Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (614458) for CS for SB 1598
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Flores) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 109 and 110
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Present subsection (12) of section 1008.22,
    6  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (13), and a new
    7  subsection (12) is added to that section, to read:
    8         1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools.—
    9         (12) PUBLICATION OF ASSESSMENTS.—To promote transparency in
   10  the statewide assessment program, the Department of Education,
   11  subject to appropriation, shall publish assessments on its
   12  website in accordance with this subsection.
   13         (a) Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, and every 3
   14  years thereafter, the department shall publish each assessment
   15  administered under paragraph (3)(a) and subparagraph (3)(b)1.,
   16  excluding retake assessments, at least once pursuant to a
   17  schedule determined by the Commissioner of Education. Each
   18  assessment, when published, must have been administered during
   19  the most recent school year.
   20         (b) The initial publication of assessments must occur no
   21  later than June 30, 2020, and must include, at a minimum, the
   22  grade 3 ELA and mathematics assessments, the grade 10 ELA
   23  assessment, and the Algebra I EOC assessment.
   24         (c) The department must provide materials on its website to
   25  help the public interpret assessment information published
   26  pursuant to this subsection.
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   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 13
   31  and insert:
   32         completing a specified program; amending s. 1008.22,
   33         F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to publish
   34         certain assessments on its website; providing
   35         requirements for such publication; requiring the
   36         department to provide materials regarding assessment
   37         information on its website; amending s. 1011.80,