certificate of Education

29  examination, regardless of the number of classes taught or of

30  the number of students scoring an E or higher on the

31  

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 1  full-credit Advanced International Certificate of Education

 2  examination.

 3         3.  Additional bonuses of $250 each to teachers of

 4  half-credit Advanced International Certificate of Education

 5  classes in a school designated as making less than

 6  satisfactory progress or failing to make adequate progress

 7  with a grade of "D" or "F" which has at least one student

 8  scoring an E or higher on the half-credit Advanced

 9  International Certificate of Education examination in that

10  class. The maximum additional bonus for a teacher awarded in

11  accordance with this subparagraph shall not exceed $500 in any

12  given school year. Teachers receiving an award under

13  subparagraph 2. are not eligible for a bonus under this

14  subparagraph.

15  

16  Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall

17  not exceed $2,000 in any given school year and shall be in

18  addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher

19  received or is scheduled to receive.

20         (n)  Calculation of additional full-time equivalent

21  membership based on college board advanced placement scores of

22  students.--A value of 0.24 full-time equivalent student

23  membership shall be calculated for each student in each

24  advanced placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher

25  on the College Board Advanced Placement Examination for the

26  prior year and added to the total full-time equivalent student

27  membership in basic programs for grades 9 through 12 in the

28  subsequent fiscal year. Each district must allocate at least

29  80 percent of the funds provided to the district for advanced

30  placement instruction, in accordance with this paragraph, to

31  the high school that generates the funds. The school district

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 1  shall distribute to each classroom teacher who provided

 2  advanced placement instruction:

 3         1.  A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student

 4  taught by the Advanced Placement teacher in each advanced

 5  placement course who receives a score of 3 or higher on the

 6  College Board Advanced Placement Examination.

 7         2.  An additional bonus of $500 to each Advanced

 8  Placement teacher in a school designated as making less than

 9  satisfactory progress or failing to make adequate progress

10  with a grade of "D" or "F" who has at least one student

11  scoring 3 or higher on the College Board Advanced Placement

12  Examination, regardless of the number of classes taught or of

13  the number of students scoring a 3 or higher on the College

14  Board Advanced Placement Examination.

15  

16  Bonuses awarded to a teacher according to this paragraph shall

17  not exceed $2,000 in any given school year and shall be in

18  addition to any regular wage or other bonus the teacher

19  received or is scheduled to receive.

20         Section 10.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Removes letter grades from the performance grade
      categories by which schools must be identified in the
25    Commissioner of Education's annual report of the results
      of the statewide assessment program.
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