Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1056
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/17/2018           .                                
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       The Committee on Education (Passidomo) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 1007.2616, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         1007.2616 Computer science and technology instruction.—
    8         (1) For the purposes of this section, the term “computer
    9  science” means the study of computers and algorithmic processes,
   10  including their principles, hardware and software designs,
   11  applications, and their impact on society, and includes computer
   12  coding and computer programming.
   13         (2)(a)(1) Public schools shall provide students in grades
   14  K-12 opportunities for learning computer science, including, but
   15  not limited to, computer coding and computer programming. Such
   16  opportunities may include coding instruction in elementary
   17  school and middle school and, instruction to develop students’
   18  computer usage and digital literacy skills in middle school, and
   19  must include courses in computer science, computer coding, and
   20  computer programming in middle school and high school, including
   21  earning-related industry certifications. Such courses must be
   22  integrated into each school district’s middle and high schools,
   23  including combination schools in which any of grades 6 through
   24  12 are taught, as follows:
   25         1. Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, a school
   26  district shall provide at least one computer science course in
   27  no less than 4 percent of the district’s total number of middle,
   28  high, and combination schools.
   29         2. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, a school
   30  district shall provide at least one computer science course in
   31  no less than 7 percent of the district’s total number of middle,
   32  high, and combination schools.
   33         3. Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, a school
   34  district shall provide at least one computer science course in
   35  no less than 10 percent of the district’s total number of
   36  middle, high, and combination schools.
   37         4. Notwithstanding subparagraphs 1.-3., a school district
   38  with 10 or fewer public middle, high, and combination schools
   39  shall provide at least one computer science course in at least
   40  one middle, high, or combination school no later than the 2020
   41  2021 school year.
   42         (b) Computer science courses that count toward the
   43  percentage thresholds in paragraph (a) must be identified in the
   44  Course Code Directory and published on the Department of
   45  Education’s website no later than July 1, 2018. Additional
   46  computer science courses may be subsequently identified and
   47  posted on the department’s website.
   48         (c) Student enrollment in computer science courses offered
   49  by the Florida Virtual School pursuant to subsection (3) may be
   50  used to satisfy the requirements of subparagraphs (a)1.-3.
   51         (d) A charter school is not required to offer a computer
   52  science course; however, enrollment of a charter school’s
   53  students in a computer science course under this section may be
   54  included in the school district’s percentage calculation.
   55         (3) The Florida Virtual School shall offer computer science
   56  courses identified in the Course Code Directory pursuant to
   57  paragraph (2)(b). If a school district does not offer an
   58  identified course, the district must provide students access to
   59  the course through the Florida Virtual School or through other
   60  means.
   61         (4)(a) Subject to legislative appropriation, a school
   62  district or a consortium of school districts may apply to the
   63  department, in a format prescribed by the department, for
   64  funding to deliver or facilitate training for classroom teachers
   65  to earn an educator certificate in computer science pursuant to
   66  s. 1012.56 or an industry certification associated with a course
   67  identified in the Course Code Directory pursuant to paragraph
   68  (2)(b). Such funding shall only be used to provide training for
   69  classroom teachers and to pay fees for examinations that lead to
   70  a credential pursuant to this paragraph.
   71         (b) Once the department has identified courses in the
   72  Course Code Directory pursuant to paragraph (2)(b), the
   73  department shall establish a deadline for submitting
   74  applications. The department shall award funding to school
   75  districts in a manner that allows for an equitable distribution
   76  of funding statewide based on student population.
   77         (5)(2) Elementary schools and middle schools may establish
   78  digital classrooms in which students are provided opportunities
   79  to improve digital literacy and competency; to learn digital
   80  skills, such as coding, multiple media presentation, and the
   81  manipulation of multiple digital graphic images; and to earn
   82  digital tool certificates and certifications pursuant to s.
   83  1003.4203 and grade-appropriate, technology-related industry
   84  certifications.
