Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
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                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  03/23/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Bullard) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 762 and 763
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law, each district
    6  school board shall implement a program that studies and assesses
    7  the effectiveness of using statewide, standardized comprehensive
    8  examinations to achieve the purpose of the student assessment
    9  program for public schools specified in s. 1008.22(1), Florida
   10  Statutes. Before a statewide, standardized comprehensive
   11  examination is administered, each district school board and the
   12  Department of Education must concur in the effectiveness of the
   13  examination as an accurate and reliable assessment tool.
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   15  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   16  And the title is amended as follows:
   17         Delete line 64
   18  and insert:
   19         2015 school year; providing for expiration; requiring
   20         district school boards to implement a program studying
   21         and assessing the effectiveness of using statewide,
   22         standardized comprehensive examinations; requiring
   23         each district school board and the Department of
   24         Education to concur in the effectiveness of an
   25         examination before administration; requiring