Bill Text: FL S1076 | 2016 | Regular Session | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Education

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237) [S1076 Detail]

Download: Florida-2016-S1076-Comm_Sub.html
       Florida Senate - 2016                             CS for SB 1076
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senator Legg
       
       581-02939-16                                          20161076c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education; amending s. 1007.273,
    3         F.S.; providing additional options for students
    4         participating in a structured high school acceleration
    5         program; prohibiting a district school board from
    6         limiting the number of public school students who may
    7         enroll in a structured high school acceleration
    8         program; revising requirements relating to contracts
    9         establishing structured high school acceleration
   10         programs; requiring each district school board to
   11         notify students in certain grades about the program;
   12         revising provisions relating to program funding;
   13         providing compliance and reporting requirements;
   14         amending s. 1003.4295, F.S.; revising the purpose of
   15         the Credit Acceleration Program; requiring students to
   16         earn passing scores on specified assessments or
   17         examinations to earn course credit; amending s.
   18         1003.621, F.S.; requiring an academically high
   19         performing school district to execute a contract to
   20         establish a structured high school acceleration
   21         program; providing an effective date.
   22          
   23  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   24  
   25         Section 1. Section 1007.273, Florida Statutes, is amended
   26  to read:
   27         1007.273 Structured high school acceleration programs
   28  Collegiate high school program.—
   29         (1) Each Florida College System institution shall work with
   30  each district school board in its designated service area to
   31  establish one or more structured high school acceleration
   32  programs, including, but not limited to, collegiate high school
   33  programs.
   34         (1)(2)PURPOSE.—At a minimum, structured collegiate high
   35  school acceleration programs must include an option for public
   36  school students in grade 11 or grade 12 participating in the
   37  program, for at least 1 full school year, to earn CAPE industry
   38  certifications pursuant to s. 1008.44 and to successfully
   39  complete 30 credit hours toward general education core
   40  curriculum or common prerequisite course requirements pursuant
   41  to s. 1007.25 through the dual enrollment program under s.
   42  1007.271, a mechanism pursuant to s. 1007.27, or a CAPE industry
   43  certification pursuant to s. 1008.44 toward the first year of
   44  college for an associate degree or baccalaureate degree while
   45  enrolled in the program. A district school board may not limit
   46  the number of public school students who may enroll in such
   47  programs.
   48         (2)(3)REQUIRED PROGRAM CONTRACTS.—Each district school
   49  board and its local Florida College System institution shall
   50  execute a contract to establish one or more structured
   51  collegiate high school acceleration programs at a mutually
   52  agreed upon location or locations. Beginning with the 2015-2016
   53  school year, If the institution does not establish a program
   54  with a district school board in its designated service area,
   55  another Florida College System institution may execute a
   56  contract with that district school board to establish the
   57  program. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the contract
   58  must be executed by January 1 of each school year for
   59  implementation of the program during the next school year. The
   60  contract must:
   61         (a) Identify the grade levels to be included in the
   62  collegiate high school program which must, at a minimum, include
   63  grade 12.
   64         (b) Describe the collegiate high school program, including
   65  the delineation of courses that must, at a minimum, include
   66  general education core curriculum or common prerequisite course
   67  requirements pursuant to s. 1007.25 and industry certifications
   68  offered, including online course availability; the high school
   69  and college credits earned for each postsecondary course
   70  completed and industry certification earned; student eligibility
   71  criteria; and the enrollment process and relevant deadlines.
   72         (c) Describe the methods, medium, and process by which
   73  students and their parents are annually informed about the
   74  availability of the collegiate high school program, the return
   75  on investment associated with participation in the program, and
   76  the information described in paragraphs (a) and (b).
   77         (d) Identify the delivery methods for instruction and the
   78  instructors for all courses.
   79         (e) Identify student advising services and progress
   80  monitoring mechanisms.
