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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to end-of-course testing of high school

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students; requiring that the Department of Education

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develop and implement a plan to administer end-of-course

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tests to public high school students; providing criteria

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concerning the plan; providing an effective date.

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

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     Section 1. The Department of Education shall develop and

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implement a plan to administer end-of-course tests to students

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enrolled in public high schools in this state. The plan must

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provide for testing a student's competence in the areas of

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mathematics, science, language arts, and social sciences

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following completion of courses in those areas. The tests shall

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be phased in over 5 years.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.