| 1 | Representative Flores offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 63 and 64, insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section |
| 6 | 1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 1008.34 School grading system; school report cards; |
| 8 | district grade.-- |
| 9 | (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.-- |
| 10 | (a) Each school that has students who are tested and |
| 11 | included in the school grading system shall receive a school |
| 12 | grade, except as follows: |
| 13 | 1. A school shall not receive a school grade if the number |
| 14 | of its students tested and included in the school grading system |
| 15 | is less than the minimum sample size necessary, based on |
| 16 | accepted professional practice, for statistical reliability and |
| 17 | prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable |
| 18 | student data under s. 1002.22 or 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g. |
| 19 | 2. A district An alternative school, or a charter school, |
| 20 | that provides dropout prevention and academic intervention |
| 21 | services pursuant to s. 1003.53 may choose to receive a school |
| 22 | grade under this section or a school improvement rating under s. |
| 23 | 1008.341. For a charter school under this subparagraph, the |
| 24 | decision to receive a school grade is a decision made by the |
| 25 | charter school governing board. |
| 26 | 3. A school that serves any combination of students in |
| 27 | kindergarten through grade 3 which does not receive a school |
| 28 | grade because its students are not tested and included in the |
| 29 | school grading system shall receive the school grade designation |
| 30 | of a K-3 feeder pattern school identified by the Department of |
| 31 | Education and verified by the school district. A school feeder |
| 32 | pattern exists if at least 60 percent of the students in the |
| 33 | school serving a combination of students in kindergarten through |
| 34 | grade 3 are scheduled to be assigned to the graded school. |
| 35 | Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1008.341, Florida |
| 36 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 37 | 1008.341 School improvement rating for alternative |
| 38 | schools.-- |
| 39 | (2) SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT RATING.--A district An alternative |
| 40 | school, or a charter school, that provides dropout prevention |
| 41 | and academic intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53 shall |
| 42 | receive a school improvement rating pursuant to this section. |
| 43 | However, a district an alternative school, or a charter school, |
| 44 | that provides these services shall not receive a school |
| 45 | improvement rating if the number of its students for whom |
| 46 | student performance data is available for the current year and |
| 47 | previous year is less than the minimum sample size necessary, |
| 48 | based on accepted professional practice, for statistical |
| 49 | reliability and prevention of the unlawful release of personally |
| 50 | identifiable student data under s. 1002.22 or 20 U.S.C. s. |
| 51 | 1232g. The school improvement rating shall identify a district |
| 52 | an alternative school or a charter school as having one of the |
| 53 | following ratings defined according to rules of the State Board |
| 54 | of Education: |
| 55 | (a) "Improving" means the students attending the school |
| 56 | are making more academic progress than when the students were |
| 57 | served in their home schools. |
| 58 | (b) "Maintaining" means the students attending the school |
| 59 | are making progress equivalent to the progress made when the |
| 60 | students were served in their home schools. |
| 61 | (c) "Declining" means the students attending the school |
| 62 | are making less academic progress than when the students were |
| 63 | served in their home schools. |
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| 65 | The school improvement rating shall be based on a comparison of |
| 66 | student performance data for the current year and previous year. |
| 67 | Schools that improve at least one level or maintain an |
| 68 | "improving" rating pursuant to this section are eligible for |
| 69 | school recognition awards pursuant to s. 1008.36. |
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| 72 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 73 | Remove lines 2-15 and insert: |
| 74 | An act relating to public K-12 education; creating s. 1003.497, |
| 75 | F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to encourage school |
| 76 | districts to initiate, adopt, expand, and institutionalize |
| 77 | service-learning programs, activities, and policies in |
| 78 | kindergarten through grade 12; defining service learning; |
| 79 | providing for department assistance to a school district that |
| 80 | chooses to implement service-learning activities; requiring |
| 81 | development and adoption of service-learning courses; |
| 82 | authorizing service-learning activities to count toward high |
| 83 | school graduation or academic award requirements; encouraging |
| 84 | school districts to include service learning as part of courses |
| 85 | or activities required for high school graduation or receipt of |
| 86 | academic awards; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; revising provisions |
| 87 | relating to schools receiving a school grade; amending s. |
| 88 | 1008.341, F.S.; revising provisions relating to schools |
| 89 | receiving a school improvement rating; |