Florida Senate - 2018                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/HB 731, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Garcia moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 513 and 514
    4  insert:
    5         Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
    6  1008.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools.—
    8         (3) STATEWIDE, STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.—The
    9  Commissioner of Education shall design and implement a
   10  statewide, standardized assessment program aligned to the core
   11  curricular content established in the Next Generation Sunshine
   12  State Standards. The commissioner also must develop or select
   13  and implement a common battery of assessment tools that will be
   14  used in all juvenile justice education programs in the state.
   15  These tools must accurately measure the core curricular content
   16  established in the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.
   17  Participation in the assessment program is mandatory for all
   18  school districts and all students attending public schools,
   19  including adult students seeking a standard high school diploma
   20  under s. 1003.4282 and students in Department of Juvenile
   21  Justice education programs, except as otherwise provided by law.
   22  If a student does not participate in the assessment program, the
   23  school district must notify the student’s parent and provide the
   24  parent with information regarding the implications of such
   25  nonparticipation. The statewide, standardized assessment program
   26  shall be designed and implemented as follows:
   27         (b) End-of-course (EOC) assessments.—EOC assessments must
   28  be statewide, standardized, and developed or approved by the
   29  Department of Education as follows:
   30         1. EOC assessments for Algebra I, Geometry, Biology I,
   31  United States History, and Civics shall be administered to
   32  students enrolled in such courses as specified in the course
   33  code directory.
   34         2. Students enrolled in a course, as specified in the
   35  course code directory, with an associated statewide,
   36  standardized EOC assessment must take the EOC assessment for
   37  such course and may not take the corresponding subject or grade
   38  level statewide, standardized assessment pursuant to paragraph
   39  (a). Sections 1003.4156 and 1003.4282 govern the use of
   40  statewide, standardized EOC assessment results for students.
   41         3. The commissioner may select one or more nationally
   42  developed comprehensive examinations, which may include
   43  examinations for a College Board Advanced Placement course,
   44  International Baccalaureate course, or Advanced International
   45  Certificate of Education course, or industry-approved
   46  examinations to earn national industry certifications identified
   47  in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List, for use as EOC
   48  assessments under this paragraph if the commissioner determines
   49  that the content knowledge and skills assessed by the
   50  examinations meet or exceed the grade-level expectations for the
   51  core curricular content established for the course in the Next
   52  Generation Sunshine State Standards. Use of any such examination
   53  as an EOC assessment must be approved by the state board in
   54  rule.
   55         4. Contingent upon funding provided in the General
   56  Appropriations Act, including the appropriation of funds
   57  received through federal grants, the commissioner may establish
   58  an implementation schedule for the development and
   59  administration of additional statewide, standardized EOC
   60  assessments that must be approved by the state board in rule. If
   61  approved by the state board, student performance on such
   62  assessments constitutes 10 30 percent of a student’s final
   63  course grade.
   64         5. All statewide, standardized EOC assessments must be
   65  administered online except as otherwise provided in paragraph
   66  (c).
   67         6. A student enrolled in an Advanced Placement (AP),
   68  International Baccalaureate (IB), or Advanced International
   69  Certificate of Education (AICE) course who takes the respective
   70  AP, IB, or AICE assessment and earns the minimum score necessary
   71  to earn college credit, as identified in s. 1007.27(2), meets
   72  the requirements of this paragraph and does not have to take the
   73  EOC assessment for the course.
   74         Section 8. Subsection (1) of section 1003.4156, Florida
   75  Statutes, is amended to read:
   76         1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades
   77  promotion.—
   78         (1) In order for a student to be promoted to high school
   79  from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the
   80  student must successfully complete the following courses:
   81         (a) Three middle grades or higher courses in English
   82  Language Arts (ELA).
   83         (b) Three middle grades or higher courses in mathematics.
   84  Each school that includes middle grades must offer at least one
   85  high school level mathematics course for which students may earn
   86  high school credit. Successful completion of a high school level
   87  Algebra I or Geometry course is not contingent upon the
   88  student’s performance on the statewide, standardized end-of
   89  course (EOC) assessment. To earn high school credit for Algebra
   90  I, a middle grades student must take the statewide, standardized
   91  Algebra I EOC assessment and pass the course, and in addition,
   92  beginning with the 2018-2019 2013-2014 school year and
   93  thereafter, a student’s performance on the Algebra I EOC
   94  assessment constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final
   95  course grade. To earn high school credit for a Geometry course,
   96  a middle grades student must take the statewide, standardized
   97  Geometry EOC assessment, which constitutes 10 30 percent of the
   98  student’s final course grade, and earn a passing grade in the
   99  course.