   81         (f) Establish a program review and reporting mechanism
   82  regarding student performance outcomes.
   83         (g) Describe the terms of funding arrangements to implement
   84  the collegiate high school program pursuant to paragraph (5)(a).
   85         (3) STUDENT PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND NOTIFICATION.—
   86         (a)(4) Each student participating in a structured
   87  collegiate high school acceleration program must enter into a
   88  student performance contract which must be signed by the
   89  student, the parent, and a representative of the school district
   90  and the applicable Florida College System institution, state
   91  university, or other institution participating pursuant to
   92  subsection (4) (5). The performance contract must, at a minimum,
   93  include the schedule of courses, by semester, and industry
   94  certifications to be taken by the student, student attendance
   95  requirements, and course grade requirements.
   96         (b) By September 1 of each school year, each district
   97  school board must notify each student enrolled in grades 9, 10,
   98  11, and 12 in a public school within the school district about
   99  the structured high school acceleration program including, but
  100  not limited to:
  101         1. The method for earning college credit through
  102  participation in the program. Such methods must include an
  103  Internet website link to the dual enrollment course equivalency
  104  list approved by the Department of Education and the credit-by
  105  examination equivalency list adopted by the State Board of
  106  Education in rule.
  107         2. The estimated cost savings to students and their
  108  families resulting from students successfully completing 30
  109  credit hours toward general education core or common
  110  prerequisite course requirements and earning industry
  111  certifications before graduating from high school versus the
  112  cost of earning such credit hours and industry certifications
  113  after graduating from high school.
  114         (4)(5)AUTHORIZED PROGRAM CONTRACTS.—In addition to
  115  executing a contract with the local Florida College System
  116  institution under this section, a district school board may
  117  execute a contract to establish a structured collegiate high
  118  school acceleration program with a state university or an
  119  institution that is eligible to participate in the William L.
  120  Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program, that is a
  121  nonprofit independent college or university located and
  122  chartered in this state, and that is accredited by the
  123  Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges
  124  and Schools to grant baccalaureate degrees. Such university or
  125  institution must meet the requirements specified under
  126  subsections (2) (3) and (3) (4). A charter school may execute a
  127  contract directly with the local Florida College System
  128  institution or another institution as authorized under this
  129  section to establish a structured high school acceleration
  130  program at a mutually agreed upon location.
  131         (5) FUNDING.—
  132         (a)(6) The structured collegiate high school acceleration
  133  program shall be funded pursuant to ss. 1007.271 and 1011.62.
  134  The State Board of Education shall enforce compliance with this
  135  section by withholding the transfer of funds for the school
  136  districts and the Florida College System institutions in
  137  accordance with s. 1008.32.
  138         (b) A student who enrolls in the structured high school
  139  acceleration program and successfully completes 30 credit hours
  140  toward general education core curriculum or common prerequisite
  141  course requirements pursuant to s. 1007.25, and attains one or
  142  more industry certifications generates a 0.5 full-time
  143  equivalent (FTE) bonus. A student who enrolls in the structured
  144  high school acceleration program and successfully completes 60
  145  credit hours toward an associate in arts or an associate in
  146  science degree, and attains one or more industry certifications
  147  before graduating from high school, generates an additional 0.5
  148  FTE bonus. Each district school board that is a contractual
  149  partner with a Florida College System institution shall report
  150  to the commissioner the total FTE bonus for each structured high
  151  school acceleration program for the students from that district
  152  school board. The total FTE bonus shall be added to each school
  153  district’s total weighted FTE for funding in the subsequent
  154  fiscal year.
  155         (6) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS.—If a district school board
  156  does not execute a contract with its local Florida College
  157  System institution to establish one or more structured high
  158  school acceleration programs pursuant to this section or if a
  159  school district does not enroll at least 2 percent of its public
  160  school students in grades 11 and 12 in the district’s structured
  161  high school acceleration program, the school district is not
  162  eligible to:
  163         (a) Qualify for the academically high-performing school
  164  district designation pursuant to s. 1003.621.
