| 1 | Representative Kriseman offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 35 and 36, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Sections 3-5 of this act may be cited as the |
| 6 | "Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Civics Education Act." |
| 7 | Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
| 8 | 1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 9 | 1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades |
| 10 | promotion.-- |
| 11 | (1) Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2006- |
| 12 | 2007 school year, promotion from a school composed of middle |
| 13 | grades 6, 7, and 8 requires that: |
| 14 | (a) The student must successfully complete academic |
| 15 | courses as follows: |
| 16 | 1. Three middle school or higher courses in English. These |
| 17 | courses shall emphasize literature, composition, and technical |
| 18 | text. |
| 19 | 2. Three middle school or higher courses in mathematics. |
| 20 | Each middle school must offer at least one high school level |
| 21 | mathematics course for which students may earn high school |
| 22 | credit. |
| 23 | 3. Three middle school or higher courses in social |
| 24 | studies, one semester of which must include the study of state |
| 25 | and federal government and civics education. Beginning with |
| 26 | students entering grade 6 in the 2011-2012 school year, one of |
| 27 | these courses must be a one-semester civics education course |
| 28 | that a student successfully completes in accordance with s. |
| 29 | 1008.22(3)(c) and that includes the roles and responsibilities |
| 30 | of federal, state, and local governments; the structures and |
| 31 | functions of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches |
| 32 | of government; and the meaning and significance of historic |
| 33 | documents, such as the Articles of Confederation, the |
| 34 | Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United |
| 35 | States. |
| 36 | 4. Three middle school or higher courses in science. |
| 37 | 5. One course in career and education planning to be |
| 38 | completed in 7th or 8th grade. The course may be taught by any |
| 39 | member of the instructional staff; must include career |
| 40 | exploration using CHOICES for the 21st Century or a comparable |
| 41 | cost-effective program; must include educational planning using |
| 42 | the online student advising system known as Florida Academic |
| 43 | Counseling and Tracking for Students at the Internet website |
| 44 | FACTS.org; and shall result in the completion of a personalized |
| 45 | academic and career plan. |
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| 47 | Each school must hold a parent meeting either in the evening or |
| 48 | on a weekend to inform parents about the course curriculum and |
| 49 | activities. Each student shall complete an electronic personal |
| 50 | education plan that must be signed by the student; the student's |
| 51 | instructor, guidance counselor, or academic advisor; and the |
| 52 | student's parent. By January 1, 2007, the Department of |
| 53 | Education shall develop course frameworks and professional |
| 54 | development materials for the career exploration and education |
| 55 | planning course. The course may be implemented as a stand-alone |
| 56 | course or integrated into another course or courses. The |
| 57 | Commissioner of Education shall collect longitudinal high school |
| 58 | course enrollment data by student ethnicity in order to analyze |
| 59 | course-taking patterns. |
| 60 | Section 4. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section |
| 61 | 1008.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 62 | 1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools.-- |
| 63 | (3) STATEWIDE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.--The commissioner shall |
| 64 | design and implement a statewide program of educational |
| 65 | assessment that provides information for the improvement of the |
| 66 | operation and management of the public schools, including |
| 67 | schools operating for the purpose of providing educational |
| 68 | services to youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs. |
| 69 | The commissioner may enter into contracts for the continued |
| 70 | administration of the assessment, testing, and evaluation |
| 71 | programs authorized and funded by the Legislature. Contracts may |
| 72 | be initiated in 1 fiscal year and continue into the next and may |
| 73 | be paid from the appropriations of either or both fiscal years. |
| 74 | The commissioner is authorized to negotiate for the sale or |
| 75 | lease of tests, scoring protocols, test scoring services, and |
| 76 | related materials developed pursuant to law. Pursuant to the |
| 77 | statewide assessment program, the commissioner shall: |
| 78 | (c) Develop and implement a student achievement testing |
| 79 | program known as the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test |
| 80 | (FCAT) as part of the statewide assessment program to measure a |
| 81 | student's content knowledge and skills in reading, writing, |
| 82 | science, and mathematics. Other content areas may be included as |