  100         (c) Three middle grades or higher courses in social
  101  studies. Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2012
  102  2013 school year, one of these courses must be at least a one
  103  semester civics education course that includes the roles and
  104  responsibilities of federal, state, and local governments; the
  105  structures and functions of the legislative, executive, and
  106  judicial branches of government; and the meaning and
  107  significance of historic documents, such as the Articles of
  108  Confederation, the Declaration of Independence, and the
  109  Constitution of the United States. Beginning with the 2018-2019
  110  2013-2014 school year, each student’s performance on the
  111  statewide, standardized EOC assessment in civics education
  112  required under s. 1008.22 constitutes 10 30 percent of the
  113  student’s final course grade. A middle grades student who
  114  transfers into the state’s public school system from out of
  115  country, out of state, a private school, or a home education
  116  program after the beginning of the second term of grade 8 is not
  117  required to meet the civics education requirement for promotion
  118  from the middle grades if the student’s transcript documents
  119  passage of three courses in social studies or two year-long
  120  courses in social studies that include coverage of civics
  121  education.
  122         (d) Three middle grades or higher courses in science.
  123  Successful completion of a high school level Biology I course is
  124  not contingent upon the student’s performance on the statewide,
  125  standardized EOC assessment required under s. 1008.22. However,
  126  beginning with the 2018-2019 2012-2013 school year, to earn high
  127  school credit for a Biology I course, a middle grades student
  128  must take the statewide, standardized Biology I EOC assessment,
  129  which constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final course
  130  grade, and earn a passing grade in the course.
  131         Section 9. Paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (3),
  132  subsection (7), and paragraph (e) of subsection (9) of section
  133  1003.4282, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  134         1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school diploma.—
  135         (3) STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; COURSE AND ASSESSMENT
  136  REQUIREMENTS.—
  137         (b) Four credits in mathematics.—A student must earn one
  138  credit in Algebra I and one credit in Geometry. A student’s
  139  performance on the statewide, standardized Algebra I end-of
  140  course (EOC) assessment constitutes 10 30 percent of the
  141  student’s final course grade. A student must pass the statewide,
  142  standardized Algebra I EOC assessment, or earn a comparative
  143  score, in order to earn a standard high school diploma. A
  144  student’s performance on the statewide, standardized Geometry
  145  EOC assessment constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final
  146  course grade. A student who earns an industry certification for
  147  which there is a statewide college credit articulation agreement
  148  approved by the State Board of Education may substitute the
  149  certification for one mathematics credit. Substitution may occur
  150  for up to two mathematics credits, except for Algebra I and
  151  Geometry.
  152         (c) Three credits in science.—Two of the three required
  153  credits must have a laboratory component. A student must earn
  154  one credit in Biology I and two credits in equally rigorous
  155  courses. The statewide, standardized Biology I EOC assessment
  156  constitutes 10 30 percent of the student’s final course grade. A
  157  student who earns an industry certification for which there is a
  158  statewide college credit articulation agreement approved by the
  159  State Board of Education may substitute the certification for
  160  one science credit, except for Biology I.
  161         (d) Three credits in social studies.—A student must earn
  162  one credit in United States History; one credit in World
  163  History; one-half credit in economics, which must include
  164  financial literacy; and one-half credit in United States
  165  Government. The United States History EOC assessment constitutes
  166  10 30 percent of the student’s final course grade.
  167         (7) UNIFORM TRANSFER OF HIGH SCHOOL CREDITS.—Beginning with
  168  the 2012-2013 school year, If a student transfers to a Florida
  169  public high school from out of country, out of state, a private
  170  school, or a home education program and the student’s transcript
  171  shows a credit in Algebra I, the student must pass the
  172  statewide, standardized Algebra I EOC assessment in order to
  173  earn a standard high school diploma unless the student earned a
  174  comparative score, passed a statewide assessment in Algebra I
  175  administered by the transferring entity, or passed the statewide
  176  mathematics assessment the transferring entity uses to satisfy
  177  the requirements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
  178  20 U.S.C. s. 6301. If a student’s transcript shows a credit in
  179  high school reading or English Language Arts II or III, in order
  180  to earn a standard high school diploma, the student must take
  181  and pass the statewide, standardized grade 10 Reading assessment
  182  or, when implemented, the grade 10 ELA assessment, or earn a
  183  concordant score. If a transfer student’s transcript shows a
  184  final course grade and course credit in Algebra I, Geometry,
  185  Biology I, or United States History, the transferring course
  186  final grade and credit shall be honored without the student
  187  taking the requisite statewide, standardized EOC assessment and
  188  without the assessment results constituting 10 30 percent of the
  189  student’s final course grade.
  190         (9) COHORT TRANSITION TO NEW GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS.—The
  191  requirements of this section, in addition to applying to
  192  students entering grade 9 in the 2013-2014 school year and
  193  thereafter, shall also apply to students entering grade 9 before
  194  the 2013-2014 school year, except as otherwise provided in this
  195  subsection.
  196         (e) Policy adopted in rule by the district school board may
  197  require for any cohort of students that performance on a
  198  statewide, standardized EOC assessment constitute 10 30 percent
  199  of a student’s final course grade.
  200  
  201  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  202  And the title is amended as follows:
  203         Delete line 52
  204  and insert:
  205         certain home education students; amending s. 1008.22,
  206         F.S.; revising end-of-course assessment requirements;
  207         amending ss. 1003.4156 and 1003.4282, F.S.; conforming
  208         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
  209         1002.385,