Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1366
       
       
        
       By Senator Ring
       
       
       
       
       
       29-00727-15                                           20151366__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to high school student retention;
    3         defining terms; requiring the Department of Management
    4         Services to oversee a Pay-for-Success Contract
    5         Program; authorizing the department, contingent upon
    6         funding, to negotiate and enter into pay-for-success
    7         contracts with private entities to fund high-quality
    8         dropout prevention programs; specifying the duties of
    9         the department; requiring the Office of Economic and
   10         Demographic Research to provide information to the
   11         department to assist in determining performance
   12         outcome measures; specifying contract requirements;
   13         requiring an independent evaluator to determine
   14         whether the performance outcome measures in a contract
   15         have been met; requiring the private entity to
   16         annually report certain data; requiring the Office of
   17         Economic and Demographic Research to estimate a
   18         specified cost under certain circumstances; providing
   19         that a high-quality dropout prevention program is not
   20         a procurement item; providing an effective date.
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   22  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   24         Section 1. (1) As used in this section, the term:
   25         (a) “High-quality dropout prevention program” means an
   26  evidence-based model of programming and services which provides
   27  an ongoing assessment of a student’s educational growth and
   28  developmental progress.
   29         (b) “Pay-for-success contract” or “contract” means a
   30  contract entered into between the Department of Management
   31  Services and a private entity to fund a high-quality dropout
   32  prevention program for high-risk students attending a public
   33  high school in this state.
   34         (c) “Private entity” means a private investor that enters
   35  into a pay-for-success contract or an authorized representative
   36  who authorizes a pay-for-success contract.
   37         (d) “Success payment” means an additional return on
   38  investment paid to a private entity that meets the performance
   39  outcome measures established in a pay-for-success contract.
   40         (2) The Department of Management Services shall oversee a
   41  Pay-for-Success Contract Program. The department may, contingent
   42  upon funding in the General Appropriations Act, negotiate and
   43  enter into a pay-for-success contract with a private entity that
   44  is selected through a competitive process. The department shall:
   45         (a) Determine performance outcome measures that must be
   46  included in the contract. The Office of Economic and Demographic
   47  Research shall provide information to the department to assist
   48  in the determination of these measures.
   49         (b) Select an independent, nationally recognized evaluator
   50  through a request for proposals process to annually evaluate the
   51  performance outcome measures specified in the contract.
   52         (c) Ensure that the parent of a student participating in
   53  the high-quality dropout prevention program has given permission
   54  and signed an acknowledgment that the student’s data may be
   55  shared with an independent evaluator for research and evaluation
   56  purposes.
   57         (d) Maintain documentation of the required parental
   58  permission.
   59         (3) A pay-for-success contract must:
   60         (a) Be limited to high-quality dropout prevention programs.
   61         (b) Require a repayment of an investment and a success
   62  payment only if the specified performance outcome measures are
   63  achieved.
   64         (c) Require an independent evaluator to determine whether
   65  the specified performance outcomes have been achieved.
   66         (d) Specify that a repayment of an investment and a success
   67  payment are based upon money appropriated in the General
   68  Appropriations Act.
   69         (e) Prohibit the private entity from receiving or viewing
   70  any personally identifiable student information.
   71         (4) At the direction of the Department of Management
   72  Services, an independent evaluator shall determine whether the
   73  performance outcome measures contained in the contract have been
   74  met. Once the performance outcome measures have been met, the
   75  department may authorize a repayment of an investment and a
   76  success payment to the private entity.
   77         (5) A private entity that receives a repayment of an
   78  investment or a success payment pursuant to a contract shall
   79  annually report to the Department of Management Services all of
   80  the following data, which must not contain any personally
   81  identifiable student information:
   82         (a) The number of eligible students served by the high
   83  quality dropout prevention program funded by the private entity,
   84  including students who are economically disadvantaged or English
   85  language learners.
   86         (b) Attendance records.
   87         (c) Cost per student.
   88         (d) Aggregated longitudinal data on students who currently
   89  receive funding under this section and any students who
   90  previously received funding under this section. Such data must
   91  include academic achievement outcomes, dropout rates, and
   92  graduation rates.
   93         (6) At the request of the Department of Management
   94  Services, the Office of Economic and Demographic Research shall
   95  estimate the total cost the state incurs due to students who
   96  drop out of school.
   97         (7) Funding obtained for a high-quality dropout prevention
   98  program under this section is not a procurement item under s.
   99  287.057.
  100         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.