| 1 | Representative(s) Rivera, Grant, Holder, and Fitzgerald offered |
| 2 | the following: |
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| 4 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (339089) (with title |
| 5 | amendment) |
| 6 | Remove line(s) 250-264 and insert: |
| 7 | Section 2. Beginning with the 2007-2008 fiscal year, a |
| 8 | district's expenditure of funds from the guaranteed allocation |
| 9 | for students in grades 9 through 12 who are gifted may not be |
| 10 | greater than the amount expended during the 2006-2007 fiscal |
| 11 | year for gifted students in grades 9 through 12. |
| 12 | Section 3. Gifted Student Education.-- |
| 13 | (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government |
| 14 | Accountability shall conduct a study of gifted services and |
| 15 | programming provided to public school students in grades |
| 16 | Kindergarten through 12. This study shall: |
| 17 | (a) Survey each school district to identify: |
| 18 | 1. The methods used to identify gifted students, e.g., |
| 19 | screenings of the general population, referral-based |
| 20 | intelligence quotient testing, or other methods, and the grade |
| 21 | level and number of schools in which each method is implemented. |
| 22 | 2. The number of gifted students identified under each of |
| 23 | the methods specified under subparagraph 1. during the 2005-2006 |
| 24 | and 2006-2007 school years. |
| 25 | 3. Whether the district implements a plan under Rule 6A- |
| 26 | 6.03019(2)(b), F.A.C., to increase the participation of students |
| 27 | from under-represented groups in gifted programming and the |
| 28 | number of students by grade level who were identified as gifted |
| 29 | under such a plan in the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years. |
| 30 | 4. The types of services and programming provided to |
| 31 | gifted students according to grade level, the number of schools |
| 32 | in which such services and programming are offered, and the |
| 33 | number of students by grade level who received such services and |
| 34 | programming during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years. |
| 35 | Services and programming identified for high school students |
| 36 | shall be limited to core courses coded with state course code |
| 37 | numbers identifying the courses as honors or gifted. |
| 38 | 5. The amount of the guaranteed allocation expended by the |
| 39 | district during the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 school years for |
| 40 | gifted services and programming according to each grade level |
| 41 | and school within the district. |
| 42 | (b) Assess the advantages and disadvantages of current |
| 43 | Florida law that classifies gifted students as exceptional |
| 44 | students. |
| 45 | (c) Evaluate the gifted eligibility criteria set forth in |
| 46 | Rule 6A-6.03019, F.A.C., and in school district plans under |
| 47 | paragraph (2)(b) of that rule, and determine the effect of |
| 48 | applying such criteria on the racial and ethnic diversity of |
| 49 | gifted programming and services. |
| 50 | (d) Review other states' practices for identifying gifted |
| 51 | students and for providing and funding gifted services and |
| 52 | programming. |
| 53 | (e) Examine peer-reviewed literature concerning best |
| 54 | practices for serving gifted and otherwise academically talented |
| 55 | students. |
| 56 | (2) A final report of the study shall be submitted to the |
| 57 | President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of |
| 58 | Representatives, and the Commissioner of Education by December |
| 59 | 1, 2007. The final report shall include, but is not limited to: |
| 60 | a summary, discussion, and evaluation of the findings under |
| 61 | subsection (1); recommendations for the improvement of gifted |
| 62 | identification practices and services and programming provided |
| 63 | to students in grades Kindergarten through 12 who are gifted and |
| 64 | otherwise academically talented; and proposed statutory changes |
| 65 | to implement the report's recommendations. |
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| 68 | Remove lines 17-19 and insert: |
| 69 | category; revising expenditures of the Guaranteed Allocation for |
| 70 | gifted students in grades 9 through 12; requiring the Office of |
| 71 | Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct |
| 72 | a student of gifted student education; requiring a survey of |
| 73 | school districts and review of other specified issues; requiring |
| 74 | a report; |