Florida Senate - 2017                             CS for SB 1598
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Education; and Senator Brandes
       
       
       
       
       
       581-03357-17                                          20171598c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education; amending s. 944.801,
    3         F.S.; authorizing the Department of Corrections to
    4         contract with charter schools to provide education
    5         services to the Correctional Education Program;
    6         creating s. 1003.631, F.S.; creating the Schools of
    7         Excellence Program; providing for designation as a
    8         School of Excellence; providing requirements for a
    9         School of Excellence; providing for redesignation;
   10         authorizing Schools of Excellence to have specified
   11         administrative flexibilities; authorizing certain
   12         teachers to earn a professional certificate by
   13         completing a specified program; amending s. 1012.28,
   14         F.S.; providing additional authority and
   15         responsibilities to the principal of a School of
   16         Excellence; providing that newly assigned principals
   17         of certain schools must be provided specified
   18         authority and responsibilities; amending s. 1012.56,
   19         F.S.; providing that successful completion of a
   20         specified program demonstrates mastery of certain
   21         skills; revising the criteria instructional personnel
   22         must meet to be issued a professional certificate;
   23         providing that an applicant for professional
   24         certification is not required to take or pass a
   25         specified examination under certain circumstances;
   26         providing requirements for the development and
   27         implementation of a comprehensive teacher mentorship
   28         certification program; providing the purpose of the
   29         program; requiring the Department of Education to
   30         adopt standards for the approval of district-developed
   31         programs; providing requirements for such standards;
   32         providing program requirements; providing peer mentor
   33         requirements; amending s. 1012.585, F.S.; providing
   34         that instructional personnel may substitute 1 year of
   35         specified employment for a certain amount of inservice
   36         points within a certain cycle for certificate renewal;
   37         providing such employment does not satisfy a specified
   38         credit hour requirement; amending s. 1012.98, F.S.;
   39         revising the activities designed to implement the
   40         School Community Professional Development Act to
   41         include specified training relating to the
   42         comprehensive teacher mentorship program; revising
   43         requirements for school district professional
   44         development systems; requiring the department to
   45         disseminate professional development programs that
   46         meet specified criteria; creating s. 1013.29, F.S.;
   47         authorizing certain high school educational facilities
   48         to be located on a public or private postsecondary
   49         institution campus under certain circumstances;
   50         providing an effective date.
   51          
   52  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   53  
   54         Section 1. Present subsections (4) and (5) of section
   55  944.801, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5)
   56  and (6), respectively, and a new subsection (4) is added to that
   57  section, to read:
   58         944.801 Education for state prisoners.—
   59         (4) The department may enter into a contract with a charter
   60  school authorized to operate under s. 1002.33 to provide
   61  education services for the Correctional Education Program.
   62         Section 2. Section 1003.631, Florida Statutes, is created
   63  to read:
   64         1003.631Schools of Excellence.—The Schools of Excellence
   65  Program is established to provide administrative flexibility to
   66  the state’s top schools so that the instructional personnel and
   67  administrative staff at such schools can continue to serve their
   68  communities and increase student learning to the best of their
   69  professional ability.
   70         (1)DESIGNATION.—
   71         (a)The State Board of Education shall designate a school
   72  as a School of Excellence if the school’s percentage of possible
   73  points earned in its school grade calculation is in the 80th
   74  percentile or higher for schools comprised of the same grade
   75  groupings, including elementary schools, middle schools, high
   76  schools, and schools with a combination of grade levels, for at
   77  least 2 of the last 3 school years. The school must have data
   78  for each applicable school grade component pursuant to s.
   79  1008.34(3) to be eligible for designation as a School of
   80  Excellence. A qualifying school shall retain the designation as
   81  a School of Excellence for up to 3 years, at the end of which
   82  time the school may renew the designation, if:
   83         1.The school was in the 80th percentile or higher pursuant
   84  to this subsection for 2 of the previous 3 years; and
   85         2.The school did not receive a school grade lower than “B”
   86  pursuant to s. 1008.34 during any of the previous 3 years.
   87         (b)A school that earns a school grade lower than “B”
   88  pursuant to s. 1008.34 during the 3-year period may not continue
   89  to be designated as a School of Excellence during the remainder
   90  of that 3-year period and loses the administrative flexibilities
   91  provided in subsection (2).
   92         (2)ADMINISTRATIVE FLEXIBILITIES.—A School of Excellence
   93  must be provided the following administrative flexibilities:
   94         (a)Exemption from any provision of law or rule that
   95  expressly requires a minimum period of daily or weekly
   96  instruction in a specified subject area.