  165         (b)Have the calculation for compliance with maximum class
  166  size pursuant to s. 1003.03 for any school in the district be
  167  the average at the school level, notwithstanding any provision
  168  to the contrary, which includes but is not limited to s. 1002.31
  169  and s. 1002.451.
  170         (7) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
  171         (a) By September 1 of each school year, each district
  172  school superintendent must report to the commissioner, at a
  173  minimum, the following information for the prior school year:
  174         1. Number of students in public schools within the school
  175  district who enrolled in the structured high school acceleration
  176  program, and the partnering postsecondary institutions pursuant
  177  to subsections (2) and (4).
  178         2. Average number of courses completed and the number of
  179  industry certifications attained by the students who enrolled in
  180  the structured high school acceleration program.
  181         3. Projected student enrollment in the structured high
  182  school acceleration program within the next school year.
  183         4. Barriers to executing contracts to establish one of more
  184  structured high school acceleration programs.
  185         (b) By November 30 of each school year, the commissioner
  186  must report to the Governor, President of the Senate, and
  187  Speaker of the House of Representatives the status of structured
  188  high school acceleration programs including, at a minimum, a
  189  summary of student enrollment and completion information
  190  pursuant to this subsection; barriers, if any, to establishing
  191  such programs; and recommendations for expanding access to such
  192  programs statewide.
  193         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 1003.4295, Florida
  194  Statutes, is amended to read:
  195         1003.4295 Acceleration options.—
  196         (3) The Credit Acceleration Program (CAP) is created for
  197  the purpose of allowing a student to earn high school credit in
  198  Algebra I, Algebra II, geometry, United States history, or
  199  biology, or a course under s. 1003.4285 if the student passes
  200  the corresponding statewide, standardized assessment
  201  administered under s. 1008.22 or Advanced Placement Examination.
  202  Notwithstanding s. 1003.436, a school district shall award
  203  course credit to a student who is not enrolled in the course, or
  204  who has not completed the course, if the student attains a
  205  passing score on the corresponding statewide, standardized
  206  assessment or Advanced Placement Examination. The school
  207  district shall permit a student who is not enrolled in the
  208  course, or who has not completed the course, to take the
  209  assessment or examination during the regular administration of
  210  the assessment or examination.
  211         Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
  212  1003.621, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  213         1003.621 Academically high-performing school districts.—It
  214  is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and reward school
  215  districts that demonstrate the ability to consistently maintain
  216  or improve their high-performing status. The purpose of this
  217  section is to provide high-performing school districts with
  218  flexibility in meeting the specific requirements in statute and
  219  rules of the State Board of Education.
  220         (1) ACADEMICALLY HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICT.—
  221         (a) A school district is an academically high-performing
  222  school district if it meets the following criteria:
  223         1.a. Earns a grade of “A” under s. 1008.34 for 2
  224  consecutive years; and
  225         b. Has no district-operated school that earns a grade of
  226  “F” under s. 1008.34;
  227         2. Complies with all class size requirements in s. 1, Art.
  228  IX of the State Constitution and s. 1003.03; and
  229         3. Has no material weaknesses or instances of material
  230  noncompliance noted in the annual financial audit conducted
  231  pursuant to s. 11.45 or s. 218.39.
  232         4. Has executed a contract with its local Florida College
  233  System institution to establish one or more structured high
  234  school acceleration programs at a mutually agreed upon location
  235  or locations pursuant to s. 1007.273.
  236  
  237  However, a district in which a district-operated school earns a
  238  grade of “F” under s. 1008.34 during the 3-year period may not
  239  continue to be designated as an academically high-performing
  240  school district during the remainder of that 3-year period. The
  241  district must meet the criteria in paragraph (a) in order to be
  242  redesignated as an academically high-performing school district.
  243         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.

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