| 83 | directed by the commissioner. Comprehensive assessments of |
| 84 | reading and mathematics shall be administered annually in grades |
| 85 | 3 through 10. Comprehensive assessments of writing and science |
| 86 | shall be administered at least once at the elementary, middle, |
| 87 | and high school levels. End-of-course assessments for a subject |
| 88 | may be administered in addition to the comprehensive assessments |
| 89 | required for that subject under this paragraph. An end-of-course |
| 90 | assessment must be rigorous, statewide, standardized, and |
| 91 | developed or approved by the department. The content knowledge |
| 92 | and skills assessed by comprehensive and end-of-course |
| 93 | assessments must be aligned to the core curricular content |
| 94 | established in the Sunshine State Standards. During the 2011- |
| 95 | 2012 school year, an end-of-course assessment in civics |
| 96 | education shall be administered as a field test at the middle |
| 97 | school level. During the 2012-2013 school year, each student's |
| 98 | performance on the statewide, standardized end-of-course |
| 99 | assessment in civics education shall constitute 30 percent of |
| 100 | the student's final course grade. Beginning with the 2013-2014 |
| 101 | school year, a student must earn a passing score on the end-of- |
| 102 | course assessment in civics education in order to pass the |
| 103 | course and receive course credit. The commissioner may select |
| 104 | one or more nationally developed comprehensive examinations, |
| 105 | which may include, but need not be limited to, examinations for |
| 106 | a College Board Advanced Placement course, International |
| 107 | Baccalaureate course, or Advanced International Certificate of |
| 108 | Education course or industry-approved examinations to earn |
| 109 | national industry certifications as defined in s. 1003.492, for |
| 110 | use as end-of-course assessments under this paragraph, if the |
| 111 | commissioner determines that the content knowledge and skills |
| 112 | assessed by the examinations meet or exceed the grade level |
| 113 | expectations for the core curricular content established for the |
| 114 | course in the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards. The |
| 115 | commissioner may collaborate with the American Diploma Project |
| 116 | in the adoption or development of rigorous end-of-course |
| 117 | assessments that are aligned to the Next Generation Sunshine |
| 118 | State Standards. The testing program must be designed as |
| 119 | follows: |
| 120 | 1. The tests shall measure student skills and competencies |
| 121 | adopted by the State Board of Education as specified in |
| 122 | paragraph (a). The tests must measure and report student |
| 123 | proficiency levels of all students assessed in reading, writing, |
| 124 | mathematics, and science. The commissioner shall provide for the |
| 125 | tests to be developed or obtained, as appropriate, through |
| 126 | contracts and project agreements with private vendors, public |
| 127 | vendors, public agencies, postsecondary educational |
| 128 | institutions, or school districts. The commissioner shall obtain |
| 129 | input with respect to the design and implementation of the |
| 130 | testing program from state educators, assistive technology |
| 131 | experts, and the public. |
| 132 | 2. The testing program shall be composed of criterion- |
| 133 | referenced tests that shall, to the extent determined by the |
| 134 | commissioner, include test items that require the student to |
| 135 | produce information or perform tasks in such a way that the core |
| 136 | content knowledge and skills he or she uses can be measured. |
| 137 | 3. Beginning with the 2008-2009 school year, the |
| 138 | commissioner shall discontinue administration of the selected- |
| 139 | response test items on the comprehensive assessments of writing. |
| 140 | Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the comprehensive |
| 141 | assessments of writing shall be composed of a combination of |
| 142 | selected-response test items, short-response performance tasks, |
| 143 | and extended-response performance tasks, which shall measure a |
| 144 | student's content knowledge of writing, including, but not |
| 145 | limited to, paragraph and sentence structure, sentence |
| 146 | construction, grammar and usage, punctuation, capitalization, |
| 147 | spelling, parts of speech, verb tense, irregular verbs, subject- |
| 148 | verb agreement, and noun-pronoun agreement. |
| 149 | 4. A score shall be designated for each subject area |
| 150 | tested, below which score a student's performance is deemed |
| 151 | inadequate. The school districts shall provide appropriate |
| 152 | remedial instruction to students who score below these levels. |
| 153 | 5. Except as provided in s. 1003.428(8)(b) or s. |
| 154 | 1003.43(11)(b), students must earn a passing score on the grade |
| 155 | 10 assessment test described in this paragraph or attain |
| 156 | concordant scores as described in subsection (10) in reading, |
| 157 | writing, and mathematics to qualify for a standard high school |
| 158 | diploma. The State Board of Education shall designate a passing |
| 159 | score for each part of the grade 10 assessment test. In |