   97         (b)Principal autonomy as provided under s. 1012.28(8).
   98         (c)For instructional personnel, the substitution of 1
   99  school year of employment at a School of Excellence for 20
  100  inservice points toward the renewal of a professional
  101  certificate, up to 60 inservice points in a 5-year cycle,
  102  pursuant to s. 1012.585(3).
  103         (d)Exemption from compliance with district policies or
  104  procedures that establish times for the start and completion of
  105  the school day.
  106         (3)TEACHER CERTIFICATION.—A temporary certificateholder
  107  under s. 1012.56(7)(b) who is employed by a School of Excellence
  108  may earn a professional certificate by meeting the requirements
  109  of s. 1012.56(7)(a)3.
  110         Section 3. Subsection (8) of section 1012.28, Florida
  111  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (9) is added to that
  112  section, to read:
  113         1012.28 Public school personnel; duties of school
  114  principals.—
  115         (8) The principal of a School of Excellence or a school
  116  participating in the Principal Autonomy Pilot Program Initiative
  117  under s. 1011.6202 has the following additional authority and
  118  responsibilities:
  119         (a) In addition to the authority provided in subsection
  120  (6), the authority to select qualified instructional personnel
  121  for placement or to refuse to accept the placement or transfer
  122  of instructional personnel by the district school
  123  superintendent. Placement of instructional personnel at a
  124  participating school in a participating school district does not
  125  affect the employee’s status as a school district employee.
  126         (b) The authority to deploy financial resources to school
  127  programs at the principal’s discretion to help improve student
  128  achievement, as defined in s. 1008.34(1), and meet performance
  129  goals identified in the principal autonomy proposal submitted
  130  pursuant to s. 1011.6202.
  131         (c) To annually provide to the district school
  132  superintendent and the district school board a budget for the
  133  operation of the participating school that identifies how funds
  134  provided pursuant to s. 1011.69(2) are allocated. The school
  135  district shall include the budget in the annual report provided
  136  to the State Board of Education pursuant to s. 1011.6202(6).
  137         (9)A school district must provide a principal newly
  138  assigned to a school with a school grade of “D” or “F” under s.
  139  1008.34 with the additional authority and responsibilities
  140  provided in subsection (8). The district may revoke the
  141  principal’s additional authority and responsibilities under this
  142  subsection after the school year following the first school year
  143  the school achieves a school grade of “C” or higher.
  144         Section 4. Subsection (6), paragraph (a) of subsection (7),
  145  and paragraph (a) of subsection (8) of section 1012.56, Florida
  146  Statutes, are amended to read:
  147         1012.56 Educator certification requirements.—
  148         (6) MASTERY OF PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION AND EDUCATION
  149  COMPETENCE.—Acceptable means of demonstrating mastery of
  150  professional preparation and education competence are:
  151         (a) Successful completion of an approved teacher
  152  preparation program at a postsecondary educational institution
  153  within this state and achievement of a passing score on the
  154  professional education competency examination required by state
  155  board rule;
  156         (b) Successful completion of a teacher preparation program
  157  at a postsecondary educational institution outside Florida and
  158  achievement of a passing score on the professional education
  159  competency examination required by state board rule;
  160         (c) Documentation of a valid professional standard teaching
  161  certificate issued by another state;
  162         (d) Documentation of a valid certificate issued by the
  163  National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or a national
  164  educator credentialing board approved by the State Board of
  165  Education;
  166         (e) Documentation of two semesters of successful, full-time
  167  or part-time teaching in a Florida College System institution,
  168  state university, or private college or university that awards
  169  an associate or higher degree and is an accredited institution
  170  or an institution of higher education identified by the
  171  Department of Education as having a quality program and
  172  achievement of a passing score on the professional education
  173  competency examination required by state board rule;
  174         (f) Successful completion of professional preparation
  175  courses as specified in state board rule, successful completion
  176  of a professional preparation and education competence program
  177  pursuant to paragraph (8)(b), and achievement of a passing score
  178  on the professional education competency examination required by
  179  state board rule;
  180         (g) Successful completion of a comprehensive teacher
  181  mentorship certification professional development certification
  182  and education competency program pursuant to, outlined in
  183  paragraph (8)(a); or
  184         (h) Successful completion of a competency-based
  185  certification program pursuant to s. 1004.85 and achievement of
  186  a passing score on the professional education competency
  187  examination required by rule of the State Board of Education.
