Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 1020
       
       
       
       By Senator Lynn
       
       
       
       
       7-01067-09                                            20091020__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the articulation accountability
    3         process; amending s. 1008.38, F.S.; requiring that the
    4         State Board of Education adopt rules establishing
    5         articulation accountability measures and a process for
    6         the formal reporting of trend data relating to the
    7         progression and transition of students from secondary
    8         education into and through postsecondary education;
    9         revising provisions relating to such measures;
   10         providing an effective date.
   11         
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13         
   14         Section 1. Section 1008.38, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   15  read:
   16         1008.38 Articulation accountability process.—The State
   17  Board of Education, in conjunction with the Board of Governors,
   18  shall adopt rules establishing develop articulation
   19  accountability measures that which assess the status of
   20  systemwide articulation processes authorized under s. 1007.23
   21  and establish a an articulation accountability process for the
   22  formal reporting of trend data. At a minimum, the measures which
   23  at a minimum shall address:
   24         (1) The progression of students from secondary education
   25  into and through public and private postsecondary education and
   26  the workforce. The impact of articulation processes on ensuring
   27  educational continuity and the orderly and unobstructed
   28  transition of students between public secondary and
   29  postsecondary education systems and facilitating the transition
   30  of students between the public and private sectors.
   31         (2) The adequacy of preparation of public secondary
   32  students who matriculate to smoothly articulate to a public
   33  postsecondary institution.
   34         (3) The use and effectiveness of articulated acceleration
   35  mechanisms available to secondary students.
   36         (4) The transition smooth transfer of community college
   37  associate in arts degree graduates to 4-year baccalaureate
   38  degree programs a state university.
   39         (5) An examination of degree requirements that exceed the
   40  parameters of 60 credit hours for an associate degree and 120
   41  hours for a baccalaureate degree in public postsecondary
   42  programs.
   43         (6) The relationship between the College Level Academic
   44  Skills Test Program and articulation to the upper division in
   45  public postsecondary institutions and the adequacy of
   46  preparation of lower-division undergraduate students for success
   47  in upper-division programs.
   48         (7) The transition of career and technical education
   49  students into and through programs of study which have
   50  established articulation agreements.
   51         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.