((LATE FILED FOR: APRIL 23 THIRD READING ))Amendment
Bill No. CS/HB 157
Amendment No. 677173
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Flores offered the following:
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3     Substitute Amendment for Amendment (259931) (with title
4amendment)
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6     Section 2.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
71008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
8     1008.34  School grading system; school report cards;
9district grade.--
10     (3)  DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.--
11     (a)  Each school that has students who are tested and
12included in the school grading system shall receive a school
13grade, except as follows:
14     1.  A school shall not receive a school grade if the number
15of its students tested and included in the school grading system
16is less than the minimum sample size necessary, based on
17accepted professional practice, for statistical reliability and
18prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable
19student data under s. 1002.22 or 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g.
20     2.  An alternative school may choose to receive a school
21grade under this section or a school improvement rating under s.
221008.341. For charter schools that meet the definition of an
23alternative school pursuant to State Board of Education rule,
24the decision to receive a school grade is the decision of the
25charter school governing board.
26     3.  A school that serves any combination of students in
27kindergarten through grade 3 which does not receive a school
28grade because its students are not tested and included in the
29school grading system shall receive the school grade designation
30of a K-3 feeder pattern school identified by the Department of
31Education and verified by the school district. A school feeder
32pattern exists if at least 60 percent of the students in the
33school serving a combination of students in kindergarten through
34grade 3 are scheduled to be assigned to the graded school.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
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42An act relating to public K-12 education; creating s. 1003.497,
43F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to encourage school
44districts to initiate, adopt, expand, and institutionalize
45service-learning programs, activities, and policies in
46kindergarten through grade 12; defining service learning;
47providing for department assistance to a school district that
48chooses to implement service-learning activities; requiring
49development and adoption of service-learning courses;
50authorizing service-learning activities to count toward high
51school graduation or academic award requirements; encouraging
52school districts to include service learning as part of courses
53or activities required for high school graduation or receipt of
54academic awards; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; revising provisions
55relating to schools receiving a school grade;
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