Bill Text: FL S0090 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Limited English Proficient Students

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Education [S0090 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S0090-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                                      SB 90
       
       
        
       By Senator Soto
       
       
       
       
       
       14-00031-14                                             201490__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to limited English proficient
    3         students; amending s. 1003.56, F.S.; authorizing
    4         exemption from certain state standardized assessments
    5         for limited English proficient students under certain
    6         circumstances; providing an effective date.
    7          
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Present subsection (5) of section 1003.56,
   11  Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), and a new
   12  subsection (5) is added to that section, to read:
   13         1003.56 English language instruction for limited English
   14  proficient students.—
   15         (5) A limited English proficient student who has received
   16  services for 2 years or less in an ESOL program operated in
   17  accordance with a school district’s approved English Language
   18  Learner plan may be exempt from taking the FCAT, end-of-course
   19  assessments, common core assessments, or any future state
   20  standardized academic assessment if a majority of the student’s
   21  English Language Learner committee members determine that the
   22  exemption is appropriate.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.