Florida Senate - 2018 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 495, 1st Eng.
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 1c/RE/2R .
03/07/2018 03:00 PM .
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Senator Garcia moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (149500) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Between lines 115 and 116
5 insert:
6 Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
7 1008.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
8 1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools.—
9 (3) STATEWIDE, STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.—The
10 Commissioner of Education shall design and implement a
11 statewide, standardized assessment program aligned to the core
12 curricular content established in the Next Generation Sunshine
13 State Standards. The commissioner also must develop or select
14 and implement a common battery of assessment tools that will be
15 used in all juvenile justice education programs in the state.
16 These tools must accurately measure the core curricular content
17 established in the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.
18 Participation in the assessment program is mandatory for all
19 school districts and all students attending public schools,
20 including adult students seeking a standard high school diploma
21 under s. 1003.4282 and students in Department of Juvenile
22 Justice education programs, except as otherwise provided by law.
23 If a student does not participate in the assessment program, the
24 school district must notify the student’s parent and provide the
25 parent with information regarding the implications of such
26 nonparticipation. The statewide, standardized assessment program
27 shall be designed and implemented as follows:
28 (b) End-of-course (EOC) assessments.—EOC assessments must
29 be statewide, standardized, and developed or approved by the
30 Department of Education as follows:
31 1. EOC assessments for Algebra I, Geometry, Biology I,
32 United States History, and Civics shall be administered to
33 students enrolled in such courses as specified in the course
34 code directory.
35 2. Students enrolled in a course, as specified in the
36 course code directory, with an associated statewide,
37 standardized EOC assessment must take the EOC assessment for
38 such course and may not take the corresponding subject or grade
39 level statewide, standardized assessment pursuant to paragraph
40 (a). Sections 1003.4156 and 1003.4282 govern the use of
41 statewide, standardized EOC assessment results for students.
42 3. The commissioner may select one or more nationally
43 developed comprehensive examinations, which may include
44 examinations for a College Board Advanced Placement course,
45 International Baccalaureate course, or Advanced International
46 Certificate of Education course, or industry-approved
47 examinations to earn national industry certifications identified
48 in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List, for use as EOC
49 assessments under this paragraph if the commissioner determines
50 that the content knowledge and skills assessed by the
51 examinations meet or exceed the grade-level expectations for the
52 core curricular content established for the course in the Next
53 Generation Sunshine State Standards. Use of any such examination
54 as an EOC assessment must be approved by the state board in
55 rule.
56 4. Contingent upon funding provided in the General
57 Appropriations Act, including the appropriation of funds
58 received through federal grants, the commissioner may establish
59 an implementation schedule for the development and
60 administration of additional statewide, standardized EOC
61 assessments that must be approved by the state board in rule. If
62 approved by the state board, student performance on such
63 assessments constitutes 10 30 percent of a student’s final
64 course grade.
65 5. All statewide, standardized EOC assessments must be
66 administered online except as otherwise provided in paragraph
67 (c).
68 6. A student enrolled in an Advanced Placement (AP),
69 International Baccalaureate (IB), or Advanced International
70 Certificate of Education (AICE) course who takes the respective
71 AP, IB, or AICE assessment and earns the minimum score necessary
72 to earn college credit, as identified in s. 1007.27(2), meets
73 the requirements of this paragraph and does not have to take the
74 EOC assessment for the course.
75 Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 1003.4156, Florida
76 Statutes, is amended to read:
77 1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades
78 promotion.—
79 (1) In order for a student to be promoted to high school
80 from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the
81 student must successfully complete the following courses:
82 (a) Three middle grades or higher courses in English
83 Language Arts (ELA).
84 (b) Three middle grades or higher courses in mathematics.
85 Each school that includes middle grades must offer at least one
86 high school level mathematics course for which students may earn
87 high school credit. Successful completion of a high school level
88 Algebra I or Geometry course is not contingent upon the
89 student’s performance on the statewide, standardized end-of
90 course (EOC) assessment. To earn high school credit for Algebra
91 I, a middle grades student must take the statewide, standardized
92 Algebra I EOC assessment and pass the course, and in addition,
93 beginning with the 2018-2019 2013-2014 school year and
94 thereafter, a student’s performance on the Algebra I EOC
95 assessment constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final
96 course grade. To earn high school credit for a Geometry course,
97 a middle grades student must take the statewide, standardized
98 Geometry EOC assessment, which constitutes 10 30 percent of the
99 student’s final course grade, and earn a passing grade in the
100 course.