| 160 | establishing passing scores, the state board shall consider any |
| 161 | possible negative impact of the test on minority students. The |
| 162 | State Board of Education shall adopt rules which specify the |
| 163 | passing scores for the grade 10 FCAT. Any such rules, which have |
| 164 | the effect of raising the required passing scores, shall apply |
| 165 | only to students taking the grade 10 FCAT for the first time |
| 166 | after such rules are adopted by the State Board of Education. |
| 167 | 6. Participation in the testing program is mandatory for |
| 168 | all students attending public school, including students served |
| 169 | in Department of Juvenile Justice programs, except as otherwise |
| 170 | prescribed by the commissioner. If a student does not |
| 171 | participate in the statewide assessment, the district must |
| 172 | notify the student's parent and provide the parent with |
| 173 | information regarding the implications of such nonparticipation. |
| 174 | A parent must provide signed consent for a student to receive |
| 175 | classroom instructional accommodations that would not be |
| 176 | available or permitted on the statewide assessments and must |
| 177 | acknowledge in writing that he or she understands the |
| 178 | implications of such instructional accommodations. The State |
| 179 | Board of Education shall adopt rules, based upon recommendations |
| 180 | of the commissioner, for the provision of test accommodations |
| 181 | for students in exceptional education programs and for students |
| 182 | who have limited English proficiency. Accommodations that negate |
| 183 | the validity of a statewide assessment are not allowable in the |
| 184 | administration of the FCAT. However, instructional |
| 185 | accommodations are allowable in the classroom if included in a |
| 186 | student's individual education plan. Students using |
| 187 | instructional accommodations in the classroom that are not |
| 188 | allowable as accommodations on the FCAT may have the FCAT |
| 189 | requirement waived pursuant to the requirements of s. |
| 190 | 1003.428(8)(b) or s. 1003.43(11)(b). |
| 191 | 7. A student seeking an adult high school diploma must |
| 192 | meet the same testing requirements that a regular high school |
| 193 | student must meet. |
| 194 | 8. District school boards must provide instruction to |
| 195 | prepare students to demonstrate proficiency in the core |
| 196 | curricular content established in the Next Generation Sunshine |
| 197 | State Standards adopted under s. 1003.41, including the core |
| 198 | content knowledge and skills necessary for successful grade-to- |
| 199 | grade progression and high school graduation. If a student is |
| 200 | provided with instructional accommodations in the classroom that |
| 201 | are not allowable as accommodations in the statewide assessment |
| 202 | program, as described in the test manuals, the district must |
| 203 | inform the parent in writing and must provide the parent with |
| 204 | information regarding the impact on the student's ability to |
| 205 | meet expected proficiency levels in reading, writing, and |
| 206 | mathematics. The commissioner shall conduct studies as necessary |
| 207 | to verify that the required core curricular content is part of |
| 208 | the district instructional programs. |
| 209 | 9. District school boards must provide opportunities for |
| 210 | students to demonstrate an acceptable level of performance on an |
| 211 | alternative standardized assessment approved by the State Board |
| 212 | of Education following enrollment in summer academies. |
| 213 | 10. The Department of Education must develop, or select, |
| 214 | and implement a common battery of assessment tools that will be |
| 215 | used in all juvenile justice programs in the state. These tools |
| 216 | must accurately measure the core curricular content established |
| 217 | in the Sunshine State Standards. |
| 218 | 11. For students seeking a special diploma pursuant to s. |
| 219 | 1003.438, the Department of Education must develop or select and |
| 220 | implement an alternate assessment tool that accurately measures |
| 221 | the core curricular content established in the Sunshine State |
| 222 | Standards for students with disabilities under s. 1003.438. |
| 223 | 12. The Commissioner of Education shall establish |
| 224 | schedules for the administration of statewide assessments and |
| 225 | the reporting of student test results. The commissioner shall, |
| 226 | by August 1 of each year, notify each school district in writing |
| 227 | and publish on the department's Internet website the testing and |
| 228 | reporting schedules for, at a minimum, the school year following |
| 229 | the upcoming school year. The testing and reporting schedules |
| 230 | shall require that: |
| 231 | a. There is the latest possible administration of |
| 232 | statewide assessments and the earliest possible reporting to the |
| 233 | school districts of student test results which is feasible |
| 234 | within available technology and specific appropriations; |
| 235 | however, test results must be made available no later than the |
| 236 | final day of the regular school year for students. |
