Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 662
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/19/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Space
       (Wright) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 1003.05, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1003.05 Assistance to transitioning students from military
    8  families.—
    9         (4) A student whose parent is transferred or is pending
   10  transfer to a military installation within the state a school
   11  district while on active military duty pursuant to an official
   12  military order shall be considered a resident of the school
   13  district for purposes of enrollment when the order is submitted
   14  to the school district and shall be provided preferential
   15  treatment in the controlled open enrollment process of the
   16  school district pursuant to s. 1002.31.
   17         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
   18  1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   19         1008.34 School grading system; school report cards;
   20  district grade.—
   21         (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.—
   22         (b)1. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, a school’s
   23  grade shall be based on the following components, each worth 100
   24  points:
   25         a. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   26  standardized assessments in English Language Arts under s.
   27  1008.22(3).
   28         b. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   29  standardized assessments in mathematics under s. 1008.22(3).
   30         c. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   31  standardized assessments in science under s. 1008.22(3).
   32         d. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   33  standardized assessments in social studies under s. 1008.22(3).
   34         e. The percentage of eligible students who make Learning
   35  Gains in English Language Arts as measured by statewide,
   36  standardized assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   37         f. The percentage of eligible students who make Learning
   38  Gains in mathematics as measured by statewide, standardized
   39  assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   40         g. The percentage of eligible students in the lowest 25
   41  percent in English Language Arts, as identified by prior year
   42  performance on statewide, standardized assessments, who make
   43  Learning Gains as measured by statewide, standardized English
   44  Language Arts assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   45         h. The percentage of eligible students in the lowest 25
   46  percent in mathematics, as identified by prior year performance
   47  on statewide, standardized assessments, who make Learning Gains
   48  as measured by statewide, standardized Mathematics assessments
   49  administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   50         i. For schools comprised of middle grades 6 through 8 or
   51  grades 7 and 8, the percentage of eligible students passing high
   52  school level statewide, standardized end-of-course assessments
   53  or attaining national industry certifications identified in the
   54  CAPE Industry Certification Funding List pursuant to state board
   55  rule rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
   56  
   57  In calculating Learning Gains for the components listed in sub
   58  subparagraphs e.-h., the State Board of Education shall require
   59  that learning growth toward achievement levels 3, 4, and 5 is
   60  demonstrated by students who scored below each of those levels
   61  in the prior year. In calculating the components in sub
   62  subparagraphs a.-d., the state board shall include the
   63  performance of English language learners only if they have been
   64  enrolled in a school in the United States for more than 2 years.
   65         2. For a school comprised of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or
   66  grades 10, 11, and 12, the school’s grade shall also be based on
   67  the following components, each worth 100 points:
   68         a. The 4-year high school graduation rate of the school as
   69  defined by state board rule.
   70         b. The percentage of students who were eligible to earn
   71  college and career credit through College Board Advanced
   72  Placement examinations, International Baccalaureate
   73  examinations, dual enrollment courses, or Advanced International
   74  Certificate of Education examinations; or who, at any time
   75  during high school, earned national industry certification
   76  identified in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List,
   77  pursuant to rules adopted by the state board; or, beginning with
   78  the 2021-2022 school year, who earned an Armed Services
   79  Qualification Test score that falls within Category II or higher
   80  on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and:
   81         (I)Participated in a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
   82  Corps program for 2 years;
   83         (II)Enlisted in the military;
   84         (III)Were accepted into a United States military academy;
   85  or
   86         (IV)Received documented military career counseling from a
   87  recruiter for a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
   88         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
   89  
   90  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   91  And the title is amended as follows:
   92         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   93  and insert:
   94                        A bill to be entitled                      
   95         An act relating to education and the military;
   96         amending s. 1003.05, F.S.; providing that a student
   97         whose parent is transferred or is pending transfer to
   98         a military installation within this state is
   99         considered a resident of the school district in which
  100         the military installation is located for the purpose
  101         of enrollment; requiring such students to receive
  102         certain preferential treatment; amending s. 1008.34,
  103         F.S.; revising the calculation of school grades for
  104         certain schools; providing an effective date.