Senate Bill sb0730

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 730

    By Senator Ring





    32-537-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to concordant assessment scores

  3         for the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test;

  4         amending s. 1008.22, F.S.; providing that

  5         certain concordant subject area scores satisfy

  6         various assessment requirements concerning

  7         graduation from high school; exempting a

  8         student who attains a concordant subject area

  9         score from taking the FCAT in that subject

10         area; amending s. 1003.429, F.S.; providing for

11         the retention of a student achieving certain

12         concordant scores in the accelerated 3-year

13         graduation option; providing an effective date.

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

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17         Section 1.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of section

18  1008.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         1008.22  Student assessment program for public

20  schools.--

21         (9)  CONCORDANT SCORES FOR THE FCAT.--

22         (b)  In order to use A student who attains a concordant

23  subject area score pursuant to this subsection satisfies to

24  satisfy the assessment requirement in that subject area for a

25  standard high school diploma as provided in s. 1003.429(6)(a),

26  s. 1003.43(5)(a), or s. 1003.428, and may not, notwithstanding

27  any other law, be required to take the FCAT in that subject

28  area. a student must take each subject area of the grade 10

29  FCAT a total of three times without earning a passing score.

30  The requirements of this paragraph shall not apply to a new

31  student who enters the Florida public school system in grade

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 730
    32-537-07




 1  12, who may either achieve a passing score on the FCAT or use

 2  an approved subject area concordant score to fulfill the

 3  graduation requirement.

 4         Section 2.  Subsection (8) of section 1003.429, Florida

 5  Statutes, is amended to read:

 6         1003.429  Accelerated high school graduation options.--

 7         (8)  A student who selected one of the accelerated

 8  3-year graduation options shall automatically move to the

 9  4-year program set forth in s. 1003.43 if the student:

10         (a)  Exercises his or her right to change to the 4-year

11  program;

12         (b)  Fails to earn 5 credits by the end of grade 9 or

13  fails to earn 11 credits by the end of grade 10;

14         (c)  Does not attain achieve a score of 3 or higher on

15  the grade 10 FCAT Writing assessment or a concordant score as

16  described in s. 1003.22(9); or

17         (d)  By the end of grade 11 does not meet the

18  requirements of subsections (1) and (6).

19         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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22                          SENATE SUMMARY

23    Provides that certain scores adopted by the Commissioner
      of Education as a concordant subject area score satisfy
24    various assessment requirements concerning graduation
      from high school. Exempts students attaining such a
25    concordant subject area score from taking the FCAT in
      that subject area. Provides for retention of students
26    achieving certain concordant scores in the accelerated
      3-year graduation option.
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