| 237 | b. Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, a |
| 238 | comprehensive statewide assessment of writing is not |
| 239 | administered earlier than the week of March 1 and a |
| 240 | comprehensive statewide assessment of any other subject is not |
| 241 | administered earlier than the week of April 15. |
| 242 | c. A statewide standardized end-of-course assessment is |
| 243 | administered within the last 2 weeks of the course. |
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| 245 | The commissioner may, based on collaboration and input from |
| 246 | school districts, design and implement student testing programs, |
| 247 | for any grade level and subject area, necessary to effectively |
| 248 | monitor educational achievement in the state, including the |
| 249 | measurement of educational achievement of the Sunshine State |
| 250 | Standards for students with disabilities. Development and |
| 251 | refinement of assessments shall include universal design |
| 252 | principles and accessibility standards that will prevent any |
| 253 | unintended obstacles for students with disabilities while |
| 254 | ensuring the validity and reliability of the test. These |
| 255 | principles should be applicable to all technology platforms and |
| 256 | assistive devices available for the assessments. The field |
| 257 | testing process and psychometric analyses for the statewide |
| 258 | assessment program must include an appropriate percentage of |
| 259 | students with disabilities and an evaluation or determination of |
| 260 | the effect of test items on such students. |
| 261 | Section 5. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section |
| 262 | 1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 263 | 1008.34 School grading system; school report cards; |
| 264 | district grade.-- |
| 265 | (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.-- |
| 266 | (c) Student assessment data used in determining school |
| 267 | grades shall include: |
| 268 | 1. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled |
| 269 | in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT and, beginning |
| 270 | with the 2012-2013 school year, the statewide, standardized end- |
| 271 | of-course assessment in civics education at the middle school |
| 272 | level. |
| 273 | 2. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled |
| 274 | in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT and who have |
| 275 | scored at or in the lowest 25th percentile of students in the |
| 276 | school in reading, mathematics, or writing, unless these |
| 277 | students are exhibiting satisfactory performance. |
| 278 | 3. Effective with the 2005-2006 school year, the |
| 279 | achievement scores and learning gains of eligible students |
| 280 | attending alternative schools that provide dropout prevention |
| 281 | and academic intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53. The |
| 282 | term "eligible students" in this subparagraph does not include |
| 283 | students attending an alternative school who are subject to |
| 284 | district school board policies for expulsion for repeated or |
| 285 | serious offenses, who are in dropout retrieval programs serving |
| 286 | students who have officially been designated as dropouts, or who |
| 287 | are in programs operated or contracted by the Department of |
| 288 | Juvenile Justice. The student performance data for eligible |
| 289 | students identified in this subparagraph shall be included in |
| 290 | the calculation of the home school's grade. As used in this |
| 291 | section and s. 1008.341, the term "home school" means the school |
| 292 | to which the student would be assigned if the student were not |
| 293 | assigned to an alternative school. If an alternative school |
| 294 | chooses to be graded under this section, student performance |
| 295 | data for eligible students identified in this subparagraph shall |
| 296 | not be included in the home school's grade but shall be included |
| 297 | only in the calculation of the alternative school's grade. A |
| 298 | school district that fails to assign the FCAT scores of each of |
| 299 | its students to his or her home school or to the alternative |
| 300 | school that receives a grade shall forfeit Florida School |
| 301 | Recognition Program funds for 1 fiscal year. School districts |
| 302 | must require collaboration between the home school and the |
| 303 | alternative school in order to promote student success. This |
| 304 | collaboration must include an annual discussion between the |
| 305 | principal of the alternative school and the principal of each |
| 306 | student's home school concerning the most appropriate school |
| 307 | assignment of the student. |
| 308 | 4. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year for schools |
| 309 | comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10, |
| 310 | 11, and 12, the data listed in subparagraphs 1.-3. and the |
| 311 | following data as the Department of Education determines such |
| 312 | data are valid and available: |
| 313 | a. The high school graduation rate of the school as |
| 314 | calculated by the Department of Education; |
