Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. PCS (464990) for CS for SB 1714
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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The Committee on Appropriations (Hays) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 23 - 41
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5 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section
6 1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades
8 promotion.—
9 (1) In order for a student to be promoted to high school
10 from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the
11 student must successfully complete the following courses:
12 (e) One course in career and education planning to be
13 completed in 6th, 7th, or 8th grade. The course may be taught by
14 any member of the instructional staff. At a minimum, the course
15 must be Internet-based, easy to use, and customizable to each
16 student and include research-based assessments to assist
17 students in determining educational and career options and
18 goals. In addition, the course must result in a completed
19 personalized academic and career plan for the student; must
20 emphasize the importance of entrepreneurship skills; must
21 emphasize technology or the application of technology in career
22 fields; and, beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year, must
23 include information from the Department of Economic
24 Opportunity’s economic security report as described in s.
25 445.07. The required personalized academic and career plan must
26 inform students of high school graduation requirements,
27 including a detailed explanation of the diploma designation
28 options provided under s. 1003.4285; high school assessment and
29 college entrance test requirements; Florida Bright Futures
30 Scholarship Program requirements; state university and Florida
31 College System institution admission requirements; available
32 opportunities to earn college credit in high school, including
33 Advanced Placement courses; the International Baccalaureate
34 Program; the Advanced International Certificate of Education
35 Program; dual enrollment, including career dual enrollment; and
36 career education courses, including career-themed courses and
37 courses that lead to industry certification pursuant to s.
38 1003.492 or s. 1008.44. The course in career and education
39 planning required in this paragraph may include, or a school
40 district may develop, grade level curricula or instruction that
41 introduces students to various careers, but the course or school
42 district must not require any curriculum, instruction, or
43 employment-related activity that obligates an elementary or
44 secondary student to involuntarily select a career, a career
45 interest, an employment goal, or a related job training.
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47 Each school must inform parents about the course curriculum and
48 activities. Each student shall complete a personal education
49 plan that must be signed by the student and the student’s
50 parent. The Department of Education shall develop course
51 frameworks and professional development materials for the career
52 and education planning course. The course may be implemented as
53 a stand-alone course or integrated into another course or
54 courses. The Commissioner of Education shall collect
55 longitudinal high school course enrollment data by student
56 ethnicity in order to analyze course-taking patterns.
57 Section 2. Competency-based innovation pilot program.
58 Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, a competency-based
59 innovation pilot program is established within the Department of
60 Education.
61 (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “competency
62 based education” means a system in which a student may advance
63 to higher levels of learning after demonstrating a mastery of
64 concepts and skills instead of after a specified timeframe.
65 (2) Public schools in Lake, Palm Beach, Pinellas, and
66 Seminole Counties; P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School; and
67 school districts or charter schools designated by the
68 Commissioner of Education may submit an application to the
69 department for approval of a competency-based innovation pilot
70 program. A school or school district may discontinue its
71 participation in the pilot program at its discretion, or a
72 student who participates in the pilot program may discontinue
73 his or her participation in the program at the discretion of the
74 student or the student’s parent. The application for approval of
75 a competency-based pilot program shall be submitted on a form
76 provided and by a date specified by the department and must
77 include, but need not be limited to, the following:
78 (a) A vision for the pilot program, including a timeline
79 for the program.
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82 And the title is amended as follows:
83 Delete lines 2 - 8
84 and insert:
85 An act relating to the competency-based education;
86 amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; authoring career and
87 education planning courses to include, or school
88 districts to develop, specified grade level curricula
89 or instruction; prohibiting such courses or school
90 districts from requiring certain curricula,
91 instruction, or activities; establishing a competency
92 based innovation pilot program within the Department
93 of Education; defining the term “competency-based
94 education”; authorizing certain schools to apply to
95 the department for approval of a competency-based
96 innovation pilot program; specifying that participants
97 may choose to discontinue their participation in the
98 program; specifying information to be