Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 428
       
       
       
       By Senator Detert
       
       
       
       
       28-00120A-13                                           2013428__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public school student participation
    3         in fine arts courses; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.;
    4         requiring annual reporting of participation in fine
    5         arts courses and compliance with standards for
    6         curricular content; revising the basis for the
    7         designation of school grades to include the
    8         participation rate of students who are enrolled in
    9         fine arts courses; correcting terminology; providing
   10         an effective date.
   11  
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   13  
   14         Section 1. Subsection (1) and paragraphs (b) and (c) of
   15  subsection (3) of section 1008.34, Florida Statutes, are amended
   16  to read:
   17         1008.34 School grading system; school report cards;
   18  district grade.—
   19         (1) ANNUAL REPORTS.—The Commissioner of Education shall
   20  prepare annual reports of the results of the statewide
   21  assessment program which describe student achievement in the
   22  state, each district, and each school. The commissioner shall
   23  prescribe the design and content of these reports, which must
   24  include descriptions of the performance of all schools
   25  participating in the assessment program and all of their major
   26  student populations as determined by the commissioner. The
   27  report must also include the percent of students performing at
   28  or above grade level and making a year’s learning growth in a
   29  year’s time in reading and mathematics. The report must also
   30  include a description based on annual reporting by schools of
   31  student access to, and participation in, fine arts courses, the
   32  number and certification status of educators providing
   33  instruction in the courses, and the manner in which schools are
   34  providing the core curricular content for fine arts established
   35  in the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards. The provisions
   36  of s. 1002.22 pertaining to student records apply to this
   37  section.
   38         (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.—
   39         (b)1. A school’s grade shall be based on a combination of:
   40         a. Student achievement scores, including achievement as
   41  measured by FCAT assessments under s. 1008.22(3)(c)1.,
   42  statewide, standardized end-of-course assessments under s.
   43  1008.22(3)(c)2.a. and b., and achievement scores for students
   44  seeking a special diploma.
   45         b. Student learning gains in reading and mathematics as
   46  measured by FCAT and statewide, standardized end-of-course
   47  assessments, as described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)1. and 2.a.,
   48  including learning gains for students seeking a special diploma,
   49  as measured by an alternate assessment.
   50         c. Improvement of the lowest 25th percentile of students in
   51  the school in reading and mathematics on the FCAT or end-of
   52  course assessments described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.a., unless
   53  these students are exhibiting satisfactory performance.
   54         2. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, for schools
   55  comprised of middle school grades 6 through 8 or grades 7 and 8,
   56  the school’s grade shall include the performance and
   57  participation of its students enrolled in high school level
   58  courses with end-of-course assessments administered under s.
   59  1008.22(3)(c)2.a. Performance and participation must be weighted
   60  equally. As valid data becomes available, the school grades
   61  shall include the students’ attainment of national industry
   62  certification identified in the Industry Certification Funding
   63  List pursuant to rules adopted by the state board.
   64         3. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year for schools
   65  comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10,
   66  11, and 12, at least 50 percent of the school grade shall be
   67  based on a combination of the factors listed in sub
   68  subparagraphs 1.a.-c. and the remaining percentage on the
   69  following factors:
   70         a. The high school graduation rate of the school;
   71         b. As valid data becomes available, the performance and
   72  participation of the school’s students in College Board Advanced
   73  Placement courses, International Baccalaureate courses, dual
   74  enrollment courses, and Advanced International Certificate of
   75  Education courses; and the students’ achievement of national
   76  industry certification identified in the Industry Certification
   77  Funding List, pursuant to rules adopted by the state board;
   78         c. Postsecondary readiness of all of the school’s on-time
   79  graduates as measured by the SAT, the ACT, the Postsecondary
   80  Education Readiness Test, or the common placement test;
   81         d. The high school graduation rate of at-risk students, who
   82  are students scoring at Level 1 or Level 2 on grade 8 FCAT
   83  Reading and FCAT Mathematics;
   84         e. As valid data becomes available, the performance of the
   85  school’s students on statewide, standardized end-of-course
   86  assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.c. and d.; and
   87         f. The growth or decline in the components listed in sub
   88  subparagraphs a.-e. from year to year.
   89         4. Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year for schools
   90  comprised of any of grades kindergarten through grade 12, the
   91  school’s grade shall include the participation rate of students
   92  who are enrolled in fine arts courses, which are visual arts,
   93  music, dance, and theatre courses.
   94         (c) Student assessment data and participation rates used in
   95  determining school grades shall include:
   96         1. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
   97  in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT and statewide,
   98  standardized end-of-course assessments in courses required for
   99  high school graduation, including, beginning with the 2011-2012
  100  school year, the end-of-course assessment in Algebra I; and
  101  beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the end-of-course
  102  assessments in geometry and Biology I; and beginning with the
  103  2014-2015 school year, on the statewide, standardized end-of
  104  course assessment in civics education at the middle school