   85         (6)(3) High school students must be provided schools may
   86  provide students opportunities to take computer science courses
   87  to satisfy high school graduation requirements, including, but
   88  not limited to, the following:
   89         (a) High school computer science courses of sufficient
   90  rigor, as identified by the commissioner, such that one credit
   91  in computer science and the earning of related industry
   92  certifications constitute the equivalent of up to one credit of
   93  the mathematics requirement, with the exception of Algebra I or
   94  higher-level mathematics, or up to one credit of the science
   95  requirement, with the exception of Biology I or higher-level
   96  science, for high school graduation. Computer science courses
   97  and technology-related industry certifications that are
   98  identified as eligible for meeting mathematics or science
   99  requirements for high school graduation shall be included in the
  100  Course Code Directory.
  101         (b) High school computer technology courses in 3D rapid
  102  prototype printing of sufficient rigor, as identified by the
  103  commissioner, such that one or more credits in such courses and
  104  related industry certifications earned may satisfy up to two
  105  credits of mathematics required for high school graduation with
  106  the exception of Algebra I. Computer technology courses in 3D
  107  rapid prototype printing and related industry certifications
  108  that are identified as eligible for meeting mathematics
  109  requirements for high school graduation shall be included in the
  110  Course Code Directory.
  111         (7) Subject to legislative appropriation, a classroom
  112  teacher who was evaluated as effective or highly effective
  113  pursuant to s. 1012.34 in the previous school year or who is
  114  newly hired by the district school board and has not been
  115  evaluated pursuant to s. 1012.34 must receive a bonus as
  116  follows:
  117         (a) If the classroom teacher holds an educator certificate
  118  in computer science pursuant to s. 1012.56 or if he or she has
  119  passed the computer science subject area examination and holds
  120  an adjunct certificate issued by a school district pursuant to
  121  s. 1012.57, he or she shall receive a bonus of $1,000 after each
  122  year the individual completes teaching a computer science course
  123  identified in the Course Code Directory pursuant to paragraph
  124  (2)(b) at a public middle, high, or combination school in the
  125  state, for up to 3 years.
  126         (b) If the classroom teacher holds an industry
  127  certification associated with a course identified in the Course
  128  Code Directory pursuant to paragraph (2)(b), he or she shall
  129  receive a bonus of $500 after each year the individual completes
  130  teaching the identified course at a public middle, high, or
  131  combination school in the state, for up to 3 years.
  132  
  133  A school district shall report a qualifying classroom teacher to
  134  the department by a date and in a format established by the
  135  department. An eligible classroom teacher shall receive his or
  136  her bonus upon completion of the school year in which he or she
  137  taught the course. A teacher may not receive more than one bonus
  138  per year under this subsection.
  139         (8) Subject to legislative appropriation, the department
  140  shall award high-need technology grants to eligible school
  141  districts if the funds provided in the Florida digital
  142  classrooms allocation pursuant to s. 1011.62(12) are
  143  insufficient to meet the costs specified in that subsection and
  144  the district has no remaining instructional materials funds
  145  under s. 1011.67. The department shall establish an application
  146  process and eligibility criteria. Such criteria must be based on
  147  a school district’s technology needs and must provide for an
  148  equitable distribution of funding based on the geographic
  149  distribution of the student population among school districts
  150  determined to have a high need for technology.
  151         (9)(4) The State Board of Education shall may adopt rules
  152  to administer this section.
  153         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
  154  
  155  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  156  And the title is amended as follows:
  157         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  158  and insert:
  159                        A bill to be entitled                      
  160         An act relating to computer science instruction;
  161         amending s. 1007.2616, F.S.; providing a definition;
  162         providing requirements for specified instruction
  163         relating to computer science; requiring school
  164         districts to provide computer science courses in a
  165         specified number of schools by certain dates;
  166         requiring certain computer science courses to be
  167         included in the Course Code Directory and published on
  168         the Department of Education’s website by a specified
  169         date; providing that student enrollment in certain
  170         courses offered by the Florida Virtual School meet
  171         specified requirements; providing that a charter
  172         school is not required to offer computer science
  173         courses; providing that charter schools that offer
  174         such courses may be used in meeting a school
  175         district’s percentage thresholds; requiring the
  176         Florida Virtual School to offer certain computer
  177         science courses; requiring school districts to provide
  178         access to computer science courses offered by the
  179         Florida Virtual School or by other means under certain
  180         circumstances; providing funds for school districts to
  181         provide professional development for classroom
  182         teachers; providing Department of Education
  183         responsibilities for the distribution of such funds;
  184         requiring high school students to be provided
  185         opportunities to take certain courses to meet certain
  186         graduation requirements; providing funds for bonuses
  187         for certain classroom teachers; providing funding for
  188         high-need technology grants for school districts;
  189         requiring, rather than authorizing, the State Board of
  190         Education to adopt rules; providing an effective date.