Florida Senate - 2009 SB 2538
By Senator Detert
23-01171B-09 20092538__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to supplemental educational services;
3 amending s. 1008.331, F.S.; requiring that each school
4 district report certain information to the Department
5 of Education regarding state-approved supplemental
6 educational services providers that are providing
7 services to public school students in the district by
8 a specified date each year; requiring that the
9 department evaluate each provider based on such
10 information and assign a service designation;
11 providing an exception for such designation; requiring
12 that the department adopt rules specifying the
13 threshold requirements for such designation; requiring
14 that the department report the service designations to
15 the providers, the school districts, parents, and the
16 public by a specified date each year; authorizing
17 school districts to use certain funds to meet the
18 requirements in the act; requiring that the State
19 Board of Education adopt rules; providing an effective
20 date.
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22 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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24 Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 1008.331, Florida
25 Statutes, is amended to read:
26 1008.331 Supplemental educational services in Title I
27 schools; school district, provider, and department
28 responsibilities.—
29 (5) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—
30 (a) By May 1 of each year, each school district must report
31 to the department, in the form prescribed by the department, the
32 following information regarding each supplemental educational
33 services provider that provides services to public school
34 students in the district:
35 1. Student learning gains as demonstrated by mastery of
36 applicable benchmarks or access points set forth in the Sunshine
37 State Standards;
38 2. Student attendance and completion data provided to the
39 district by each provider;
40 3. Parent satisfaction survey results;
41 4. School district satisfaction survey results; and
42 5. Principal satisfaction survey results. The Department of
43 Education shall assign to each state-approved supplemental
44 educational services provider one of the following grades,
45 defined according to rules of the State Board of Education:
46 1. “A,” providing superior service.
47 2. “B,” providing above satisfactory service.
48 3. “C,” providing satisfactory service.
49 4. “D,” providing below satisfactory service.
50 5. “F,” providing unsatisfactory service.
51 (b) The department shall evaluate each state-approved
52 provider using the information received pursuant to paragraph
53 (a) and assign a service designation of excellent, satisfactory,
54 or unsatisfactory for the prior school year. However, if the
55 student population served by the provider does not meet the
56 minimum sample size necessary, based on accepted professional
57 practice for statistical reliability and the prevention of the
58 unlawful release of personally identifiable student information,
59 the provider will not receive a service designation. The
60 department shall specify, by rule, the threshold requirements
61 for assigning the service designations. By July 1 of each year,
62 the department must report the service designation to the
63 supplemental educational services providers, the school
64 districts, parents, and the public. A state-approved
65 supplemental educational services provider’s grade shall be
66 based on a combination of student learning gains and student
67 proficiency levels, as measured by the statewide assessment
68 pursuant to s. 1008.22, and norm-referenced tests approved by
69 the Department of Education for students in kindergarten through
70 grade 3.
71 (c) School districts may use Title I, Part A funds to meet
72 the requirements, as provided in the Elementary and Secondary
73 Education Act, as amended. Beginning with the 2007-2008 school
74 year, the Department of Education shall assign a grade to each
75 state-approved supplemental educational services provider and by
76 March 1 report the grades to the supplemental educational
77 services providers, the school districts, parents, and the
78 public.
79 (d) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules pursuant
80 to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this
81 subsection.
82 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.