Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 2310
       
       
       
       By Senator Wilson
       
       
       
       
       33-01678-10                                           20102310__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Comprehensive
    3         Assessment Test; recognizing the continuing,
    4         devastating, and far-reaching effects of the January
    5         12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti; providing that scores
    6         resulting from the administration of the Florida
    7         Comprehensive Assessment Test during the 2009-2010
    8         school year may not be considered for purposes of
    9         promotion, retention, or graduation in certain schools
   10         having a student population of at least 40 percent who
   11         are of Haitian descent; requiring that the State Board
   12         of Education adopt guidelines by a specified date for
   13         determining whether a school qualifies for this
   14         exemption; requiring that the Commissioner of
   15         Education make such determination and certify his or
   16         her findings to the Governor, the Legislature, and
   17         other specified entities by a specified date;
   18         providing an effective date.
   19  
   20  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   21  
   22         Section 1. In recognition of the continuing, devastating,
   23  and far-reaching effects of the January 12, 2010, earthquake in
   24  Haiti, any school that has a student population of at least 40
   25  percent who are of Haitian descent shall administer the Florida
   26  Comprehensive Assessment Test, as required in s. 1008.22,
   27  Florida Statutes, during the 2009-2010 school year; however, all
   28  students are exempt from any adverse impact the scores may have
   29  on promotion, retention, or graduation. The State Board of
   30  Education shall adopt guidelines by September 1, 2010, for
   31  determining which schools qualify for this exemption. Based on
   32  the guidelines, the Commissioner of Education shall determine
   33  which schools qualify for this exemption and by October 1, 2010,
   34  certify his or her findings to the Governor, the President of
   35  the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
   36  State Board of Education, and the schools qualifying for this
   37  exemption.
   38         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.