Bill Text: FL S0662 | 2020 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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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]

Download: Florida-2020-S0662-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2020                       CS for CS for SB 662
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Military and Veterans Affairs and Space;
       and Education; and Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       583-03935-20                                           2020662c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education and the military;
    3         amending s. 1003.05, F.S.; providing that a student
    4         whose parent is transferred or is pending transfer to
    5         a military installation within this state is
    6         considered a resident of the school district in which
    7         the military installation is located for the purpose
    8         of enrollment; requiring such students to receive
    9         certain preferential treatment; amending s. 1008.34,
   10         F.S.; revising the calculation of school grades for
   11         certain schools; providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 1003.05, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         1003.05 Assistance to transitioning students from military
   18  families.—
   19         (4) A student whose parent is transferred or is pending
   20  transfer to a military installation within the state a school
   21  district while on active military duty pursuant to an official
   22  military order shall be considered a resident of the school
   23  district for purposes of enrollment when the order is submitted
   24  to the school district and shall be provided preferential
   25  treatment in the controlled open enrollment process of the
   26  school district pursuant to s. 1002.31.
   27         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
   28  1008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   29         1008.34 School grading system; school report cards;
   30  district grade.—
   31         (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.—
   32         (b)1. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, a school’s
   33  grade shall be based on the following components, each worth 100
   34  points:
   35         a. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   36  standardized assessments in English Language Arts under s.
   37  1008.22(3).
   38         b. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   39  standardized assessments in mathematics under s. 1008.22(3).
   40         c. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   41  standardized assessments in science under s. 1008.22(3).
   42         d. The percentage of eligible students passing statewide,
   43  standardized assessments in social studies under s. 1008.22(3).
   44         e. The percentage of eligible students who make Learning
   45  Gains in English Language Arts as measured by statewide,
   46  standardized assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   47         f. The percentage of eligible students who make Learning
   48  Gains in mathematics as measured by statewide, standardized
   49  assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   50         g. The percentage of eligible students in the lowest 25
   51  percent in English Language Arts, as identified by prior year
   52  performance on statewide, standardized assessments, who make
   53  Learning Gains as measured by statewide, standardized English
   54  Language Arts assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   55         h. The percentage of eligible students in the lowest 25
   56  percent in mathematics, as identified by prior year performance
   57  on statewide, standardized assessments, who make Learning Gains
   58  as measured by statewide, standardized Mathematics assessments
   59  administered under s. 1008.22(3).
   60         i. For schools comprised of middle grades 6 through 8 or
   61  grades 7 and 8, the percentage of eligible students passing high
   62  school level statewide, standardized end-of-course assessments
   63  or attaining national industry certifications identified in the
   64  CAPE Industry Certification Funding List pursuant to state board
   65  rule rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
   66  
   67  In calculating Learning Gains for the components listed in sub
   68  subparagraphs e.-h., the State Board of Education shall require
   69  that learning growth toward achievement levels 3, 4, and 5 is
   70  demonstrated by students who scored below each of those levels
   71  in the prior year. In calculating the components in sub
   72  subparagraphs a.-d., the state board shall include the
   73  performance of English language learners only if they have been
   74  enrolled in a school in the United States for more than 2 years.
   75         2. For a school comprised of grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or
   76  grades 10, 11, and 12, the school’s grade shall also be based on
   77  the following components, each worth 100 points:
   78         a. The 4-year high school graduation rate of the school as
   79  defined by state board rule.
   80         b. The percentage of students who were eligible to earn
   81  college and career credit through College Board Advanced
   82  Placement examinations, International Baccalaureate
   83  examinations, dual enrollment courses, or Advanced International
   84  Certificate of Education examinations; or who, at any time
   85  during high school, earned national industry certification
   86  identified in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List,
   87  pursuant to rules adopted by the state board; or, beginning with
   88  the 2021-2022 school year, who earned an Armed Services
   89  Qualification Test score that falls within Category II or higher
   90  on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery and:
   91         (I) Participated in a Junior Reserve Officers’ Training
   92  Corps program for 2 years;
   93         (II) Enlisted in the military;
   94         (III) Were accepted into a United States military academy;
   95  or
   96         (IV) Received documented military career counseling from a
   97  recruiter for a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
   98         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.