Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 926
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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04/03/2017 .
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The Committee on Education (Flores) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 167 and 168
4 insert:
5 Section 3. Committee on Early Childhood Development.—The
6 Committee on Early Childhood Development, a committee as defined
7 in s. 20.03, Florida Statutes, is created within the Department
8 of Education to develop a proposal for establishing and
9 implementing a coordinated system focused on developmental
10 milestones and outcomes for the school readiness program, the
11 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program, and the Florida
12 Kindergarten Readiness Screener and, except as otherwise
13 provided in this section, shall operate consistent with s.
14 20.052, Florida Statutes.
15 (1) The committee’s proposal must include legislative
16 recommendations for the design and implementation of a
17 coordinated system for tracking children’s development,
18 including:
19 (a) The purpose of tracking children’s development, with a
20 focus on developmentally appropriate learning gains.
21 (b) Attributes for tool selection that provide guidance on
22 procurement policies.
23 (c) An implementation schedule and protocols, including the
24 frequency of data collection and a timeline for training to
25 ensure reliability of the system.
26 (d) The methodology for collecting and analyzing data that
27 defines reporting requirements.
28 (e) A budget for the system, including cost analyses for
29 purchasing materials and necessary technology, training to
30 ensure reliability, and data system management.
31 (f) Considerations for student privacy and tracking child
32 development over time.
33 (2) The committee is composed of 14 members, with 7 members
34 appointed by the President of the Senate and 7 members appointed
35 by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The members must
36 be residents of this state. Seven of the members must be
37 representatives from or subject matter experts for early
38 learning and seven members must be representatives from or
39 subject matter experts for kindergarten through grade 3.
40 (3) The committee shall elect a chair and vice chair.
41 Members of the committee shall serve without compensation but
42 are entitled to reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses
43 pursuant to s. 112.061, Florida Statutes.
44 (4) The committee must meet at least three times and shall
45 meet by teleconference or other electronic means, if possible,
46 to reduce costs.
47 (5) A majority of the members constitutes a quorum.
48 (6) The University of Florida Lastinger Center for Learning
49 shall provide the committee with staff necessary to assist the
50 committee in the performance of its duties.
51 (7) The committee shall submit a report of its findings and
52 recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
53 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by December 1,
54 2017. Upon submission of the report, the committee shall expire.
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57 And the title is amended as follows:
58 Delete lines 2 - 19
59 and insert:
60 An act relating to education; requiring the
61 Commissioner of Education to review specified college
62 entrance examinations to determine their alignment
63 with the core curricular content for high school level
64 English Language Arts and mathematics established in
65 state standards; requiring the commissioner to submit
66 a report on the results of such review to the
67 Governor, Legislature, and State Board of Education by
68 a specified date; amending s. 1008.22, F.S.; revising
69 provisions relating to achievement levels for certain
70 statewide, standardized assessments; providing
71 requirements for administration of the statewide,
72 standardized English Language Arts and mathematics
73 assessments in specified grades; revising provisions
74 relating to reporting requirements for local
75 assessments required by school districts; providing
76 reporting requirements for certain student assessment
77 results; creating the Committee on Early Childhood
78 Development within the Department of Education;
79 specifying committee purpose; requiring the committee
80 to develop a proposal for specified purposes;
81 providing proposal requirements; providing for
82 membership of the committee; providing requirements
83 for electing a committee chair and vice chair;
84 providing committee meeting requirements; requiring
85 the University of Florida Lastinger Center for
86 Learning to provide necessary staff for the committee;
87 requiring the committee to submit a report by a
88 specified date; providing for the expiration of the
89 committee; providing an effective date.