101 (c) Three middle grades or higher courses in social
102 studies. Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2012
103 2013 school year, one of these courses must be at least a one
104 semester civics education course that includes the roles and
105 responsibilities of federal, state, and local governments; the
106 structures and functions of the legislative, executive, and
107 judicial branches of government; and the meaning and
108 significance of historic documents, such as the Articles of
109 Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the
110 Constitution of the United States. Beginning with the 2018-2019
111 2013-2014 school year, each student’s performance on the
112 statewide, standardized EOC assessment in civics education
113 required under s. 1008.22 constitutes 10 30 percent of the
114 student’s final course grade. A middle grades student who
115 transfers into the state’s public school system from out of
116 country, out of state, a private school, or a home education
117 program after the beginning of the second term of grade 8 is not
118 required to meet the civics education requirement for promotion
119 from the middle grades if the student’s transcript documents
120 passage of three courses in social studies or two year-long
121 courses in social studies that include coverage of civics
122 education.
123 (d) Three middle grades or higher courses in science.
124 Successful completion of a high school level Biology I course is
125 not contingent upon the student’s performance on the statewide,
126 standardized EOC assessment required under s. 1008.22. However,
127 beginning with the 2018-2019 2012-2013 school year, to earn high
128 school credit for a Biology I course, a middle grades student
129 must take the statewide, standardized Biology I EOC assessment,
130 which constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final course
131 grade, and earn a passing grade in the course.
132 Section 4. Paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (3),
133 subsection (7), and paragraph (e) of subsection (9) of section
134 1003.4282, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
135 1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school diploma.—
136 (3) STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; COURSE AND ASSESSMENT
137 REQUIREMENTS.—
138 (b) Four credits in mathematics.—A student must earn one
139 credit in Algebra I and one credit in Geometry. A student’s
140 performance on the statewide, standardized Algebra I end-of
141 course (EOC) assessment constitutes 10 30 percent of the
142 student’s final course grade. A student must pass the statewide,
143 standardized Algebra I EOC assessment, or earn a comparative
144 score, in order to earn a standard high school diploma. A
145 student’s performance on the statewide, standardized Geometry
146 EOC assessment constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final
147 course grade. A student who earns an industry certification for
148 which there is a statewide college credit articulation agreement
149 approved by the State Board of Education may substitute the
150 certification for one mathematics credit. Substitution may occur
151 for up to two mathematics credits, except for Algebra I and
152 Geometry.
153 (c) Three credits in science.—Two of the three required
154 credits must have a laboratory component. A student must earn
155 one credit in Biology I and two credits in equally rigorous
156 courses. The statewide, standardized Biology I EOC assessment
157 constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final course grade. A
158 student who earns an industry certification for which there is a
159 statewide college credit articulation agreement approved by the
160 State Board of Education may substitute the certification for
161 one science credit, except for Biology I.
162 (d) Three credits in social studies.—A student must earn
163 one credit in United States History; one credit in World
164 History; one-half credit in economics, which must include
165 financial literacy; and one-half credit in United States
166 Government. The United States History EOC assessment constitutes
167 10 30 percent of the student’s final course grade.
168 (7) UNIFORM TRANSFER OF HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS.—Beginning with
169 the 2012-2013 school year, If a student transfers to a Florida
170 public high school from out of country, out of state, a private
171 school, or a home education program and the student’s transcript
172 shows a credit in Algebra I, the student must pass the
173 statewide, standardized Algebra I EOC assessment in order to
174 earn a standard high school diploma unless the student earned a
175 comparative score, passed a statewide assessment in Algebra I
176 administered by the transferring entity, or passed the statewide
177 mathematics assessment the transferring entity uses to satisfy
178 the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
179 20 U.S.C. s. 6301. If a student’s transcript shows a credit in
180 high school reading or English Language Arts II or III, in order
181 to earn a standard high school diploma, the student must take
182 and pass the statewide, standardized grade 10 Reading assessment
183 or, when implemented, the grade 10 ELA assessment, or earn a
184 concordant score. If a transfer student’s transcript shows a
185 final course grade and course credit in Algebra I, Geometry,
186 Biology I, or United States History, the transferring course
187 final grade and credit shall be honored without the student
188 taking the requisite statewide, standardized EOC assessment and
189 without the assessment results constituting 10 30 percent of the
190 student’s final course grade.
191 (9) COHORT TRANSITION TO NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.—The
192 requirements of this section, in addition to applying to
193 students entering grade 9 in the 2013-2014 school year and
194 thereafter, shall also apply to students entering grade 9 before
195 the 2013-2014 school year, except as otherwise provided in this
196 subsection.
197 (e) Policy adopted in rule by the district school board may
198 require for any cohort of students that performance on a
199 statewide, standardized EOC assessment constitute 10 30 percent
200 of a student’s final course grade.
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203 And the title is amended as follows:
204 Delete line 142
205 and insert:
206 State Board of Education to adopt rules; amending s.
207 1008.22, F.S.; revising end-of-course assessment
208 requirements; amending ss. 1003.4156 and 1003.4282,
209 F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the
210 act; providing an