Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1264
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/18/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Legg) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Between lines 119 and 120
    4  insert:
    5         4. Responsible for consulting with the Agency for State
    6  Technology to establish uniform definitions of technology
    7  infrastructure components which must be incorporated into the
    8  department’s 5-year strategic plan. The uniform definitions must
    9  be incorporated by each charter school that seeks Florida
   10  digital classrooms allocation funds and by each district school
   11  board in technology information annually submitted to the
   12  department which includes, but is not limited to, digital
   13  classroom plans and technology resources inventory.
   14         5. Responsible for consulting with the Agency for State
   15  Technology to create a digital readiness scorecard to compare
   16  the digital readiness of school districts within the state. The
   17  scorecard must use the uniform definitions identified under this
   18  section and technology infrastructure standards and targets
   19  identified under s. 282.0052(1)(a). At a minimum, the scorecard
   20  must include the student-to-device ratio, the percentage of
   21  schools within each district that meet bandwidth standards, the
   22  percentage of classrooms within each district that meet wireless
   23  standards, the refresh rate of devices, network capacity,
   24  information storage capacity, and information security services.