  188  
  189  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement this
  190  subsection by December 31, 2014, including rules to approve
  191  specific teacher preparation programs that are not identified in
  192  this subsection which may be used to meet requirements for
  193  mastery of professional preparation and education competence.
  194         (7) TYPES AND TERMS OF CERTIFICATION.—
  195         (a) The Department of Education shall issue a professional
  196  certificate for a period not to exceed 5 years to any applicant
  197  who fulfills one of the following:
  198         1. Meets all the requirements outlined in subsection (2).
  199         2.or, For a professional certificate covering grades 6
  200  through 12, any applicant who:
  201         a.1. Meets the requirements of paragraphs (2)(a)-(h).
  202         b.2. Holds a master’s or higher degree in the area of
  203  science, technology, engineering, or mathematics.
  204         c.3. Teaches a high school course in the subject of the
  205  advanced degree.
  206         d.4. Is rated highly effective as determined by the
  207  teacher’s performance evaluation under s. 1012.34, based in part
  208  on student performance as measured by a statewide, standardized
  209  assessment or an Advanced Placement, Advanced International
  210  Certificate of Education, or International Baccalaureate
  211  examination.
  212         e.5. Achieves a passing score on the Florida professional
  213  education competency examination required by state board rule.
  214         3.Meets the requirements of paragraphs (2)(a)-(h) and
  215  completes a comprehensive teacher mentorship certification
  216  program pursuant to paragraph (8)(a). An applicant who completes
  217  the program and is rated highly effective as determined by his
  218  or her performance evaluation under s. 1012.34 is not required
  219  to take or achieve a passing score on the professional education
  220  competency examination in order to be awarded a professional
  221  certificate.
  222  
  223  Each temporary certificate is valid for 3 school fiscal years
  224  and is nonrenewable. However, the requirement in paragraph
  225  (2)(g) must be met within 1 calendar year of the date of
  226  employment under the temporary certificate. Individuals who are
  227  employed under contract at the end of the 1 calendar year time
  228  period may continue to be employed through the end of the school
  229  year in which they have been contracted. A school district shall
  230  not employ, or continue the employment of, an individual in a
  231  position for which a temporary certificate is required beyond
  232  this time period if the individual has not met the requirement
  233  of paragraph (2)(g). The State Board of Education shall adopt
  234  rules to allow the department to extend the validity period of a
  235  temporary certificate for 2 years when the requirements for the
  236  professional certificate, not including the requirement in
  237  paragraph (2)(g), were not completed due to the serious illness
  238  or injury of the applicant or other extraordinary extenuating
  239  circumstances. The department shall reissue the temporary
  240  certificate for 2 additional years upon approval by the
  241  Commissioner of Education. A written request for reissuance of
  242  the certificate shall be submitted by the district school
  243  superintendent, the governing authority of a university lab
  244  school, the governing authority of a state-supported school, or
  245  the governing authority of a private school.
  246         (8) COMPREHENSIVE TEACHER MENTORSHIP CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
  247  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATION AND EDUCATION COMPETENCY
  248  PROGRAM.—
  249         (a) The Department of Education shall develop and each
  250  school district may provide a cohesive competency-based,
  251  comprehensive teacher mentorship certification professional
  252  development certification and education competency program. The
  253  purpose of the program is to provide by which members of a
  254  school district’s instructional staff supportive induction
  255  services through which they can demonstrate may satisfy the
  256  mastery of professional preparation and education competence
  257  requirements consistent with specified in subsection (6) and
  258  rules of the State Board of Education. Participants must hold a
  259  state-issued temporary certificate. A school district that
  260  implements the program shall provide a competency-based
  261  certification program developed by the Department of Education
  262  or developed by the district and approved by the Department of
  263  Education. The department shall adopt standards for the approval
  264  of district-developed comprehensive teacher mentorship
  265  certification programs, including program administration and
  266  evaluation; mentor roles, selection, and training; beginning
  267  teacher assessment and professional development; and
  268  instructional practices aligned to the Florida Educator
  269  Accomplished Practices. The program shall include the following:
  270         1. A minimum period of initial preparation before assuming
  271  duties as the teacher of record.
  272         2. An option for collaboration between school districts and
  273  other supporting agencies or educational entities for
  274  implementation.
