HB 1377

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to supplemental educational services;
3	amending s. 1008.331, F.S.; requiring each school district
4	to report to the Department of Education information
5	regarding certain supplemental educational services
6	providers; requiring the department to evaluate each
7	state-approved provider and assign a service designation;
8	providing an exception; requiring rulemaking and reporting
9	relating to service designations; authorizing the use of
10	certain funds; providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 1008.331, Florida
15	Statutes, is amended to read:
16	1008.331  Supplemental educational services in Title I
17	schools; school district, provider, and department
18	responsibilities.--
19	(5)  RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.--
20	(a)  By May 1 of each year, each school district must
21	report to the department, on the form prescribed by the
22	department, the following information regarding each
23	supplemental educational services provider that provides service
24	to public school students in the district:
25	1.  Student learning gains as demonstrated by mastery of
26	applicable benchmarks or access points set forth in the Sunshine
27	State Standards.
28	2.  Student attendance and completion data provided to the
29	district by each provider.
30	3.  Parent satisfaction survey results.
31	4.  School district satisfaction survey results.
32	5.  Principal satisfaction survey results.
33	(b)  The department shall evaluate each state-approved
34	provider using the information received pursuant to paragraph
35	(a) and assign a service designation of excellent, satisfactory,
36	or unsatisfactory for the prior school year. However, if the
37	student population served by the provider does not meet the
38	minimum sample size necessary, based on accepted professional
39	practice for statistical reliability and prevention of the
40	unlawful release of personally identifiable student information,
41	the department may not assign the provider a service
42	designation. The State Board of Education shall specify, in
43	rule, the threshold requirements for assigning the service
44	designations. By July 1 of each year, the department must report
45	the service designations to the supplemental educational
46	services providers, the school districts, parents, and the
47	public.
48	(c)  School districts may use Title I, Part A funds to meet
49	the requirements of this subsection, as provided in the
50	Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended.
51	(a)  The Department of Education shall assign to each
52	state-approved supplemental educational services provider one of
53	the following grades, defined according to rules of the State
54	Board of Education:
55	1.  "A," providing superior service.
56	2.  "B," providing above satisfactory service.
57	3.  "C," providing satisfactory service.
58	4.  "D," providing below satisfactory service.
59	5.  "F," providing unsatisfactory service.
60	(b)  A state-approved supplemental educational services
61	provider's grade shall be based on a combination of student
62	learning gains and student proficiency levels, as measured by
63	the statewide assessment pursuant to s. 1008.22, and norm-
64	referenced tests approved by the Department of Education for
65	students in kindergarten through grade 3.
66	(c)  Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the
67	Department of Education shall assign a grade to each state-
68	approved supplemental educational services provider and by March
69	1 report the grades to the supplemental educational services
70	providers, the school districts, parents, and the public.
71	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.

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