| 315 | b. The participation rate of all eligible students |
| 316 | enrolled in the school and enrolled in College Board Advanced |
| 317 | Placement courses; International Baccalaureate courses; dual |
| 318 | enrollment courses; Advanced International Certificate of |
| 319 | Education courses; and courses or sequence of courses leading to |
| 320 | industry certification, as determined by the Agency for |
| 321 | Workforce Innovation under s. 1003.492(2) in a career and |
| 322 | professional academy, as described in s. 1003.493; |
| 323 | c. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled |
| 324 | in the school in College Board Advanced Placement courses, |
| 325 | International Baccalaureate courses, and Advanced International |
| 326 | Certificate of Education courses; |
| 327 | d. Earning of college credit by all eligible students |
| 328 | enrolled in the school in dual enrollment programs under s. |
| 329 | 1007.271; |
| 330 | e. Earning of an industry certification, as determined by |
| 331 | the Agency for Workforce Innovation under s. 1003.492(2) in a |
| 332 | career and professional academy, as described in s. 1003.493; |
| 333 | f. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled |
| 334 | in the school in reading, mathematics, and other subjects as |
| 335 | measured by the SAT, the ACT, and the common placement test for |
| 336 | postsecondary readiness; |
| 337 | g. The high school graduation rate of all eligible at-risk |
| 338 | students enrolled in the school who scored at Level 2 or lower |
| 339 | on the grade 8 FCAT Reading and Mathematics examinations; |
| 340 | h. The performance of the school's students on statewide |
| 341 | standardized end-of-course assessments administered under s. |
| 342 | 1008.22; and |
| 343 | i. The growth or decline in the data components listed in |
| 344 | sub-subparagraphs a.-h. from year to year. |
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| 346 | The State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate criteria |
| 347 | for each school grade. The criteria must also give added weight |
| 348 | to student achievement in reading. Schools designated with a |
| 349 | grade of "C," making satisfactory progress, shall be required to |
| 350 | demonstrate that adequate progress has been made by students in |
| 351 | the school who are in the lowest 25th percentile in reading, |
| 352 | mathematics, or writing on the FCAT, unless these students are |
| 353 | exhibiting satisfactory performance. Beginning with the 2009- |
| 354 | 2010 school year for schools comprised of high school grades 9, |
| 355 | 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10, 11, and 12, the criteria for |
| 356 | school grades must also give added weight to the graduation rate |
| 357 | of all eligible at-risk students, as defined in this paragraph. |
| 358 | Beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, in order for a high |
| 359 | school to be designated as having a grade of "A," making |
| 360 | excellent progress, the school must demonstrate that at-risk |
| 361 | students, as defined in this paragraph, in the school are making |
| 362 | adequate progress. |
| 363 | Section 6. Section 1003.497, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 364 | to read: |
| 365 | 1003.497 Service learning.-- |
| 366 | (1) The Department of Education shall encourage school |
| 367 | districts to initiate, adopt, expand, and institutionalize |
| 368 | service-learning programs, activities, and policies in |
| 369 | kindergarten through grade 12. Service learning refers to a |
| 370 | student-centered, research-based teaching and learning strategy |
| 371 | that engages students in meaningful service activities in their |
| 372 | schools or communities. Service-learning activities are directly |
| 373 | tied to academic curricula, standards, and course, district, or |
| 374 | state assessments. Service-learning activities foster academic |
| 375 | achievement, character development, civic engagement, and career |
| 376 | exploration and enable students to apply curriculum content, |
| 377 | skills, and behaviors taught in the classroom. |
| 378 | (2) Upon request of any school district that chooses to |
| 379 | implement service-learning programs, activities, or policies, |
| 380 | the department shall provide assistance in locating, leveraging, |
| 381 | and utilizing available or alternative financial resources that |
| 382 | will assist school districts or teachers desiring to receive |
| 383 | training and other resources to develop and administer service- |
| 384 | learning programs or activities. School districts are encouraged |
| 385 | to include kindergarten through grade 12 service-learning |
| 386 | programs and activities in proposals they submit to the |
| 387 | department under federal entitlement grants and competitive |
| 388 | state and federal grants administered through the department. |
| 389 | (3)(a) The department shall develop and adopt elective |
| 390 | service-learning courses for inclusion in middle and high school |
| 391 | course code directories, which will allow additional |
| 392 | opportunities for students to engage in service learning. School |
| 393 | districts are encouraged to provide support for the use of |
