Bill Text: FL S0662 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

Florida Senate Bill 662 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Education and the Military

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-24 - Chapter No. 2020-75 [S0662 Detail]

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       Florida Senate - 2020                                     SB 662
       
       
        
       By Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       14-00799A-20                                           2020662__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the school grading system; amending
    3         s. 1008.34, F.S.; revising the calculation of school
    4         grades to include certain students who completed a
    5         specified number of years of coursework as
    6         participants in the United States Armed Forces Junior
    7         Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program and earned a
    8         specified score on the Armed Services Vocational
    9         Aptitude Battery; providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
   14  1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         1008.34 School grading system; school report cards;
   16  district grade.—
   17         (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.—
   18         (b)1. Beginning with the 2020-2021 2014-2015 school year, a
   19  school’s grade shall be based on the following components, each
   20  worth 100 points:
   21         a. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   22  standardized assessments in English Language Arts under s.
   23  1008.22(3).
   24         b. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   25  standardized assessments in mathematics under s. 1008.22(3).
   26         c. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   27  standardized assessments in science under s. 1008.22(3).
   28         d. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   29  standardized assessments in social studies under s. 1008.22(3).
   30         e. The percentage of eligible students who make Learning
   31  Gains in English Language Arts as measured by statewide,
   32  standardized assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   33         f. The percentage of eligible students who make Learning
   34  Gains in mathematics as measured by statewide, standardized
   35  assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   36         g. The percentage of eligible students in the lowest 25
   37  percent in English Language Arts, as identified by prior year
   38  performance on statewide, standardized assessments, who make
   39  Learning Gains as measured by statewide, standardized English
   40  Language Arts assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   41         h. The percentage of eligible students in the lowest 25
   42  percent in mathematics, as identified by prior year performance
   43  on statewide, standardized assessments, who make Learning Gains
   44  as measured by statewide, standardized Mathematics assessments
   45  administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   46         i. For schools comprised of middle grades 6 through 8 or
   47  grades 7 and 8, the percentage of eligible students passing high
   48  school level statewide, standardized end-of-course assessments
   49  or attaining national industry certifications identified in the
   50  CAPE Industry Certification Funding List pursuant to rules
   51  adopted by the State Board of Education.
   52  
   53  In calculating Learning Gains for the components listed in sub
   54  subparagraphs e.-h., the State Board of Education shall require
   55  that learning growth toward achievement levels 3, 4, and 5 is
   56  demonstrated by students who scored below each of those levels
   57  in the prior year. In calculating the components in sub
   58  subparagraphs a.-d., the state board shall include the
   59  performance of English language learners only if they have been
   60  enrolled in a school in the United States for more than 2 years.
   61         2. For a school comprised of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or
   62  grades 10, 11, and 12, the school’s grade shall also be based on
   63  the following components, each worth 100 points:
   64         a. The 4-year high school graduation rate of the school as
   65  defined by state board rule.
   66         b. The percentage of students who were eligible to earn
   67  college and career credit through College Board Advanced
   68  Placement examinations, International Baccalaureate
   69  examinations, dual enrollment courses, or Advanced International
   70  Certificate of Education examinations; who completed 2 years of
   71  coursework as a participant in the United States Armed Forces
   72  Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program and earned a
   73  score of 31 or higher on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude
   74  Battery; or who, at any time during high school, earned national
   75  industry certification identified in the CAPE Industry
   76  Certification Funding List, pursuant to rules adopted by the
   77  state board.
   78         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.