Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1696
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Flores moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Delete lines 1534 - 1541
    4  and insert:
    5         (5) RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.—
    6         (f) By September 1, 2009, The department shall approve and
    7  a district may select acceptable premethods and postmethods for
    8  measuring student learning gains, including standardized
    9  assessments, diagnostic assessments, criterion-referenced and
   10  skills-based assessments, or other applicable methods
   11  appropriate for each grade level, for use by supplemental
   12  educational services providers and local school districts in
   13  determining student learning gains. Each method must be able to
   14  measure student progress toward mastering the benchmarks or
   15  access points set forth in the Sunshine State Standards and the
   16  student’s supplemental educational services plan. The use of a
   17  diagnostic and assessment instrument, which is aligned to a
   18  provider’s curriculum, is an acceptable premethod and postmethod
   19  if the provider can demonstrate that the assessment meets the
   20  requirements in this paragraph and is not deemed unreliable or
   21  invalid by the department.
   22         1. A district may include in its district contract with a
   23  provider a requirement to use a single uniform assessment, if
   24  the department is notified of such intent before the district
   25  school start date, and the assessment is not deemed invalid or
   26  unreliable by the department as a means to measure student
   27  progress toward mastering the benchmarks or access points set
   28  forth in the state standards and the student’s supplemental
   29  educational services plan, and to evaluate the effectiveness of
   30  the provider.
   31         2. If a district requires a provider to use a third party
   32  entity to determine student academic deficiencies or learning
   33  gains; to administer, supervise, or score the uniform district
   34  assessment; or to develop student profiles, providers may not be
   35  charged more than 3 percent of the maximum per-child expenditure
   36  for supplemental educational services or $50 per student,
   37  whichever is greater, including the actual assessment tool if
   38  administered by the third party entity.
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   40  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   41         And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   42         Delete lines 1529 - 1530
   43  and insert:
   44         Section 25. Paragraph (f) of subsection (5) of section
   45  1008.331, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
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   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48         And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Delete lines 110 - 116
   50  and insert:
   51         1008.331, F.S.; revising the responsibilities of the
   52         Department of Education; authorizing school districts
   53         to select acceptable premethods and postmethods for
   54         measuring student learning gains; authorizing a school
   55         district to include in its contract with a provider a
   56         requirement to use a single uniform assessment;
   57         providing that providers may not be charged more than
   58         a certain amount for the maximum per child for
   59         supplemental educational services; amending s.
   60         1008.34, F.S.; revising the basis