Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 636
       
       
       
       By Senator Soto
       
       
       
       
       14-01133-13                                            2013636__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to students with limited English
    3         proficiency; amending s. 1003.56, F.S.; authorizing
    4         exemption from certain state standardized assessments
    5         up to a specified period if certain conditions are
    6         met; providing an effective date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 1003.56, Florida
   11  Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), and a new subsection
   12  (5) is added to that section to read:
   13         1003.56 English language instruction for limited English
   14  proficient students.—
   15         (5) A student with limited English proficiency who has
   16  received services for 2 years or less in an ESOL program
   17  operated in accordance with an approved school district English
   18  language learner plan may be exempt from taking the FCAT, end
   19  of-course assessments, common core state standards assessments,
   20  or any future state standardized academic assessment if a
   21  majority of the student’s English language learner committee
   22  determines that it is appropriate.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.