  105  level.
  106         2. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
  107  in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT and statewide,
  108  standardized end-of-course assessments as described in s.
  109  1008.22(3)(c)2.a., and who have scored at or in the lowest 25th
  110  percentile of students in the school in reading and mathematics,
  111  unless these students are exhibiting satisfactory performance.
  112         3. The achievement scores and learning gains of eligible
  113  students attending alternative schools that provide dropout
  114  prevention and academic intervention services pursuant to s.
  115  1003.53. The term “eligible students” in this subparagraph does
  116  not include students attending an alternative school who are
  117  subject to district school board policies for expulsion for
  118  repeated or serious offenses, who are in dropout retrieval
  119  programs serving students who have officially been designated as
  120  dropouts, or who are in programs operated or contracted by the
  121  Department of Juvenile Justice. The student performance data for
  122  eligible students identified in this subparagraph shall be
  123  included in the calculation of the home school’s grade. As used
  124  in this subparagraph and s. 1008.341, the term “home school”
  125  means the school to which the student would be assigned if the
  126  student were not assigned to an alternative school. If an
  127  alternative school chooses to be graded under this section,
  128  student performance data for eligible students identified in
  129  this subparagraph may shall not be included in the home school’s
  130  grade but shall be included only in the calculation of the
  131  alternative school’s grade. A school district that fails to
  132  assign the FCAT and statewide, standardized end-of-course
  133  assessment as described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.a. scores of each
  134  of its students to his or her home school or to the alternative
  135  school that receives a grade shall forfeit Florida School
  136  Recognition Program funds for 1 fiscal year. School districts
  137  must require collaboration between the home school and the
  138  alternative school in order to promote student success. This
  139  collaboration must include an annual discussion between the
  140  principal of the alternative school and the principal of each
  141  student’s home school concerning the most appropriate school
  142  assignment of the student.
  143         4. The achievement scores and learning gains of students
  144  who are hospitalized designated as hospital- or homebound.
  145  Student assessment data for students who are hospitalized
  146  designated as hospital- or homebound shall be assigned to their
  147  home school for the purposes of school grades. As used in this
  148  subparagraph, the term “home school” means the school to which a
  149  student would be assigned if the student were not assigned to a
  150  hospital/homebound hospital- or homebound program.
  151         5. For schools comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11,
  152  and 12, or grades 10, 11, and 12, the data listed in
  153  subparagraphs 1.-3. and the following data as the Department of
  154  Education determines such data are valid and available:
  155         a. The high school graduation rate of the school as
  156  calculated by the department;
  157         b. The participation rate of all eligible students enrolled
  158  in the school and enrolled in College Board Advanced Placement
  159  courses; International Baccalaureate courses; dual enrollment
  160  courses; Advanced International Certificate of Education
  161  courses; and courses or sequences of courses leading to national
  162  industry certification identified in the Industry Certification
  163  Funding List, pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of
  164  Education;
  165         c. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
  166  in the school in College Board Advanced Placement courses,
  167  International Baccalaureate courses, and Advanced International
  168  Certificate of Education courses;
  169         d. Earning of college credit by all eligible students
  170  enrolled in the school in dual enrollment programs under s.
  171  1007.271;
  172         e. Earning of a national industry certification identified
  173  in the Industry Certification Funding List, pursuant to rules
  174  adopted by the State Board of Education;
  175         f. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
  176  in the school in reading, mathematics, and other subjects as
  177  measured by the SAT, the ACT, the Postsecondary Education
  178  Readiness Test, and the common placement test for postsecondary
  179  readiness;
  180         g. The high school graduation rate of all eligible at-risk
  181  students enrolled in the school who scored at Level 2 or lower
  182  on grade 8 FCAT Reading and FCAT Mathematics;
  183         h. The performance of the school’s students on statewide,
  184  standardized end-of-course assessments administered under s.
  185  1008.22(3)(c)2.c. and d.; and
  186         i. The growth or decline in the data components listed in
  187  sub-subparagraphs a.-h. from year to year.
  188         6. Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year for schools
  189  comprised of any of grades kindergarten through grade 12, the
  190  participation rate of students in the school who are enrolled in
  191  fine arts courses, which are visual arts, music, dance, and
  192  theatre courses.
  193  
  194  The State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate criteria
  195  for each school grade. The criteria must also give added weight
  196  to student achievement in reading. Schools earning a grade of
  197  “C,” making satisfactory progress, shall be required to
  198  demonstrate that adequate progress has been made by students in
  199  the school who are in the lowest 25th percentile in reading and
  200  mathematics on the FCAT and end-of-course assessments as
  201  described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.a., unless these students are
  202  exhibiting satisfactory performance. For schools comprised of
  203  high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10, 11, and 12,
  204  the criteria for school grades must also give added weight to
  205  the graduation rate of all eligible at-risk students. In order
  206  for a high school to earn a grade of “A,” the school must
  207  demonstrate that its at-risk students, as defined in this
  208  paragraph, are making adequate progress.
  209         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.