  275         3. An experienced peer-mentor component. Each individual
  276  selected by the district as a peer mentor:
  277         a. Must hold a valid professional certificate issued
  278  pursuant to this section;,
  279         b. Must have earned at least 3 years of teaching experience
  280  in prekindergarten through grade 12;, and
  281         c. Must have completed specialized training in clinical
  282  supervision and participate in ongoing mentor training;
  283         d.Must have earned an effective or highly effective rating
  284  on the prior year’s performance evaluation under s. 1012.34; and
  285         e.May or be a peer evaluator under the district’s
  286  evaluation system approved under s. 1012.34.
  287         4.Weekly opportunities for mentoring activities that
  288  include, at a minimum, common planning time, ongoing
  289  professional development targeted to a teacher’s needs,
  290  opportunities for a teacher to observe other teachers, co
  291  teaching experiences, and reflection and follow-up discussions.
  292  Mentorship activities must be provided for a teacher’s first
  293  year in the program and may be provided until the teacher
  294  attains his or her professional certificate in accordance with
  295  this section.
  296         5.4. An assessment of teaching performance aligned to the
  297  district’s system for personnel evaluation under s. 1012.34
  298  which provides for:
  299         a. An initial evaluation of each educator’s competencies to
  300  determine an appropriate individualized professional development
  301  plan.
  302         b. A summative evaluation to assure successful completion
  303  of the program.
  304         6.5.Competency-based training on professional education
  305  preparation content knowledge that includes, but is not limited
  306  to, the following:
  307         a. The state standards provided under s. 1003.41, including
  308  scientifically based reading instruction, content literacy, and
  309  mathematical practices, for each subject identified on the
  310  temporary certificate.
  311         b. The educator-accomplished practices approved by the
  312  state board.
  313         c. A variety of data indicators for monitoring student
  314  progress.
  315         d. Methodologies for teaching students with disabilities.
  316         e. Methodologies for teaching students of limited English
  317  proficiency appropriate for each subject area identified on the
  318  temporary certificate.
  319         f. Techniques and strategies for operationalizing the role
  320  of the teacher in assuring a safe learning environment for
  321  students.
  322         7.6. Required achievement of passing scores on the subject
  323  area and professional education competency examination required
  324  by State Board of Education rule. Mastery of general knowledge
  325  must be demonstrated as described in subsection (3).
  326         Section 5. Subsection (3) and paragraph (b) of subsection
  327  (5) of section 1012.585, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  328         1012.585 Process for renewal of professional certificates.—
  329         (3) For the renewal of a professional certificate, the
  330  following requirements must be met:
  331         (a) The applicant must earn a minimum of 6 college credits
  332  or 120 inservice points or a combination thereof. For each area
  333  of specialization to be retained on a certificate, the applicant
  334  must earn at least 3 of the required credit hours or equivalent
  335  inservice points in the specialization area. Education in
  336  “clinical educator” training pursuant to s. 1004.04(5)(b) and
  337  credits or points that provide training in the area of
  338  scientifically researched, knowledge-based reading literacy and
  339  computational skills acquisition, exceptional student education,
  340  normal child development, and the disorders of development may
  341  be applied toward any specialization area. Credits or points
  342  that provide training in the areas of drug abuse, child abuse
  343  and neglect, strategies in teaching students having limited
  344  proficiency in English, or dropout prevention, or training in
  345  areas identified in the educational goals and performance
  346  standards adopted pursuant to ss. 1000.03(5) and 1008.345 may be
  347  applied toward any specialization area. Credits or points earned
  348  through approved summer institutes may be applied toward the
  349  fulfillment of these requirements. Inservice points may also be
  350  earned by participation in professional growth components
  351  approved by the State Board of Education and specified pursuant
  352  to s. 1012.98 in the district’s approved master plan for
  353  inservice educational training, including, but not limited to,
  354  serving as a trainer in an approved teacher training activity,
  355  serving on an instructional materials committee or a state board
  356  or commission that deals with educational issues, or serving on
  357  an advisory council created pursuant to s. 1001.452.
  358         (b) In lieu of college course credit or inservice points,
  359  the applicant may renew a subject area specialization by passage
  360  of a state board approved Florida-developed subject area
  361  examination or, if a Florida subject area examination has not
  362  been developed, a standardized examination specified in state
  363  board rule.
  364         (c)Instructional personnel may substitute 1 school year of
  365  employment at a School of Excellence, as defined in s. 1003.631,
  366  for 20 inservice points, up to a maximum of 60 inservice points
  367  in a 5-year cycle. However, inservice points earned under this
  368  paragraph may not be used to satisfy the 3 credit hour
  369  specialization area requirement under paragraph (a).
