Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (610298) for SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                 Comm: UNFAV           .                                
                  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         Before line 71
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Notwithstanding any other requirement in the
    6  Florida K-20 Education Code to the contrary, the administration
    7  of the statewide, standardized assessments required under s.
    8  1008.22, Florida Statutes, is suspended until the Office of
    9  Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability completes
   10  a 1-year study, beginning no later than August 1, 2015,
   11  assessing the cost-effectiveness of the leasing by the
   12  Department of Education of examination questions from the
   13  American Institute for Research as compared to the use of
   14  questions from an existing examination.
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   16  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   17  And the title is amended as follows:
   18         Delete line 2
   19  and insert:
   20         An act relating to education accountability;
   21         suspending the administration of the statewide,
   22         standardized assessments until completion of a study
   23         by the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
   24         Government Accountability; amending