| 394 | service learning at any grade level as an instructional strategy |
| 395 | to address appropriate areas of state education standards for |
| 396 | student knowledge and performance. |
| 397 | (b) The hours that high school students devote to course- |
| 398 | based service-learning activities may be counted toward meeting |
| 399 | community service requirements for high school graduation and |
| 400 | community service requirements for participation in the Florida |
| 401 | Bright Futures Scholarship Program. School districts are |
| 402 | encouraged to include service learning as part of any course or |
| 403 | activity required for high school graduation and to include and |
| 404 | accept service-learning activities and hours in requirements for |
| 405 | academic awards, especially those awards that currently include |
| 406 | community service as a criterion or selection factor. |
| 407 | Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
| 408 | 1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 409 | 1008.34 School grading system; school report cards; |
| 410 | district grade.-- |
| 411 | (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.-- |
| 412 | (a) Each school that has students who are tested and |
| 413 | included in the school grading system shall receive a school |
| 414 | grade, except as follows: |
| 415 | 1. A school shall not receive a school grade if the number |
| 416 | of its students tested and included in the school grading system |
| 417 | is less than the minimum sample size necessary, based on |
| 418 | accepted professional practice, for statistical reliability and |
| 419 | prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable |
| 420 | student data under s. 1002.22 or 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g. |
| 421 | 2. An alternative school may choose to receive a school |
| 422 | grade under this section or a school improvement rating under s. |
| 423 | 1008.341. For charter schools that meet the definition of an |
| 424 | alternative school pursuant to State Board of Education rule, |
| 425 | the decision to receive a school grade is the decision of the |
| 426 | charter school governing board. |
| 427 | 3. A school that serves any combination of students in |
| 428 | kindergarten through grade 3 which does not receive a school |
| 429 | grade because its students are not tested and included in the |
| 430 | school grading system shall receive the school grade designation |
| 431 | of a K-3 feeder pattern school identified by the Department of |
| 432 | Education and verified by the school district. A school feeder |
| 433 | pattern exists if at least 60 percent of the students in the |
| 434 | school serving a combination of students in kindergarten through |
| 435 | grade 3 are scheduled to be assigned to the graded school. |
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| 441 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 442 | Remove lines 2-8 and insert: |
| 443 | An act relating to public K-12 education; amending s. 1006.28, |
| 444 | F.S.; deleting a provision that requires a public school |
| 445 | principal to collect 50 to 75 percent of a textbook's purchase |
| 446 | price from a student who has lost, destroyed, or damaged a |
| 447 | textbook that has been in use for more than 1 year; providing a |
| 448 | short title; amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; providing requirements |
| 449 | for a civics education course that a student must successfully |
| 450 | complete for middle grades promotion beginning with students |
| 451 | entering grade 6 in the 2011-2012 school year; amending s. |
| 452 | 1008.22, F.S.; requiring the administration of an end-of-course |
| 453 | assessment in civics education as a field test at the middle |
| 454 | school level during the 2011-2012 school year; providing |
| 455 | requirements for course grade and course credit for subsequent |
| 456 | school years; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; requiring the inclusion |
| 457 | of civics education end-of-course assessment data in determining |
| 458 | school grades beginning with the 2012-2013 school year; creating |
| 459 | s. 1003.497, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to |
| 460 | encourage school districts to initiate, adopt, expand, and |
| 461 | institutionalize service-learning programs, activities, and |
| 462 | policies in kindergarten through grade 12; defining service |
| 463 | learning; providing for department assistance to a school |
| 464 | district that chooses to implement service-learning activities; |
| 465 | requiring development and adoption of service-learning courses; |
| 466 | authorizing service-learning activities to count toward high |
| 467 | school graduation or academic award requirements; encouraging |
| 468 | school districts to include service learning as part of courses |
| 469 | or activities required for high school graduation or receipt of |
| 470 | academic awards; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; revising provisions |
| 471 | relating to schools receiving a school grade; providing an |
| 472 | effective date. |
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