Florida Senate - 2015 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (610298) for SB 616
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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03/04/2015 .
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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Bullard) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 387 - 482
4 and insert:
5 school improvement ratings pursuant to s. 1008.341 for the 2014
6 2015 and 2015-2016 2013-2014 school years year shall be
7 calculated based on statutes and rules in effect on June 30,
8 2014. To assist in the transition to 2014-2015 school grades,
9 calculated based on new statewide, standardized assessments
10 administered pursuant to s. 1008.22, the 2014-2015 school grades
11 shall serve as an informational baseline for schools to work
12 toward improved performance in future years. Accordingly,
13 notwithstanding any other provision of law:
14 (a) A school may not be required to select and implement a
15 turnaround option pursuant to s. 1008.33 in the 2015-2016 or
16 2016-2017 school year based on the school’s 2014-2015 or 2015
17 2016 grade or school improvement rating under s. 1008.341, as
18 applicable.
19 (b)1. A school or approved provider under s. 1002.45 that
20 receives the same or a lower school grade or school improvement
21 rating for the 2014-2015 school year compared to the 2013-2014
22 school year is not subject to sanctions or penalties that would
23 otherwise occur as a result of the 2014-2015 or 2015-2016 school
24 grade or rating. A charter school system or a school district
25 designated as high performing may not lose the designation based
26 on the 2014-2015 or 2015-2016 school grades of any of the
27 schools within the charter school system or school district, as
28 applicable.
29 2. The Florida School Recognition Program established under
30 s. 1008.36 shall continue to be implemented as otherwise
31 provided in the General Appropriations Act.
32 (c) For purposes of determining grade 3 retention pursuant
33 to s. 1008.25(5) and high school graduation pursuant to s.
34 1003.4282, student performance on the 2014-2015 statewide,
35 standardized assessments shall be linked to 2013-2014 student
36 performance expectations.
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38 This subsection is repealed July 1, 2017.
39 Section 6. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and subsections
40 (7) and (8) of section 1012.34, Florida Statutes, are amended to
41 read:
42 1012.34 Personnel evaluation procedures and criteria.—
43 (3) EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA.—Instructional
44 personnel and school administrator performance evaluations must
45 be based upon the performance of students assigned to their
46 classrooms or schools, as provided in this section. Pursuant to
47 this section, a school district’s performance evaluation is not
48 limited to basing unsatisfactory performance of instructional
49 personnel and school administrators solely upon student
50 performance, but may include other criteria approved to evaluate
51 instructional personnel and school administrators’ performance,
52 or any combination of student performance and other approved
53 criteria. Evaluation procedures and criteria must comply with,
54 but are not limited to, the following:
55 (a) A performance evaluation must be conducted for each
56 employee at least once a year, except that a classroom teacher,
57 as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a), excluding substitute teachers,
58 who is newly hired by the district school board must be observed
59 and evaluated at least twice in the first year of teaching in
60 the school district. The performance evaluation must be based
61 upon sound educational principles and contemporary research in
62 effective educational practices. The evaluation criteria must
63 include:
64 1. Performance of students.—At least 33 50 percent of a
65 performance evaluation must be based upon data and indicators of
66 student learning growth assessed annually by statewide
67 assessments or, for subjects and grade levels not measured by
68 statewide assessments, by school district assessments pursuant
69 to subsection (7) as provided in s. 1008.22(6). Each school
70 district must use the formula adopted pursuant to paragraph
71 (7)(a) for measuring student learning growth in all courses
72 associated with statewide assessments and must select an equally
73 appropriate formula for measuring student learning growth for
74 all other grades and subjects, except as otherwise provided in
75 subsection (7).
76 a. For classroom teachers, as defined in s. 1012.01(2)(a),
77 excluding substitute teachers, the student learning growth
78 portion of the evaluation must include growth data for students
79 assigned to the teacher over the course of at least 3 years. If
80 less than 3 years of data are available, the years for which
81 data are available must be used and the percentage of the
82 evaluation based upon student learning growth may be reduced to
83 not less than 30 40 percent.
84 b. For instructional personnel who are not classroom
85 teachers, the student learning growth portion of the evaluation
86 must include growth data on statewide assessments for students
87 assigned to the instructional personnel over the course of at
88 least 3 years, or may include a combination of student learning
89 growth data and other measurable student outcomes that are
90 specific to the assigned position, provided that the student
91 learning growth data accounts for not less than 30 percent of
92 the evaluation. If less than 3 years of student growth data are
93 available, the years for which data are available must be used
94 and the percentage of the evaluation based upon student learning
95 growth may be reduced to not less than 20 percent.
96 c. For school administrators, the student learning growth
97 portion of the evaluation must include growth data for students
98 assigned to the school over the course of at least 3 years. If
99 less than 3 years of data are available, the years for which
100 data are available must be used and the percentage of the
101 evaluation based upon student learning growth may be reduced to
102 not less than 30 40 percent.
103 d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, performance
104 evaluations based upon data and indicators for the 2014-2015 and
105 2015-2016 school years may not use student learning growth as
106 required under this subparagraph if such use would result in a
107 lower level of performance as specified in paragraph (2)(e) than
108 the level of performance which would result without the use of
109 student learning growth.
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112 And the title is amended as follows:
113 Delete lines 40 - 44
114 and insert:
115 amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; providing that school
116 grades and school improvement ratings for specified
117 school years shall serve as an informational baseline;
118 prohibiting a school from being required to implement
119 a school turnaround option in a specified school year
120 based on certain school grades or improvement ratings;
121 prohibiting a virtual instruction program from being
122 subject to sanctions or penalties based on certain
123 school grades or improvement ratings; prohibiting a
124 charter school system or school district from losing a
125 designation as high performing based on certain school
126 grades or improvement ratings in a specified school
127 year; amending s. 1012.34, F.S.; revising the
128 percentage thresholds for performance evaluation
129 criteria for instructional personnel and school
130 administrators; prohibiting the use of student
131 learning growth in performance evaluations under
132 certain circumstances; authorizing use of peer reviews