  370         (d)(c) If an applicant wishes to retain more than two
  371  specialization areas on the certificate, the applicant shall be
  372  permitted two successive validity periods for renewal of all
  373  specialization areas, but must earn no fewer than 6 college
  374  course credit hours or the equivalent in any one validity
  375  period.
  376         (e)(d) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for
  377  the expanded use of training for renewal of the professional
  378  certificate for educators who are required to complete training
  379  in teaching students of limited English proficiency or students
  380  with disabilities and training in the teaching of reading as
  381  follows:
  382         1. A teacher who holds a professional certificate may use
  383  college credits or inservice points earned through training in
  384  teaching students of limited English proficiency or students
  385  with disabilities and training in the teaching of reading in
  386  excess of 6 semester hours during one certificate-validity
  387  period toward renewal of the professional certificate during the
  388  subsequent validity periods.
  389         2. A teacher who holds a temporary certificate may use
  390  college credits or inservice points earned through training in
  391  teaching students of limited English proficiency or students
  392  with disabilities and training in the teaching of reading toward
  393  renewal of the teacher’s first professional certificate. Such
  394  training must not have been included within the degree program,
  395  and the teacher’s temporary and professional certificates must
  396  be issued for consecutive school years.
  397         (f)(e) Beginning July 1, 2014, an applicant for renewal of
  398  a professional certificate must earn a minimum of one college
  399  credit or the equivalent inservice points in the area of
  400  instruction for teaching students with disabilities. The
  401  requirement in this paragraph may not add to the total hours
  402  required by the department for continuing education or inservice
  403  training.
  404         (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to allow
  405  the reinstatement of expired professional certificates. The
  406  department may reinstate an expired professional certificate if
  407  the certificateholder:
  408         (b) Documents completion of 6 college credits during the 5
  409  years immediately preceding reinstatement of the expired
  410  certificate, completion of 120 inservice points, or a
  411  combination thereof, in an area specified in paragraph (3)(a) to
  412  include the credit required under paragraph (3)(f) (3)(e).
  413  
  414  The requirements of this subsection may not be satisfied by
  415  subject area examinations or college credits completed for
  416  issuance of the certificate that has expired.
  417         Section 6. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (3) of
  418  section 1012.98, Florida Statutes, and paragraph (b) of
  419  subsection (4) and subsections (10) and (11) of that section are
  420  amended, to read:
  421         1012.98 School Community Professional Development Act.—
  422         (3) The activities designed to implement this section must:
  423         (e)Provide training to teacher mentors as part of the
  424  comprehensive teacher mentorship certification program under s.
  425  1012.56(8)(a). The training must include components on teacher
  426  development, peer coaching, time management, and other related
  427  topics as determined by the Department of Education.
  428         (4) The Department of Education, school districts, schools,
  429  Florida College System institutions, and state universities
  430  share the responsibilities described in this section. These
  431  responsibilities include the following:
  432         (b) Each school district shall develop a professional
  433  development system as specified in subsection (3). The system
  434  shall be developed in consultation with teachers, teacher
  435  educators of Florida College System institutions and state
  436  universities, business and community representatives, and local
  437  education foundations, consortia, and professional
  438  organizations. The professional development system must:
  439         1. Be approved by the department. All substantial revisions
  440  to the system shall be submitted to the department for review
  441  for continued approval.
  442         2. Be based on analyses of student achievement data and
  443  instructional strategies and methods that support rigorous,
  444  relevant, and challenging curricula for all students. Schools
  445  and districts, in developing and refining the professional
  446  development system, shall also review and monitor school
  447  discipline data; school environment surveys; assessments of
  448  parental satisfaction; performance appraisal data of teachers,
  449  managers, and administrative personnel; and other performance
  450  indicators to identify school and student needs that can be met
  451  by improved professional performance.
  452         3. Provide inservice activities coupled with followup
  453  support appropriate to accomplish district-level and school
  454  level improvement goals and standards. The inservice activities
  455  for instructional personnel shall focus on analysis of student
  456  achievement data, ongoing formal and informal assessments of
  457  student achievement, identification and use of enhanced and
  458  differentiated instructional strategies that emphasize rigor,
  459  relevance, and reading in the content areas, enhancement of
  460  subject content expertise, integrated use of classroom
  461  technology that enhances teaching and learning, classroom
  462  management, parent involvement, and school safety.
