| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to supplemental educational services; |
| 3 | amending s. 1008.331, F.S.; requiring the Department of |
| 4 | Education to annually evaluate and grade supplemental |
| 5 | educational services providers; specifying evaluation |
| 6 | criteria; requiring publication; providing an effective |
| 7 | date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 1008.331, Florida |
| 12 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6) and a new subsection |
| 13 | (5) is added to that section to read: |
| 14 | 1008.331 Supplemental educational services in Title I |
| 15 | schools; school district, and provider, and department |
| 16 | responsibilities.-- |
| 17 | (5) RESPONSIBILITIES OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.-- |
| 18 | (a) The Department of Education shall annually evaluate |
| 19 | and assign to each state-approved supplemental educational |
| 20 | services provider a grade of A, B, C, D, or F using the |
| 21 | following specific evaluation criteria: |
| 22 | 1. The increase in student academic achievement determined |
| 23 | by required pretests and required posttests. |
| 24 | 2. The increase in student achievement on FCAT Reading and |
| 25 | FCAT Mathematics. |
| 26 | 3. The percentage of student completion of a program. |
| 27 | 4. The financial standing of a provider with a school |
| 28 | district which relates to, but is not limited to, the timely |
| 29 | submission of invoices to receive payment for services, the |
| 30 | timely payment for any expenses, and the accurate accounting of |
| 31 | all receipts and disbursements. |
| 32 | 5. Parent satisfaction surveys. |
| 33 | 6. School district satisfaction surveys. |
| 34 | 7. Principal satisfaction surveys. |
| 35 | 8. Department reviews. |
| 36 | (b) The department shall assign the grades at the end of |
| 37 | each school year and make the grades available to the public on |
| 38 | the department's Internet website prior to the beginning of the |
| 39 | following school year. Reports of such grading must be provided |
| 40 | to the supplemental educational services providers and the |
| 41 | respective school districts. |
| 42 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |