Florida Senate - 2018 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for HB 7055
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: WD/2R .
03/02/2018 04:16 PM .
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Senator Garcia moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to Amendment (734058) (with directory and
2 title amendments)
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6 (9). Each school district shall administer the ACT or SAT to
7 each student in this state in grade 11.
8 (b) End-of-course (EOC) assessments.—EOC assessments must
9 be statewide, standardized, and developed or approved by the
10 Department of Education as follows:
11 1. EOC assessments for Algebra I, Geometry, Biology I,
12 United States History, and Civics shall be administered to
13 students enrolled in such courses as specified in the course
14 code directory. Each EOC assessment shall constitute 10 percent
15 of a student’s final course grade.
16 2. Students enrolled in a course, as specified in the
17 course code directory, with an associated statewide,
18 standardized EOC assessment must take the EOC assessment for
19 such course and may not take the corresponding subject or grade
20 level statewide, standardized assessment pursuant to paragraph
21 (a). Sections 1003.4156 and 1003.4282 govern the use of
22 statewide, standardized EOC assessment results for students.
23 3. The commissioner may select one or more nationally
24 developed comprehensive examinations, which may include
25 examinations for a College Board Advanced Placement course,
26 International Baccalaureate course, or Advanced International
27 Certificate of Education course, or industry-approved
28 examinations to earn national industry certifications identified
29 in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List, for use as EOC
30 assessments under this paragraph if the commissioner determines
31 that the content knowledge and skills assessed by the
32 examinations meet or exceed the grade-level expectations for the
33 core curricular content established for the course in the Next
34 Generation Sunshine State Standards. Use of any such examination
35 as an EOC assessment must be approved by the state board in
36 rule.
37 4. Contingent upon funding provided in the General
38 Appropriations Act, including the appropriation of funds
39 received through federal grants, the commissioner may establish
40 an implementation schedule for the development and
41 administration of additional statewide, standardized EOC
42 assessments that must be approved by the state board in rule. If
43 approved by the state board, student performance on such
44 assessments constitutes 10 30 percent of a student’s final
45 course grade.
46 5. All statewide, standardized EOC assessments must be
47 administered online except as otherwise provided in paragraph
48 (c).
49 6. A student enrolled in an Advanced Placement,
50 International Baccalaureate, or Advanced International
51 Certification of Education course who takes the respective
52 assessment for such course and earns the minimum score necessary
53 to earn college credit, as identified in s. 1007.27(2), meets
54 the requirements of this paragraph and does not have to take the
55 EOC assessment for the course.
56 (8) PUBLICATION OF ASSESSMENTS.—To promote transparency in
57 the statewide assessment program, in any procurement for the ELA
58 assessment in grades 3 through 10 and the mathematics assessment
59 in grades 3 through 8, the Department of Education shall solicit
60 cost proposals for publication of the state assessments on its
61 website in accordance with this subsection.
62 (a) The department shall publish each assessment
63 administered under paragraph (3)(a) and subparagraph (3)(b)1.,
64 excluding assessment retakes, at least once on a triennial basis
65 pursuant to a schedule determined by the Commissioner of
66 Education. Each assessment, when published, must have been
67 administered during the most recent school year and be in a
68 format that facilitates the sharing of assessment items.
69 Section 28. Subsection (1) of section 1003.4156, Florida
70 Statutes, is amended to read:
71 1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades
72 promotion.—
73 (1) In order for a student to be promoted to high school
74 from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the
75 student must successfully complete the following courses:
76 (a) Three middle grades or higher courses in English
77 Language Arts (ELA).
78 (b) Three middle grades or higher courses in mathematics.
79 Each school that includes middle grades must offer at least one
80 high school level mathematics course for which students may earn
81 high school credit. Successful completion of a high school level
82 Algebra I or Geometry course is not contingent upon the
83 student’s performance on the statewide, standardized end-of
84 course (EOC) assessment. To earn high school credit for Algebra
85 I, a middle grades student must take the statewide, standardized
86 Algebra I EOC assessment and pass the course, and in addition,
87 beginning with the 2018-2019 2013-2014 school year and
88 thereafter, a student’s performance on the Algebra I EOC
89 assessment constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final
90 course grade. To earn high school credit for a Geometry course,
91 a middle grades student must take the statewide, standardized
92 Geometry EOC assessment, which constitutes 10 30 percent of the
93 student’s final course grade, and earn a passing grade in the
94 course.
95 (c) Three middle grades or higher courses in social
96 studies. Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2012
97 2013 school year, one of these courses must be at least a one
98 semester civics education course that includes the roles and
99 responsibilities of federal, state, and local governments; the
100 structures and functions of the legislative, executive, and
101 judicial branches of government; and the meaning and
102 significance of historic documents, such as the Articles of
103 Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the
104 Constitution of the United States. Beginning with the 2018-2019
105 2013-2014 school year, each student’s performance on the
106 statewide, standardized EOC assessment in civics education
107 required under s. 1008.22 constitutes 10 30 percent of the
108 student’s final course grade. A middle grades student who
109 transfers into the state’s public school system from out of
110 country, out of state, a private school, or a home education
111 program after the beginning of the second term of grade 8 is not
112 required to meet the civics education requirement for promotion
113 from the middle grades if the student’s transcript documents
114 passage of three courses in social studies or two year-long
115 courses in social studies that include coverage of civics
116 education.
117 (d) Three middle grades or higher courses in science.
118 Successful completion of a high school level Biology I course is
119 not contingent upon the student’s performance on the statewide,
120 standardized EOC assessment required under s. 1008.22. However,
121 beginning with the 2018-2019 2012-2013 school year, to earn high
122 school credit for a Biology I course, a middle grades student
123 must take the statewide, standardized Biology I EOC assessment,
124 which constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final course
125 grade, and earn a passing grade in the course.
126 Section 29. Paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (3),
127 subsection (7), and paragraph (e) of subsection (9) of section
128 1003.4282, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
129 1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school diploma.—
130 (3) STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; COURSE AND ASSESSMENT
131 REQUIREMENTS.—
132 (b) Four credits in mathematics.—A student must earn one
133 credit in Algebra I and one credit in Geometry. A student’s
134 performance on the statewide, standardized Algebra I end-of
135 course (EOC) assessment constitutes 10 30 percent of the
136 student’s final course grade. A student must pass the statewide,
137 standardized Algebra I EOC assessment, or earn a comparative
138 score, in order to earn a standard high school diploma. A
139 student’s performance on the statewide, standardized Geometry
140 EOC assessment constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final
141 course grade. A student who earns an industry certification for
142 which there is a statewide college credit articulation agreement
143 approved by the State Board of Education may substitute the
144 certification for one mathematics credit. Substitution may occur
145 for up to two mathematics credits, except for Algebra I and
146 Geometry.
147 (c) Three credits in science.—Two of the three required
148 credits must have a laboratory component. A student must earn
149 one credit in Biology I and two credits in equally rigorous
150 courses. The statewide, standardized Biology I EOC assessment
151 constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final course grade. A
152 student who earns an industry certification for which there is a
153 statewide college credit articulation agreement approved by the
154 State Board of Education may substitute the certification for
155 one science credit, except for Biology I.
156 (d) Three credits in social studies.—A student must earn
157 one credit in United States History; one credit in World
158 History; one-half credit in economics, which must include
159 financial literacy; and one-half credit in United States
160 Government. The United States History EOC assessment constitutes
161 10 30 percent of the student’s final course grade.
162 (7) UNIFORM TRANSFER OF HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS.—Beginning with
163 the 2012-2013 school year, If a student transfers to a Florida
164 public high school from out of country, out of state, a private
165 school, or a home education program and the student’s transcript
166 shows a credit in Algebra I, the student must pass the
167 statewide, standardized Algebra I EOC assessment in order to
168 earn a standard high school diploma unless the student earned a
169 comparative score, passed a statewide assessment in Algebra I
170 administered by the transferring entity, or passed the statewide
171 mathematics assessment the transferring entity uses to satisfy
172 the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
173 20 U.S.C. s. 6301. If a student’s transcript shows a credit in
174 high school reading or English Language Arts II or III, in order
175 to earn a standard high school diploma, the student must take
176 and pass the statewide, standardized grade 10 Reading assessment
177 or, when implemented, the grade 10 ELA assessment, or earn a
178 concordant score. If a transfer student’s transcript shows a
179 final course grade and course credit in Algebra I, Geometry,
180 Biology I, or United States History, the transferring course
181 final grade and credit shall be honored without the student
182 taking the requisite statewide, standardized EOC assessment and
183 without the assessment results constituting 10 30 percent of the
184 student’s final course grade.
185 (9) COHORT TRANSITION TO NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.—The
186 requirements of this section, in addition to applying to
187 students entering grade 9 in the 2013-2014 school year and
188 thereafter, shall also apply to students entering grade 9 before
189 the 2013-2014 school year, except as otherwise provided in this
190 subsection.
191 (e) Policy adopted in rule by the district school board may
192 require for any cohort of students that performance on a
193 statewide, standardized EOC assessment constitute 10 30 percent
194 of a student’s final course grade.
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197 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
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200 Section 27. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) and
201 paragraph
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204 And the title is amended as follows:
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207 certain statewide assessments; requiring each school
208 district to administer the ACT or SAT to each grade 11
209 student; revising end-of-course assessment
210 requirements; requiring published assessment items to
211 be in a format that meets certain criteria; amending
212 ss. 1003.4156 and 1003.4282, F.S.; conforming
213 provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
214 1011.62, F.S.; renaming the