  463         4.Provide inservice activities and support targeted to the
  464  individual needs of new teachers participating in a
  465  comprehensive teacher mentor certification program pursuant to
  466  s. 1012.56(8)(a).
  467         5.4. Include a master plan for inservice activities,
  468  pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education, for all
  469  district employees from all fund sources. The master plan shall
  470  be updated annually by September 1, must be based on input from
  471  teachers and district and school instructional leaders, and must
  472  use the latest available student achievement data and research
  473  to enhance rigor and relevance in the classroom. Each district
  474  inservice plan must be aligned to and support the school-based
  475  inservice plans and school improvement plans pursuant to s.
  476  1001.42(18). Each district inservice plan must provide a
  477  description of the training that middle grades instructional
  478  personnel and school administrators receive on the district’s
  479  code of student conduct adopted pursuant to s. 1006.07;
  480  integrated digital instruction and competency-based instruction
  481  and CAPE Digital Tool certificates and CAPE industry
  482  certifications; classroom management; student behavior and
  483  interaction; extended learning opportunities for students; and
  484  instructional leadership. District plans must be approved by the
  485  district school board annually in order to ensure compliance
  486  with subsection (1) and to allow for dissemination of research
  487  based best practices to other districts. District school boards
  488  must submit verification of their approval to the Commissioner
  489  of Education no later than October 1, annually. Each school
  490  principal may establish and maintain an individual professional
  491  development plan for each instructional employee assigned to the
  492  school as a seamless component to the school improvement plans
  493  developed pursuant to s. 1001.42(18). An individual professional
  494  development plan must be related to specific performance data
  495  for the students to whom the teacher is assigned, define the
  496  inservice objectives and specific measurable improvements
  497  expected in student performance as a result of the inservice
  498  activity, and include an evaluation component that determines
  499  the effectiveness of the professional development plan.
  500         6.5. Include inservice activities for school administrative
  501  personnel that address updated skills necessary for
  502  instructional leadership and effective school management
  503  pursuant to s. 1012.986.
  504         7.6. Provide for systematic consultation with regional and
  505  state personnel designated to provide technical assistance and
  506  evaluation of local professional development programs.
  507         8.7. Provide for delivery of professional development by
  508  distance learning and other technology-based delivery systems to
  509  reach more educators at lower costs.
  510         9.8. Provide for the continuous evaluation of the quality
  511  and effectiveness of professional development programs in order
  512  to eliminate ineffective programs and strategies and to expand
  513  effective ones. Evaluations must consider the impact of such
  514  activities on the performance of participating educators and
  515  their students’ achievement and behavior.
  516         10.9. For middle grades, emphasize:
  517         a. Interdisciplinary planning, collaboration, and
  518  instruction.
  519         b. Alignment of curriculum and instructional materials to
  520  the state academic standards adopted pursuant to s. 1003.41.
  521         c. Use of small learning communities; problem-solving,
  522  inquiry-driven research and analytical approaches for students;
  523  strategies and tools based on student needs; competency-based
  524  instruction; integrated digital instruction; and project-based
  525  instruction.
  526  
  527  Each school that includes any of grades 6, 7, or 8 must include
  528  in its school improvement plan, required under s. 1001.42(18), a
  529  description of the specific strategies used by the school to
  530  implement each item listed in this subparagraph.
  531         (10) For instructional personnel and administrative
  532  personnel who have been evaluated as less than effective, a
  533  district school board shall require participation in specific
  534  professional development programs as provided in subparagraph
  535  (4)(b)5. (4)(b)4. as part of the improvement prescription.
  536         (11) The department shall disseminate to the school
  537  community proven model professional development programs that
  538  have demonstrated success in increasing rigorous and relevant
  539  content, increasing student achievement and engagement, and
  540  meeting identified student needs, and providing effective
  541  mentorship activities to new teachers and training to teacher
  542  mentors. The methods of dissemination must include a web-based
  543  statewide performance-support system including a database of
  544  exemplary professional development activities, a listing of
  545  available professional development resources, training programs,
  546  and available technical assistance.
  547         Section 7. Section 1013.29, Florida Statutes, is created to
  548  read:
  549         1013.29 High school educational facilities on a public or
  550  private postsecondary institution campus.—A county in which a
  551  public or private postsecondary institution is located may
  552  authorize a public high school educational facility, including a
  553  charter school educational facility, which meets the
  554  requirements of this chapter to be located on the postsecondary
  555  institution’s campus.
  556         Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.