| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to concordant assessment scores for the |
| 3 | Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test; amending s. |
| 4 | 1008.22, F.S.; providing that certain concordant subject |
| 5 | area scores satisfy various assessment requirements |
| 6 | concerning graduation from high school; exempting a |
| 7 | student who attains a concordant subject area score from |
| 8 | taking the FCAT in that subject area; amending s. |
| 9 | 1003.429, F.S.; providing for the retention of a student |
| 10 | in the accelerated 3-year graduation option who achieves a |
| 11 | certain concordant score; providing an effective date. |
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| 13 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 15 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of section |
| 16 | 1008.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 17 | 1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools.-- |
| 18 | (9) CONCORDANT SCORES FOR THE FCAT.-- |
| 19 | (b) In order to use A student who attains a concordant |
| 20 | subject area score pursuant to this subsection satisfies to |
| 21 | satisfy the assessment requirement in that subject area for a |
| 22 | standard high school diploma as provided in s. 1003.429(6)(a), |
| 23 | s. 1003.43(5)(a), or s. 1003.428 and, notwithstanding any other |
| 24 | law, may not be required to take the FCAT in that subject area., |
| 25 | a student must take each subject area of the grade 10 FCAT a |
| 26 | total of three times without earning a passing score. The |
| 27 | requirements of this paragraph shall not apply to a new student |
| 28 | who enters the Florida public school system in grade 12, who may |
| 29 | either achieve a passing score on the FCAT or use an approved |
| 30 | subject area concordant score to fulfill the graduation |
| 31 | requirement. |
| 32 | Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 1003.429, Florida |
| 33 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 34 | 1003.429 Accelerated high school graduation options.-- |
| 35 | (8) A student who selected one of the accelerated 3-year |
| 36 | graduation options shall automatically move to the 4-year |
| 37 | program set forth in s. 1003.43 if the student: |
| 38 | (a) Exercises his or her right to change to the 4-year |
| 39 | program; |
| 40 | (b) Fails to earn 5 credits by the end of grade 9 or fails |
| 41 | to earn 11 credits by the end of grade 10; |
| 42 | (c) Does not attain achieve a score of 3 or higher on the |
| 43 | grade 10 FCAT Writing assessment or a concordant score as |
| 44 | described in s. 1008.22(9); or |
| 45 | (d) By the end of grade 11 does not meet the requirements |
| 46 | of subsections (1) and (6). |
| 47 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |