Florida Senate - 2014              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. CS for SB 850
       
       
       
       
       
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       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education; amending s. 1001.42,
    3         F.S.; requiring a school that includes certain grades
    4         to include information, data, and instructional
    5         strategies in its school improvement plan; requiring a
    6         school that includes certain grades to implement an
    7         early warning system based on indicators to identify
    8         students in need of additional academic support;
    9         amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; providing State Board of
   10         Education duties relating to middle grades courses;
   11         amending s. 1003.4203, F.S.; requiring a district
   12         school board, in consultation with the district school
   13         superintendent, to make CAPE Digital Tool certificates
   14         and CAPE industry certifications available to
   15         students, including students with disabilities, in
   16         prekindergarten through grade 12, to enable students
   17         to attain digital skills; providing eligibility for
   18         additional FTE funding; requiring innovative programs
   19         and courses that combine academic and career
   20         instructional tools and industry certifications into
   21         education for both college and career preparedness;
   22         providing for additional FTE funding; providing for
   23         grade point average calculation; requiring the
   24         Department of Education to collaborate with Florida
   25         educators and school leaders to provide technical
   26         assistance to district school boards regarding
   27         implementation; authorizing public schools to provide
   28         students with access to third-party assessment centers
   29         and career and professional academy curricula;
   30         encouraging third-party assessment providers and
   31         career and professional academy curricula providers to
   32         provide annual training; amending s. 1003.4281, F.S.;
   33         deleting calculations for paid and unpaid high school
   34         credits; amending s. 1003.4285, F.S.; revising
   35         requirements to earn a Scholar designation on a
   36         standard high school diploma; revising requirements to
   37         earn a Merit designation on a standard high school
   38         diploma; creating s. 1003.4298, F.S.; requiring the
   39         third-party assessment center providers to report
   40         return on investment to students and students’
   41         families regarding completing CAPE industry
   42         certifications and CAPE Digital Tool certificates;
   43         providing criteria for the return on investment
   44         report; amending s. 1003.4935, F.S.; authorizing
   45         additional FTE funding for certain Digital Tool
   46         certificates and industry certifications; amending s.
   47         1003.53, F.S.; authorizing dropout prevention and
   48         academic intervention services for a student
   49         identified by a school’s early warning system;
   50         amending s. 1006.135, F.S.; including middle grades
   51         schools under provisions prohibiting hazing; revising
   52         the definition of the term “hazing”; requiring a
   53         school district policy that prohibits hazing and
   54         establishes consequences for an act of hazing;
   55         revising penalty provisions and providing for
   56         applicability; creating s. 1007.273, F.S.; requiring a
   57         Florida College System institution to work with each
   58         district school board in its designated service area
   59         to establish a collegiate high school program;
   60         providing options for participation in a collegiate
   61         high school program; requiring a Florida College
   62         System institution to execute a contract with each
   63         district school board in its designated service area
   64         to establish the program; authorizing another Florida
   65         College System institution to execute a contract with
   66         the district school board in certain circumstances;
   67         requiring the contract to be executed by a specified
   68         date for the purpose of implementation; requiring
   69         Florida College System institutions to collaborate
   70         with the district school boards they enter into
   71         contracts with to establish student eligibility and
   72         procedural requirements for participation in the
   73         program; requiring that a performance contract be
   74         included in the eligibility requirements; requiring a
   75         participating district school board to include student
   76         eligibility and procedural requirements in the
   77         district’s comprehensive student progression plan and
   78         to inform students and parents about the collegiate
   79         high school program; providing the calculation for
   80         funding the collegiate high school program;
   81         prohibiting a Florida College System institution from
   82         reporting certain funds for purposes of funding or
   83         receiving the standard tuition rate per credit hour
   84         for a student enrolled in a dual enrollment course at
   85         the institution unless the institution establishes a
   86         collegiate high school program; providing that certain
   87         independent colleges and universities are eligible to
   88         work with district school boards to establish a
   89         collegiate high school program; requiring such
   90         independent colleges and universities to collaborate
   91         with the district school boards they enter into
   92         contracts with to establish student eligibility and
   93         procedural requirements for participation in the
   94         program; requiring that a performance contract be
   95         included in the eligibility requirements; requiring a
   96         participating district school board to include student
   97         eligibility and procedural requirements in the
   98         district’s comprehensive student progression plan and
   99         to inform students and parents about the collegiate
  100         high school program; amending s. 1008.44, F.S.;
  101         requiring the department to annually identify CAPE
  102         Digital Tool certificates and CAPE industry
  103         certifications; authorizing the Commissioner of
  104         Education to recommend adding certain certificates and
  105         certifications; providing requirements for inclusion
  106         of CAPE Digital Tool certificates and CAPE industry
  107         certifications on the funding list; authorizing the
  108         commissioner to limit certain Digital Tool
  109         certificates and CAPE industry certifications to
  110         students in certain grades; providing requirements for
  111         the Articulation Coordinating Committee; amending s.
  112         1011.62, F.S.; specifying requirements relating to
  113         additional FTE funding based on completion of certain
  114         courses or programs and issuance of CAPE industry
  115         certification; deleting obsolete provisions; deleting
  116         provisions regarding Florida Cyber Security
  117         Recognition, Florida Digital Arts Recognition, and
  118         Florida Digital Tool Certificates; amending s.
  119         1012.98, F.S.; providing requirements relating to
  120         professional development, including inservice plans
  121         and instructional strategies, for middle grades
  122         educators; requiring the Department of Education to
  123         disseminate professional development in the use of
  124         integrated digital instruction; providing an effective
  125         date.
  126          
  127  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  128  
  129         Section 1. Subsection (18) of section 1001.42, Florida
  130  Statutes, is amended to read:
  131         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
  132  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
  133  powers and perform all duties listed below:
  134         (18) IMPLEMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
  135  Maintain a state system of school improvement and education
  136  accountability as provided by statute and State Board of
  137  Education rule. This system of school improvement and education
  138  accountability shall be consistent with, and implemented
  139  through, the district’s continuing system of planning and
  140  budgeting required by this section and ss. 1008.385, 1010.01,
  141  and 1011.01. This system of school improvement and education
  142  accountability shall comply with the provisions of ss. 1008.33,
  143  1008.34, 1008.345, and 1008.385 and include the following:
  144         (a) School improvement plans.—
  145         1. The district school board shall annually approve and
  146  require implementation of a new, amended, or continuation school
  147  improvement plan for each school in the district. If a school
  148  has a significant gap in achievement on statewide assessments
  149  pursuant to s. 1008.34(3)(b) by one or more student subgroups,
  150  as defined in the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  151  (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. s. 6311(b)(2)(C)(v)(II); has not significantly
  152  decreased the percentage of students scoring below satisfactory
  153  on statewide assessments; or has significantly lower graduation
  154  rates for a subgroup when compared to the state’s graduation
  155  rate, that school’s improvement plan shall include strategies
  156  for improving these results. The state board shall adopt rules
  157  establishing thresholds and for determining compliance with this
  158  subparagraph paragraph.
  159         2. A school that includes any of grades 6, 7, or 8 shall
  160  include annually in its school improvement plan information and
  161  data on the school’s early warning system required under
  162  paragraph (b), including a list of the early warning indicators
  163  used in the system, the number of students identified by the
  164  system as exhibiting two or more early warning indicators, the
  165  number of students by grade level that exhibit each indicator,
  166  and a description of all intervention strategies employed by the
  167  school to improve the academic performance of students
  168  identified by the early warning system. In addition, a school
  169  that includes any of grades 6, 7, or 8 shall describe in its
  170  school improvement plan the strategies used by the school to
  171  implement the instructional practices for middle grades
  172  emphasized by the district’s professional development system
  173  pursuant to s. 1012.98(4)(b)9.
  174         (b) Early warning system.
  175         1.A school that includes any of grades 6, 7, or 8 shall
  176  implement an early warning system to identify students in grades
  177  6, 7, and 8 who need additional support to improve academic
  178  performance and stay engaged in school. The early warning system
  179  must include the following early warning indicators:
  180         a. Attendance below 90 percent, regardless of whether
  181  absence is excused or a result of out-of-school suspension.
  182         b. One or more suspensions, whether in school or out of
  183  school.
  184         c. Course failure in English Language Arts or mathematics.
  185         d. A Level 1 score on the statewide, standardized
  186  assessments in English Language Arts or mathematics.
  187  
  188  For purposes of implementing this subparagraph, a school
  189  district may identify additional early warning indicators for
  190  use in a school’s early warning system.
  191         2.When a student exhibits two or more early warning
  192  indicators, the school’s child study team under s. 1003.02 or a
  193  school-based team formed for the purpose of implementing the
  194  requirements of this paragraph shall convene to determine
  195  appropriate intervention strategies for the student. The school
  196  shall provide at least 10 days’ written notice of the meeting to
  197  the student’s parent, indicating the meeting’s purpose, time,
  198  and location, and provide the parent the opportunity to
  199  participate.
  200         (c)(b)Public disclosure.—The district school board shall
  201  provide information regarding the performance of students and
  202  educational programs as required pursuant to ss. 1008.22 and
  203  1008.385 and implement a system of school reports as required by
  204  statute and State Board of Education rule which shall include
  205  schools operating for the purpose of providing educational
  206  services to youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs,
  207  and for those schools, report on the elements specified in s.
  208  1003.52(19). Annual public disclosure reports shall be in an
  209  easy-to-read report card format and shall include the school’s
  210  grade, high school graduation rate calculated without GED tests,
  211  disaggregated by student ethnicity, and performance data as
  212  specified in state board rule.
  213         (d)(c)School improvement funds.—The district school board
  214  shall provide funds to schools for developing and implementing
  215  school improvement plans. Such funds shall include those funds
  216  appropriated for the purpose of school improvement pursuant to
  217  s. 24.121(5)(c).
  218         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1003.42, Florida
  219  Statutes, is amended to read:
  220         1003.42 Required instruction.—
  221         (1) Each district school board shall provide all courses
  222  required for middle grades promotion, high school graduation,
  223  and appropriate instruction designed to ensure that students
  224  meet State Board of Education adopted standards in the following
  225  subject areas: reading and other language arts, mathematics,
  226  science, social studies, foreign languages, health and physical
  227  education, and the arts. The state board must remove a middle
  228  grades course in the Course Code Directory that does not fully
  229  integrate all appropriate curricular content required by s.
  230  1003.41 and may approve a new course only if it meets the
  231  required curricular content.
  232         Section 3. Section 1003.4203, Florida Statutes, is amended
  233  to read:
  234         1003.4203 Digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool
  235  recognitions, certificates, and technical assistance.—
  236         (1) DIGITAL MATERIALS.—Each district school board, in
  237  consultation with the district school superintendent, shall make
  238  available digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool certificates, and
  239  CAPE industry certifications for students in prekindergarten
  240  through grade 12 in order to enable students to attain digital
  241  skills. The digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool certificates,
  242  and CAPE industry certifications may be integrated into subject
  243  area curricula, offered as a separate course, made available
  244  through open-access options, or deployed through online or
  245  digital computer applications, subject to available funding.
  246         (2) CAPE ESE DIGITAL TOOLS.—Beginning with the 2013-2014
  247  school year, Each district school board, in consultation with
  248  the district school superintendent, shall make available digital
  249  and instructional materials, including software applications, to
  250  students with disabilities who are in prekindergarten through
  251  grade 12. Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year:
  252         (a)Digital materials must include CAPE Digital Tool
  253  certificates, workplace industry certifications, and OSHA
  254  industry certifications identified pursuant to s. 1008.44 for
  255  students with disabilities; and
  256         (b)Each student’s individual educational plan for students
  257  with disabilities developed pursuant to this chapter must
  258  identify the CAPE Digital Tool certificates and CAPE industry
  259  certifications the student seeks to attain before high school
  260  graduation.
  261         (3) Subject to available funding, by December 1, 2013, the
  262  department shall contract with one or more technology companies,
  263  or affiliated nonprofit organizations, that have approved
  264  industry certifications identified on the Industry Certification
  265  Funding List or the Postsecondary Industry Certification Funding
  266  List, pursuant to s. 1003.492 or s. 1008.44, to develop a
  267  Florida Cyber Security Recognition and a Florida Digital Arts
  268  Recognition. The department shall notify each school district
  269  when the recognitions are developed and available. The
  270  recognitions shall be made available to all public elementary
  271  school students at no cost to the districts or charter schools.
  272         (a) Targeted knowledge and skills to be mastered for each
  273  recognition shall be identified by the department. Knowledge and
  274  skills may be demonstrated through student attainment of the
  275  below recognitions in particular content areas:
  276         1. The Florida Cyber Security Recognition must be based
  277  upon an understanding of computer processing operations and, in
  278  most part, on cyber security skills that increase a student’s
  279  cyber-safe practices.
  280         2. The Florida Digital Arts Recognition must reflect a
  281  balance of skills in technology and the arts.
  282         (b) The technology companies or affiliated nonprofit
  283  organizations that provide the recognition must provide open
  284  access to materials for teaching and assessing the skills a
  285  student must acquire in order to earn a Florida Cyber Security
  286  Recognition or a Florida Digital Arts Recognition. The school
  287  district shall notify each elementary school advisory council of
  288  the methods of delivery of the open-access content and
  289  assessments. If there is no elementary school advisory council,
  290  notification must be provided to the district advisory council.
  291         (3)(4)CAPE DIGITAL TOOL CERTIFICATES.—Subject to available
  292  funding, by December 1, 2013, The department shall identify, by
  293  June 15 of each year, CAPE Digital Tool certificates that
  294  contract with one or more technology companies that have
  295  approved industry certifications identified on the Industry
  296  Certification Funding List or the Postsecondary Industry
  297  Certification Funding List, pursuant to s. 1003.492 or s.
  298  1008.44, to develop a Florida Digital Tools Certificate to
  299  indicate a student’s digital skills. The department shall notify
  300  each school district when the certificates are certificate is
  301  developed and available. The certificates certificate shall be
  302  made available to all public elementary and middle grades
  303  students at no cost to the districts or charter schools.
  304         (a) Targeted skills to be mastered for the certificate
  305  include digital skills that are necessary to the student’s
  306  academic work and skills the student may need in future
  307  employment. The skills must include, but are not limited to,
  308  word processing; spreadsheets;, spreadsheet display, and
  309  creation of presentations, including sound, motion, and color
  310  presentations; digital arts; cybersecurity; and coding including
  311  sound, text, and graphic presentations, consistent with CAPE
  312  industry certifications that are listed on the CAPE Industry
  313  Certification Funding List, pursuant to ss. 1003.492 and
  314  1008.44. CAPE Digital Tool certificates earned by students are
  315  eligible for additional full-time equivalent membership pursuant
  316  to s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.a s. 1003.492.
  317         (b) A technology company that provides the certificate must
  318  provide open access to materials for teaching and assessing the
  319  skills necessary to earn the certificate. The school district
  320  shall notify each middle school advisory council of the methods
  321  of delivery of the open-access content and assessments for the
  322  certificates certificate. If there is no middle school advisory
  323  council, notification must be provided to the district advisory
  324  council.
  325         (c) The Legislature intends that by July 1, 2018, on an
  326  annual basis, at least 75 percent of public middle grades
  327  students earn at least one CAPE Digital Tool certificate a
  328  Florida Digital Tools Certificate.
  329         (4)CAPE INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS.—
  330         (a)CAPE industry certifications, issued to middle school
  331  and high school students, which do not articulate for college
  332  credit, are eligible for additional full-time equivalent
  333  membership pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.b.
  334         (b)CAPE industry certifications, issued to high school
  335  students, which articulate for college credit, are eligible for
  336  additional full-time equivalent membership pursuant to s.
  337  1011.62(1)(o)1.b.
  338         (5)CAPE INNOVATION AND CAPE ACCELERATION.—
  339         (a) CAPE Innovation.—Up to five courses annually approved
  340  by the commissioner that combine academic and career content,
  341  and performance outcome expectations that, if achieved by a
  342  student, shall articulate for college credit and be eligible for
  343  additional full-time equivalent membership pursuant to s.
  344  1011.62(1)(o)1.c. Such approved courses must incorporate at
  345  least two third-party assessments that, if successfully
  346  completed by a student, shall articulate for college credit. At
  347  least one of the two third-party assessments must be identified
  348  on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List. Each course
  349  that is approved by the commissioner must be specifically
  350  identified in the Course Code Directory as a CAPE Innovation
  351  Course.
  352         (b) CAPE Acceleration.—Industry certifications, annually
  353  approved by the commissioner, that articulate for 15 or more
  354  college credit hours and, if successfully completed, shall be
  355  eligible for additional full-time equivalent membership pursuant
  356  to s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.d. Each approved industry certification
  357  must be specifically identified in the CAPE Industry
  358  Certification Funding List as a CAPE Acceleration Industry
  359  Certification.
  360         (6) GRADE POINT AVERAGE CALCULATION.—For purposes of
  361  calculating grade point average, a grade in a course that leads
  362  to an industry certification must be weighted the same as a
  363  grade in an Honors course.
  364         (7)(5)TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
  365         (a) The Department of Education or a company contracted
  366  with under subsection (4) shall collaborate with Florida
  367  educators and school leaders to provide technical assistance to
  368  district school boards in the implementation of this section.
  369  Technical assistance to districts shall include, but is not
  370  limited to, identification of digital resources, primarily open
  371  access resources, including digital curriculum, instructional
  372  materials, media assets, and other digital tools and
  373  applications; training mechanisms for teachers and others to
  374  facilitate integration of digital resources and technologies
  375  into instructional strategies; and model policies and procedures
  376  that support sustainable implementation practices.
  377         (b) Public schools may provide students with access to
  378  third-party assessment centers and career and professional
  379  academy curricula in a digital format in support of CAPE Digital
  380  Tool certificates and CAPE industry certifications, pursuant to
  381  ss. 1003.4203 and 1008.44, to assist public schools and school
  382  districts to establish Florida Digital Classrooms.
  383         (8)(6)PARTNERSHIPS.—
  384         (a) A district school board may seek partnerships with
  385  other school districts, private businesses, postsecondary
  386  institutions, or consultants to offer classes and instruction to
  387  teachers and students to assist the school district in providing
  388  digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool recognitions, and
  389  certificates, and CAPE industry certifications established
  390  pursuant to this section.
  391         (b) Third-party assessment providers and career and
  392  professional academy curricula providers are encouraged to
  393  provide annual training to staff of the Department of Education,
  394  staff of school district offices, instructional staff of public
  395  schools, including charter schools, and other appropriate
  396  administrative staff through face-to-face training models;
  397  online, video conferencing training models; and through state,
  398  regional, or conference presentations.
  399         (9)(7)RULES.—The State Board of Education shall adopt
  400  rules to administer this section.
  401         Section 4. Subsection (5) of section 1003.4281, Florida
  402  Statutes, is amended to read:
  403         1003.4281 Early high school graduation.—
  404         (5) For purposes of this section, a credit is equal to 1/6
  405  FTE. A student may earn up to six paid high school credits
  406  equivalent to 1 FTE per school year in grades 9 through 12 for
  407  courses provided by the school district. High school credits
  408  earned in excess of six per school year in courses delivered by
  409  the school district are unpaid credits.
  410         Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 1003.4285, Florida
  411  Statutes, is amended to read:
  412         1003.4285 Standard high school diploma designations.—
  413         (1) Each standard high school diploma shall include, as
  414  applicable, the following designations if the student meets the
  415  criteria set forth for the designation:
  416         (a) Scholar designation.—In addition to the requirements of
  417  ss. 1003.428 and 1003.4282, as applicable, in order to earn the
  418  Scholar designation, a student must satisfy the following
  419  requirements:
  420         1. English Language Arts (ELA).—When the state transitions
  421  to common core assessments, Pass the 11th grade ELA statewide,
  422  standardized common core assessment.
  423         2. Mathematics.—Earn one credit in Algebra II and one
  424  credit in statistics or an equally rigorous course and. When the
  425  state transitions to common core assessments, students must pass
  426  the Algebra II statewide, standardized common core assessment.
  427         3. Science.—Pass the statewide, standardized Biology I end
  428  of-course assessment and earn one credit in chemistry or physics
  429  and one credit in a course equally rigorous to chemistry or
  430  physics.
  431         4. Social studies.—Pass the statewide, standardized United
  432  States History end-of-course assessment.
  433         5. Foreign language.—Earn two credits in the same foreign
  434  language.
  435         6. Electives.—Earn at least one credit in an Advanced
  436  Placement, an International Baccalaureate, an Advanced
  437  International Certificate of Education, or a dual enrollment
  438  course, or a CAPE industry certification from the CAPE Industry
  439  Certification Funding List which articulates for college credit.
  440         (b) Merit designation.—In addition to the requirements of
  441  ss. 1003.428 and 1003.4282, as applicable, in order to earn the
  442  Merit designation, a student must attain two one or more CAPE
  443  industry certifications from the CAPE Industry Certification
  444  Funding List which articulate for college credit established
  445  under s. 1003.492.
  446         Section 6. Section 1003.4298, Florida Statutes, is created
  447  to read:
  448         1003.4298Reporting return on investment.—
  449         (1)Third-party assessment center providers shall, by
  450  United States Postal Service, report the return on investment to
  451  the student and family of each student who is issued a CAPE
  452  industry certification and CAPE Digital Tool certificate as
  453  identified on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List.
  454         (2) The return on investment report must, at a minimum,
  455  include:
  456         (a)Estimated cost savings associated with the student
  457  acquiring the CAPE industry certification or certifications
  458  earned before high school graduation that articulate for college
  459  credit relative to the private market cost of the training and
  460  assessments associated with acquiring the postsecondary credit
  461  without state support.
  462         (b)College credits assigned to the CAPE industry
  463  certifications that have a statewide articulation agreement and
  464  the tuition and fee savings to the family associated with those
  465  college credits.
  466         (c)Additional CAPE industry certifications available to
  467  students.
  468         Section 7. Subsection (4) is added to section 1003.4935,
  469  Florida Statutes, to read:
  470         1003.4935 Middle grades career and professional academy
  471  courses and career-themed courses.—
  472         (4)CAPE Digital Tool certificates and CAPE industry
  473  certifications offered in the middle grades that are included on
  474  the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List, if earned by
  475  students, are eligible for additional full-time equivalent
  476  membership pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.a. and b.
  477         Section 8. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
  478  1003.53, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  479         1003.53 Dropout prevention and academic intervention.—
  480         (1)
  481         (c) A student shall be identified as being eligible to
  482  receive services funded through the dropout prevention and
  483  academic intervention program based upon one of the following
  484  criteria:
  485         1. The student is academically unsuccessful as evidenced by
  486  low test scores, retention, failing grades, low grade point
  487  average, falling behind in earning credits, or not meeting the
  488  state or district proficiency levels in reading, mathematics, or
  489  writing.
  490         2. The student has a pattern of excessive absenteeism or
  491  has been identified as a habitual truant.
  492         3. The student has a history of disruptive behavior in
  493  school or has committed an offense that warrants out-of-school
  494  suspension or expulsion from school according to the district
  495  school board’s code of student conduct. For the purposes of this
  496  program, “disruptive behavior” is behavior that:
  497         a. Interferes with the student’s own learning or the
  498  educational process of others and requires attention and
  499  assistance beyond that which the traditional program can provide
  500  or results in frequent conflicts of a disruptive nature while
  501  the student is under the jurisdiction of the school either in or
  502  out of the classroom; or
  503         b. Severely threatens the general welfare of students or
  504  others with whom the student comes into contact.
  505         4. The student is identified by a school’s early warning
  506  system pursuant to s. 1001.42(18)(b).
  507         Section 9. Section 1006.135, Florida Statutes, is amended
  508  to read:
  509         1006.135 Hazing prohibited at high schools with any of
  510  grades 6-12 9-12 prohibited.—
  511         (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, “hazing” means any
  512  action or situation that recklessly or intentionally endangers
  513  the mental or physical health or safety of a student at a high
  514  school with any of grades 6 9 through 12 for purposes including,
  515  but not limited to, initiation or admission into or affiliation
  516  with any organization operating under the sanction of a high
  517  school with any of grades 6 9 through 12. “Hazing” includes, but
  518  is not limited to:,
  519         (a) Pressuring, or coercing, or forcing a the student into:
  520         1. Violating state or federal law;,
  521         2.Consuming any food, liquor, drug, or other substance; or
  522         3.Participating in physical activity that could adversely
  523  affect the health or safety of the student.
  524         (b) Any brutality of a physical nature, such as whipping,
  525  beating, branding, or exposure to the elements, forced
  526  consumption of any food, liquor, drug, or other substance, or
  527  other forced physical activity that could adversely affect the
  528  physical health or safety of the student, and also includes any
  529  activity that would subject the student to extreme mental
  530  stress, such as sleep deprivation, forced exclusion from social
  531  contact, forced conduct that could result in extreme
  532  embarrassment, or other forced activity that could adversely
  533  affect the mental health or dignity of the student.
  534  
  535  Hazing does not include customary athletic events or other
  536  similar contests or competitions or any activity or conduct that
  537  furthers a legal and legitimate objective.
  538         (2)SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY.—Each school district shall
  539  adopt in rule a policy that prohibits hazing and establishes
  540  consequences for a student who commits an act of hazing. The
  541  policy must include:
  542         (a)A definition of hazing, which must include the
  543  definition provided in subsection (1).
  544         (b)A procedure for reporting an alleged act of hazing,
  545  including provisions that permit a person to anonymously report
  546  such an act. However, disciplinary action may not be based
  547  solely on an anonymous report.
  548         (c)A requirement that a school with any of grades 9
  549  through 12 report an alleged act of hazing to a local law
  550  enforcement agency if the alleged act meets the criteria
  551  established under subsection (3).
  552         (d)A provision for referral of victims and perpetrators of
  553  hazing to a certified school counselor.
  554         (e)A requirement that each incident of hazing be reported
  555  in the school’s safety and discipline report required under s.
  556  1006.09(6). The report must include the number of hazing
  557  incidents reported, the number of incidents referred to a local
  558  law enforcement agency, the number of incidents that result in
  559  disciplinary action taken by the school, and the number of
  560  incidents that do not result in either referral to a local law
  561  enforcement agency or disciplinary action taken by the school.
  562         (3)(2)CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—This subsection applies only to
  563  students in any of grades 9 through 12.
  564         (a)1. A person who commits an act of hazing, a third degree
  565  felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, when
  566  he or she intentionally or recklessly commits any act of hazing
  567  as defined in subsection (1) upon another person who is a member
  568  of or an applicant to any type of student organization commits a
  569  third-degree felony, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
  570  775.083, if the person knew or should have known the act would
  571  result in serious bodily injury or death of such other person
  572  and the act hazing results in serious bodily injury or death of
  573  such other person.
  574         2.(3) A person who commits an act of hazing, a first degree
  575  misdemeanor, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083,
  576  when he or she intentionally or recklessly commits any act of
  577  hazing as defined in subsection (1) upon another person who is a
  578  member of or an applicant to any type of student organization
  579  commits a first-degree misdemeanor, punishable as provided in s.
  580  775.082 or s. 775.083, if the person knew or should have known
  581  the act would create a potential risk of physical injury or
  582  death to such other person and the act hazing creates a
  583  potential substantial risk of physical injury or death to such
  584  other person.
  585         (b)(4) As a condition of any sentence imposed pursuant to
  586  paragraph (a) subsection (2) or subsection (3), the court:
  587         1. Shall order the defendant to attend and complete a 4
  588  hour hazing education course and may also impose a condition of
  589  drug or alcohol probation.
  590         2.May require the defendant to make a public apology to
  591  the students and victims at the school.
  592         3.May require the defendant to participate in a school
  593  sponsored antihazing campaign to raise awareness of what
  594  constitutes hazing and the penalties for hazing.
  595         (c)(5) It is not a defense to a charge of hazing that:
  596         1.(a) Consent of the victim had been obtained;
  597         2.(b) The conduct or activity that resulted in the death or
  598  injury of a person was not part of an official organizational
  599  event or was not otherwise sanctioned or approved by the
  600  organization; or
  601         3.(c) The conduct or activity that resulted in death or
  602  injury of the person was not done as a condition of membership
  603  to an organization.
  604         (4)(6)CONSTRUCTION.—This section shall not be construed to
  605  preclude prosecution for a more general offense resulting from
  606  the same criminal transaction or episode.
  607         Section 10. Section 1007.273, Florida Statutes, is created
  608  to read:
  609         1007.273Collegiate high school program.—
  610         (1)Each Florida College System institution shall work with
  611  each district school board in its designated service area to
  612  establish a collegiate high school program in a public school or
  613  public charter school established under s. 1002.33(5) which
  614  offers secondary education and postsecondary education.
  615         (2)At a minimum, the collegiate high school program must
  616  include an option for public school students in grade 11 or
  617  grade 12 participating in the program, for at least 1 full
  618  school year, to earn CAPE industry certifications pursuant to s.
  619  1008.44 and to complete at least the first year of college
  620  toward an associate degree or baccalaureate degree while
  621  enrolled in the program.
  622         (3)Each Florida College System institution shall execute a
  623  contract with each district school board in its designated
  624  service area to establish a collegiate high school program.
  625  Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, if the institution
  626  does not establish the program with a district school board in
  627  its designated service area, another Florida College System
  628  institution may execute a contract with that district school
  629  board to establish the program. The contract must be executed by
  630  January 1 of each school year for implementation of the program
  631  during the next school year.
  632         (4)A Florida College System institution, in collaboration
  633  with each district school board that it enters into a contract
  634  with under this section, shall establish student eligibility and
  635  procedural requirements for participation in the program. At a
  636  minimum, the student eligibility requirements must include a
  637  performance contract, which shall be executed by the student,
  638  the parent, the school district, and the Florida College System
  639  institution.
  640         (5)Each district school board must enter into a contract
  641  with the local Florida College System institution under this
  642  section, and the contract shall:
  643         (a)Include the student eligibility and procedural
  644  requirements in the comprehensive student progression plan
  645  required under s. 1008.25; and
  646         (b)Provide information to students and parents about the
  647  collegiate high school program. Such information must include
  648  student eligibility and procedural requirements and the return
  649  on investment associated with participation in the program.
  650         (6)Each student in grade 11 or grade 12 who enrolls in the
  651  collegiate high school program and successfully completes 30
  652  credit hours through the dual enrollment program under s.
  653  1007.271 toward general education courses or common
  654  prerequisites pursuant to s. 1007.25, generates a 1.0 full-time
  655  equivalent (FTE) bonus. The total FTE bonus for each collegiate
  656  high school program shall be reported by each district school
  657  board that is a contractual partner with a Florida College
  658  System institution for the students from that district school
  659  board. The total FTE bonus shall be added to each school
  660  district’s total weighted FTE for funding in the subsequent
  661  fiscal year. Funds shall be distributed pursuant to the
  662  collegiate high school program contract.
  663         (7)Beginning with the 2015-2016 fiscal year, for the
  664  purpose of funding or receiving the standard tuition rate per
  665  credit hour under s. 1007.271 from funds provided in the Florida
  666  Education Finance Program or the Florida College System Program
  667  Fund, a Florida College System institution may not report a
  668  student enrolled in a dual enrollment course at the Florida
  669  College System institution unless the institution establishes a
  670  collegiate high school program.
  671         (8)An institution that is eligible to participate in the
  672  William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program, that
  673  is a nonprofit independent college or university located and
  674  chartered in this state, and that is accredited by the
  675  Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges
  676  and Schools to grant baccalaureate degrees may work with one or
  677  more district school boards to establish a collegiate high
  678  school program.
  679         (a)A participating independent college or university shall
  680  execute a contract with the district school board or district
  681  school boards to establish the program.
  682         (b)Such independent college or university shall, in
  683  collaboration with each district school board that it enters
  684  into a contract with under this section, establish student
  685  eligibility and procedural requirements for participation in the
  686  program. At a minimum, the student eligibility requirements must
  687  include a performance contract, which shall be executed by the
  688  student, the parent, the school district, and the independent
  689  college or university.
  690         (c)District school boards entering into contracts under
  691  this subsection shall meet the requirements imposed under
  692  subsection (5).
  693         Section 11. Section 1008.44, Florida Statutes, is amended
  694  to read:
  695         1008.44 Industry certifications; CAPE Industry
  696  Certification Funding List and CAPE Postsecondary Industry
  697  Certification Funding List.—
  698         (1) Pursuant to ss. 1003.4203 and s. 1003.492, the
  699  Department of Education shall, at least annually, identify,
  700  under rules adopted by the State Board of Education, and the
  701  Industry Certification Funding List that must be applied in the
  702  distribution of funding to school districts pursuant to s.
  703  1011.62. the Commissioner of Education may at any time recommend
  704  adding the following certificates and certifications:.
  705         (a)CAPE industry certifications identified on the CAPE
  706  Industry Certification Funding List that must be applied in the
  707  distribution of funding to school districts pursuant to s.
  708  1011.62(1)(o). The CAPE Industry Certification Funding List,
  709  shall incorporate by reference, the industry certifications on
  710  the list that meet the requirements of s. 1009.536 and
  711  articulate for college credit. The Commissioner of Agriculture,
  712  by August 1 of each year, may annually select two industry
  713  certifications, that do not articulate for college credit, for
  714  inclusion on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List for a
  715  period of 3 years unless otherwise approved by the curriculum
  716  review committee pursuant to s. 1003.491. In addition, by August
  717  1 of each year, the not-for-profit corporation established
  718  pursuant to s. 445.004 may annually select one industry
  719  certification, that does not articulate for college credit, for
  720  inclusion on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List for a
  721  period of 3 years unless otherwise approved by the curriculum
  722  review committee pursuant to s. 1003.491. Such industry
  723  certifications, if earned by a student, shall be eligible for
  724  additional full-time equivalent membership, pursuant to s.
  725  1011.62(1)(o)1.
  726         (b)No more than 15 CAPE Digital Tool certificates limited
  727  to the areas of word processing; spreadsheets; sound, motion,
  728  and color presentations; digital arts; cybersecurity; and coding
  729  pursuant to s. 1003.4203(3) that do not articulate for college
  730  credit. Such certificates shall be annually identified on the
  731  CAPE Industry Certification Funding List and updated solely by
  732  the Chancellor of Career and Adult Education. The certificates
  733  shall be made available to students in elementary school and
  734  middle school grades and, if earned by a student, shall be
  735  eligible for additional full-time equivalent membership pursuant
  736  to s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.
  737         (c)CAPE ESE Digital Tool certificates, workplace industry
  738  certifications, and OSHA industry certifications identified by
  739  the Chancellor of Career and Adult Education for students with
  740  disabilities pursuant to s. 1003.4203(2). Such certificates and
  741  certifications shall be identified on the CAPE Industry
  742  Certification Funding List and, if earned by a student, be
  743  eligible for additional full-time equivalent membership pursuant
  744  to s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.
  745         (d)CAPE Innovation Courses that combine academic and
  746  career performance outcomes with embedded industry
  747  certifications shall be annually approved by the Commissioner of
  748  Education and identified pursuant to s. 1003.4203(5)(a) and, if
  749  completed by a student, be eligible for additional full-time
  750  equivalent membership pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.
  751         (e) CAPE Acceleration Industry Certifications that
  752  articulate for 15 or more college credit hours pursuant to s.
  753  1003.4203(5)(b) shall be annually approved by the Commissioner
  754  of Education and, if successfully completed, shall be eligible
  755  for additional full-time equivalent membership pursuant to s.
  756  1011.62(1)(o)1. The approved industry certifications must be
  757  identified on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List.
  758         (2) The State Board of Education shall approve, at least
  759  annually, the CAPE Postsecondary Industry Certification Funding
  760  List pursuant to this section. The Commissioner of Education
  761  shall recommend, at least annually, the CAPE Postsecondary
  762  Industry Certification Funding List to the State Board of
  763  Education and may at any time recommend adding certifications.
  764  The Chancellor of the State University System, the Chancellor of
  765  the Florida College System, and the Chancellor of Career and
  766  Adult Education shall work with local workforce boards, other
  767  postsecondary institutions, businesses, and industry to
  768  identify, create, and recommend to the Commissioner of Education
  769  industry certifications to be placed on the funding list. The
  770  list shall be used to determine annual performance funding
  771  distributions to school districts or Florida College System
  772  institutions as specified in ss. 1011.80 and 1011.81,
  773  respectively. The chancellors shall review results of the
  774  economic security report of employment and earning outcomes
  775  produced annually pursuant to s. 445.07 s. 445.007 when
  776  determining recommended certifications for the list, as well as
  777  other reports and indicators available regarding certification
  778  needs.
  779         (3) In the case of rigorous industry certifications that
  780  have embedded prerequisite minimum age, grade level, diploma or
  781  degree, postgraduation period of work experience of at least 12
  782  months, or other reasonable requirements that may limit the
  783  extent to which a student can complete all requirements of the
  784  certification recognized by industry for employment purposes,
  785  the Commissioner of Education shall differentiate content,
  786  instructional, and assessment requirements that, when provided
  787  by a public institution and satisfactorily attained by a
  788  student, indicate accomplishment of requirements necessary for
  789  funding pursuant to ss. 1011.62, 1011.80, and 1011.81,
  790  notwithstanding attainment of prerequisite requirements
  791  necessary for recognition by industry for employment purposes.
  792  The differentiated requirements established by the Commissioner
  793  of Education shall be included on in the CAPE Industry
  794  Certification Funding List at the time the certification is
  795  adopted.
  796         (4)(a)CAPE industry certifications and CAPE Digital Tool
  797  certificates placed on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding
  798  List must include the version of the certifications and
  799  certificates available at the time of the adoption and, without
  800  further review and approval, include the subsequent updates to
  801  the certifications and certificates on the approved list, unless
  802  the certifications and certificates are specifically removed
  803  from the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List by the
  804  Commissioner of Education.
  805         (b)The Commissioner of Education may limit CAPE industry
  806  certifications and CAPE Digital Tool certificates to students in
  807  certain grades based on formal recommendations by providers of
  808  CAPE industry certifications and CAPE Digital Tool certificates.
  809         (c)For educator, student, industry, and provider planning
  810  purposes, the Articulation Coordinating Committee shall schedule
  811  at least six regular meetings per fiscal year to review and
  812  consider provider requests, address the Commissioner of
  813  Education’s and chancellor’s decisions, and recommend
  814  adjustments to CAPE industry certifications and CAPE Digital
  815  Tool certificates on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding
  816  List.
  817         Section 12. Paragraphs (o), (p), and (s) of subsection (1)
  818  of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  819         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  820  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  821  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  822  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  823  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  824  follows:
  825         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
  826  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
  827  determining the annual allocation to each district for
  828  operation:
  829         (o) Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
  830  membership based on successful completion of a career-themed
  831  course pursuant to ss. 1003.491, 1003.492, and 1003.493, or
  832  courses with embedded CAPE industry certifications or CAPE
  833  Digital Tool certificates, and issuance of industry
  834  certification identified on in the CAPE Industry Certification
  835  Funding List pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of
  836  Education or CAPE Digital Tool certificates pursuant to s.
  837  1003.4203.—
  838         1.a.A value of 0.025 full-time equivalent student
  839  membership shall be calculated for CAPE Digital Tool
  840  certificates earned by students in elementary and middle school
  841  grades.
  842         b.1. A value of 0.1 or 0.2 full-time equivalent student
  843  membership shall be calculated for each student who completes a
  844  career-themed course as defined in s. 1003.493(1)(b) or courses
  845  with embedded CAPE industry certifications and who is issued an
  846  industry certification identified annually on in the CAPE
  847  Industry Certification Funding List approved under rules adopted
  848  by the State Board of Education. The maximum full-time
  849  equivalent student membership value for any student in grades 9
  850  through 12 is 0.3. A value of 0.2 full-time equivalent
  851  membership shall be calculated for each student who is issued a
  852  CAPE an industry certification that has a statewide articulation
  853  agreement for college credit approved by the State Board of
  854  Education. For CAPE industry certifications that do not
  855  articulate for college credit, the Department of Education shall
  856  assign a full-time equivalent value of 0.1 for each
  857  certification. Middle grades students who earn additional FTE
  858  membership for a CAPE Digital Tool certificate pursuant to sub-
  859  subparagraph a. may not use the previously funded examination to
  860  satisfy the requirements for earning an industry certification
  861  under this sub-subparagraph. Additional FTE membership for an
  862  elementary or middle grades student shall not exceed 0.1 for
  863  certificates or certifications earned within the same fiscal
  864  year. The State Board of Education shall include the assigned
  865  values on in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List under
  866  rules adopted by the state board. Such value shall be added to
  867  the total full-time equivalent student membership in secondary
  868  career education programs for grades 6 9 through 12 in the
  869  subsequent year for courses that were not provided through dual
  870  enrollment. CAPE industry certifications earned through dual
  871  enrollment must be reported and funded pursuant to s. 1011.80
  872  ss. 1011.80 and 1011.81.
  873         c.A value of 0.3 full-time equivalent student membership
  874  shall be calculated for student completion of the courses and
  875  the embedded certifications identified on the CAPE Industry
  876  Certification Funding List and approved by the commissioner
  877  pursuant to s. 1003.4203(5)(a) and s. 1008.44.
  878         d. A value of 0.5 full-time equivalent student membership
  879  shall be calculated for CAPE Acceleration Industry
  880  Certifications that articulate for 15 to 29 college credit
  881  hours, and 1.0 full-time equivalent student membership shall be
  882  calculated for CAPE Acceleration Industry Certifications that
  883  articulate for 30 or more college credit hours pursuant to CAPE
  884  Acceleration Industry Certifications approved by the
  885  commissioner pursuant to s. 1003.4203(5)(b) and s. 1008.44.
  886         2. Each district must allocate at least 80 percent of the
  887  funds provided for CAPE industry certification, in accordance
  888  with this paragraph, to the program that generated the funds.
  889  This allocation may not be used to supplant funds provided for
  890  basic operation of the program. Unless a different amount is
  891  specified in the General Appropriations Act, the appropriation
  892  for this calculation is limited to $60 million annually. If the
  893  appropriation is insufficient to fully fund the total
  894  calculation, the appropriation shall be prorated.
  895         3. For CAPE industry certifications earned in the 2013-2014
  896  school year and in subsequent years, the school district shall
  897  distribute to each classroom teacher who provided direct
  898  instruction toward the attainment of a CAPE an industry
  899  certification that qualified for additional full-time equivalent
  900  membership under subparagraph 1.:
  901         a. A bonus in the amount of $25 for each student taught by
  902  a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the
  903  attainment of a CAPE an industry certification on the CAPE
  904  Industry Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.1.
  905         b. A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
  906  a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the
  907  attainment of a CAPE an industry certification on the CAPE
  908  Industry Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.2, 0.3,
  909  0.5, and 1.0.
  910         4. For the 2013-2014 fiscal year, the additional FTE
  911  membership calculation must include the additional FTE for any
  912  student who earned a certification in the 2009-2010, 2010-2011,
  913  and 2011-2012 fiscal years who was not previously funded and was
  914  enrolled in 2012-2013.
  915  
  916  Bonuses awarded pursuant to this paragraph shall be provided to
  917  teachers who are employed by the district in the year in which
  918  the additional FTE membership calculation is included in the
  919  calculation. Bonuses shall be calculated based upon the
  920  associated weight of a CAPE an industry certification on the
  921  CAPE Industry Certification Funding List for the year in which
  922  the certification is earned by the student. Any bonus awarded to
  923  a teacher under this paragraph may not exceed $2,000 in any
  924  given school year and is in addition to any regular wage or
  925  other bonus the teacher received or is scheduled to receive.
  926         (p) Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
  927  membership based upon early high school graduation.
  928  Notwithstanding s. 1011.61(4), Each unpaid high school credit
  929  delivered by a school district may receive funding for each
  930  during the student’s prior enrollment may be reported by the
  931  district as 1/6 FTE when the student who graduates early
  932  pursuant to s. 1003.4281. A district may earn 0.25 additional
  933  report up to 1/2 FTE for unpaid credits delivered by the
  934  district for a student who graduates one semester in advance of
  935  the student’s cohort and 0.5 additional and up to 1 FTE for a
  936  student who graduates 1 year or more in advance of the student’s
  937  cohort. If the student was enrolled in the district as a full
  938  time high school student for at least 2 years, the district
  939  shall report the additional unpaid FTE for payment in the
  940  subsequent fiscal year delivered by the district during the
  941  student’s prior enrollment. If the student was enrolled in the
  942  district for less than 2 years, the district of enrollment shall
  943  report the additional unpaid FTE delivered by the district and
  944  by the district in which the student was previously enrolled.
  945  The district of enrollment for which early graduation is claimed
  946  shall transfer a proportionate share of the funds earned for
  947  early graduation the unpaid FTE to the district in which the
  948  student was previously enrolled. Additional FTE included in the
  949  2014-2015 Florida Education Finance Program for early graduation
  950  shall be reported and funded pursuant to this paragraph.
  951         (s) Florida Cyber Security Recognition, Florida Digital
  952  Arts Recognition, and Florida Digital Tools Certificate
  953  established pursuant to s. 1003.4203.
  954         1. Each school district shall certify by June 30 of each
  955  year to the Department of Education each elementary school that
  956  achieves 50 percent of student attainment of the Florida Cyber
  957  Security Recognition or the Florida Digital Arts Recognition
  958  established pursuant to s. 1003.4203. Upon verification by the
  959  department, each school that has achieved the designated student
  960  recognitions shall be awarded a Florida Digital Learning
  961  Certificate of Achievement by the Commissioner of Education.
  962         2. Each middle school shall receive $50 for each student
  963  who earns the Florida Digital Tools Certificate established
  964  pursuant to s. 1003.4203 with a minimum awarded per school of
  965  $1,000 annually and a maximum award per school of $15,000
  966  annually. This performance payment shall be calculated in the
  967  FEFP as a full-time equivalent student.
  968         Section 13. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (3) of
  969  section 1012.98, Florida Statutes, and subsections (4) and (7)
  970  of that section are amended, to read:
  971         1012.98 School Community Professional Development Act.—
  972         (3) The activities designed to implement this section must:
  973         (d)Provide middle grades instructional personnel and
  974  school administrators with the knowledge, skills, and best
  975  practices necessary to support excellence in classroom
  976  instruction and educational leadership.
