Amendment
Bill No. CS/HB 7045

Amendment No. 317765

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative Bendross-Mindingall offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	Remove lines 1198-1244 and insert:
5	4.  Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year for schools
6	comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10,
7	11, and 12, 50 percent of the school grade shall be based on a
8	combination of the factors listed in subparagraphs 1.-3. and the
9	remaining 50 percent on the following factors:
10	a.  The high school graduation rate of the school;
11	b.  As valid data becomes available, the performance and
12	participation of the school's students in College Board Advanced
13	Placement courses; International Baccalaureate courses; dual
14	enrollment courses; Advanced International Certificate of
15	Education courses; and achievement of industry certification, as
16	determined by the Agency for Workforce Innovation under s.
17	1003.492(2) in a career and professional academy, as described
18	in s. 1003.493;
19	c.  Postsecondary readiness of the school's students as
20	measured by the SAT, ACT, or the common placement test;
21	d.  The high school graduation rate of at-risk students who
22	scored at Level 2 or lower on the 8th grade FCAT Reading and
23	Mathematics examinations;
24	e.  As valid data becomes available, the performance of the
25	school's students on statewide standardized end-of-course
26	assessments approved by the Department of Education; and
27	f.  The growth or decline in the components listed in sub-
28	subparagraphs a.-e. from year to year.
29	(c)(b)  Student assessment data.--Student assessment data
30	used in determining school grades shall include:
31	1.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
32	in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT.
33	2.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
34	in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT, including
35	Florida Writes, and who have scored at or in the lowest 25th
36	percentile of students in the school in reading, mathematics
37	math, or writing, unless these students are exhibiting
38	satisfactory performance.
39	3.  Effective with the 2005-2006 school year, the
40	achievement scores and learning gains of eligible students
41	attending alternative schools that provide dropout prevention
42	and academic intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53. The
43	term "eligible students" in this subparagraph does not include
44	students attending an alternative school who are subject to
45	district school board policies for expulsion for repeated or
46	serious offenses, who are in dropout retrieval programs serving
47	students who have officially been designated as dropouts, or who
48	are in programs operated or contracted by the Department of
49	Juvenile Justice. The student performance data for eligible
50	students identified in this subparagraph shall be included in
51	the calculation of the home school's grade. As used in For
52	purposes of this section and s. 1008.341, the term "home school"
53	means the school to which the student would be assigned if the
54	student were not was attending when assigned to an alternative
55	school. If an alternative school chooses to be graded under
56	pursuant to this section, student performance data for eligible
57	students identified in this subparagraph shall not be included
58	in the home school's grade but shall be included only in the
59	calculation of the alternative school's grade. School districts
60	shall must require collaboration between the home school and the
61	alternative school in order to promote student success. This
62	collaboration must include an annual discussion between the
63	principal of the alternative school and the principal of each
64	student's home school concerning the most appropriate school
65	assignment for the student.
66	4.  Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year for schools
67	comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10,
68	11, and 12, the data listed in subparagraphs 1.-3. and the
69	following data as the Department of Education determines such
70	data are valid and available:
71	a.  The high school graduation rate of the school as
72	calculated by the Department of Education;
73	b.  The participation rate of all eligible students
74	enrolled in the school and enrolled in College Board Advanced
75	Placement courses; International Baccalaureate courses; dual
76	enrollment courses; Advanced International Certificate of
77	Education courses; and courses or sequence of courses leading to
78	industry certification, as determined by the Agency for
79	Workforce Innovation under s. 1003.492(2) in a career and
80	professional academy, as described in s. 1003.493;
81	c.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
82	in the school in College Board Advanced Placement courses,
83	International Baccalaureate courses, and Advanced International
84	Certificate of Education courses;
85	d.  Earning of college credit by all eligible students
86	enrolled in the school in dual enrollment programs under s.
87	1007.271;
88	e.  Earning of an industry certification, as determined by
89	the Agency for Workforce Innovation under s. 1003.492(2) in a
90	career and professional academy, as described in s. 1003.493;
91	f.  The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
92	in the school in reading, mathematics, and other subjects as
93	measured by the SAT, ACT, and common placement test for
94	postsecondary readiness;
95	g.  The high school graduation rate of all eligible at-risk
96	students enrolled in the school who scored at Level 2 or lower
97	on the 8th grade FCAT Reading and Mathematics examinations;
98	h.  The performance of the school's students on statewide
99	standardized end-of-course assessments approved by the
100	Department of Education; and
101	i.  The growth or decline in the data components listed in
102	sub-subparagraphs a.-h. from year to year.
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104	The State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate criteria
105	for each school grade. The criteria must also give added weight
106	to student achievement in reading. Schools designated with a
107	grade of "C," making satisfactory progress, shall be required to
108	demonstrate that adequate progress has been made by students in
109	the school who are in the lowest 25th percentile in reading,
110	mathematics math, or writing on the FCAT, including Florida
111	Writes, unless these students are exhibiting satisfactory
112	performance. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year for
113	schools comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or
114	grades 10, 11, and 12, the criteria for school grades must also
115	give added weight to the graduation rate of all eligible at-risk
116	students, as defined in this subsection. Beginning in the 2009-
117	2010 school year, in order for a high school to be designated as
118	having a grade of "A," making excellent progress, the school
119	must demonstrate that at-risk students, as defined in this
120	subsection, in the school are making adequate progress.
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123	T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
124	Remove line 69 and insert:
125	receiving school grades; providing for a revised high school
126	grading system beginning with the 2009-2010 school year which
127	includes the statewide standardized assessment, graduation
128	rates, performance and participation in certain courses,
129	postsecondary readiness as measured by certain examinations, and
130	the change in these factors from year to year; specifying the
131	data components to be used in determining the revised high
132	school grading system; requiring that the criteria for school
133	grades give added weight to the graduation rate of all eligible
134	at-risk students; revising the definition of "home

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