  977         (4) The Department of Education, school districts, schools,
  978  Florida College System institutions, and state universities
  979  share the responsibilities described in this section. These
  980  responsibilities include the following:
  981         (a)1. The department shall disseminate to the school
  982  community research-based professional development methods and
  983  programs that have demonstrated success in meeting identified
  984  student needs. The Commissioner of Education shall use data on
  985  student achievement to identify student needs. The methods of
  986  dissemination must include a web-based statewide performance
  987  support system, including a database of exemplary professional
  988  development activities, a listing of available professional
  989  development resources, training programs, and available
  990  assistance.
  991         2.The web-based statewide performance support system
  992  established pursuant to subparagraph 1. must include for middle
  993  grades, subject to appropriation, materials related to classroom
  994  instruction, including integrated digital instruction,
  995  competency-based instruction, and CAPE Digital Tool certificates
  996  and CAPE industry certifications; classroom management; student
  997  behavior and interaction; extended learning opportunities for
  998  students; and instructional leadership.
  999         (b) Each school district shall develop a professional
 1000  development system as specified in subsection (3). The system
 1001  shall be developed in consultation with teachers, teacher
 1002  educators of Florida College System institutions and state
 1003  universities, business and community representatives, and local
 1004  education foundations, consortia, and professional
 1005  organizations. The professional development system must:
 1006         1. Be approved by the department. All substantial revisions
 1007  to the system shall be submitted to the department for review
 1008  for continued approval.
 1009         2. Be based on analyses of student achievement data and
 1010  instructional strategies and methods that support rigorous,
 1011  relevant, and challenging curricula for all students. Schools
 1012  and districts, in developing and refining the professional
 1013  development system, shall also review and monitor school
 1014  discipline data; school environment surveys; assessments of
 1015  parental satisfaction; performance appraisal data of teachers,
 1016  managers, and administrative personnel; and other performance
 1017  indicators to identify school and student needs that can be met
 1018  by improved professional performance.
 1019         3. Provide inservice activities coupled with followup
 1020  support appropriate to accomplish district-level and school
 1021  level improvement goals and standards. The inservice activities
 1022  for instructional personnel shall focus on analysis of student
 1023  achievement data, ongoing formal and informal assessments of
 1024  student achievement, identification and use of enhanced and
 1025  differentiated instructional strategies that emphasize rigor,
 1026  relevance, and reading in the content areas, enhancement of
 1027  subject content expertise, integrated use of classroom
 1028  technology that enhances teaching and learning, classroom
 1029  management, parent involvement, and school safety.
 1030         4. Include a master plan for inservice activities, pursuant
 1031  to rules of the State Board of Education, for all district
 1032  employees from all fund sources. The master plan shall be
 1033  updated annually by September 1, must be based on input from
 1034  teachers and district and school instructional leaders, and must
 1035  use the latest available student achievement data and research
 1036  to enhance rigor and relevance in the classroom. Each district
 1037  inservice plan must be aligned to and support the school-based
 1038  inservice plans and school improvement plans pursuant to s.
 1039  1001.42(18). Each district inservice plan must provide a
 1040  description of the training that middle grades instructional
 1041  personnel and school administrators receive on the district’s
 1042  code of student conduct adopted pursuant to s. 1006.07;
 1043  integrated CAPE Digital Tool instruction and competency-based
 1044  instruction, including CAPE Digital Tool certificates and CAPE
 1045  industry certifications; classroom management; student behavior
 1046  and interaction; extended learning opportunities for students;
 1047  and instructional leadership. District plans must be approved by
 1048  the district school board annually in order to ensure compliance
 1049  with subsection (1) and to allow for dissemination of research
 1050  based best practices to other districts. District school boards
 1051  must submit verification of their approval to the Commissioner
 1052  of Education no later than October 1, annually. Each school
 1053  principal may establish and maintain an individual professional
 1054  development plan for each instructional employee assigned to the
 1055  school as a seamless component to the school improvement plans
 1056  developed pursuant to s. 1001.42(18). An individual professional
 1057  development plan must be related to specific performance data
 1058  for the students to whom the teacher is assigned, define the
 1059  inservice objectives and specific measurable improvements
 1060  expected in student performance as a result of the inservice
 1061  activity, and include an evaluation component that determines
 1062  the effectiveness of the professional development plan.
 1063         5. Include inservice activities for school administrative
 1064  personnel that address updated skills necessary for
 1065  instructional leadership and effective school management
 1066  pursuant to s. 1012.986.
 1067         6. Provide for systematic consultation with regional and
 1068  state personnel designated to provide technical assistance and
 1069  evaluation of local professional development programs.
 1070         7. Provide for delivery of professional development by
 1071  distance learning and other technology-based delivery systems to
 1072  reach more educators at lower costs.
 1073         8. Provide for the continuous evaluation of the quality and
 1074  effectiveness of professional development programs in order to
 1075  eliminate ineffective programs and strategies and to expand
 1076  effective ones. Evaluations must consider the impact of such
 1077  activities on the performance of participating educators and
 1078  their students’ achievement and behavior.
 1079         9.For middle grades, emphasize:
 1080         a.Interdisciplinary planning, collaboration, and
 1081  instruction.
 1082         b.Alignment of curriculum and instructional materials to
 1083  the state academic standards adopted pursuant to s. 1003.41.
 1084         c.Use of small learning communities; problem-solving,
 1085  inquiry-driven research and analytical approaches for students;
 1086  strategies and tools based on student needs; competency-based
 1087  instruction; integrated digital instruction; and project-based
 1088  instruction.
 1089         d.Availability of CAPE Digital Tool certificates and CAPE
 1090  industry certifications available pursuant to s. 1003.4203 and
 1091  s. 1008.44.
 1092  
 1093  Each school that includes any of grades 6, 7, or 8 must include
 1094  in its school improvement plan, required under s. 1001.42(18), a
 1095  description of the specific strategies used by the school to
 1096  implement each item listed in this subparagraph.
 1097         (7)(a) The Department of Education shall disseminate, using
 1098  web-based technology, research-based best practice methods by
 1099  which the state and district school boards may evaluate and
 1100  improve the professional development system. The best practices
 1101  must include data that indicate the progress of all students.
 1102  The department shall report annually to the State Board of
 1103  Education and the Legislature any school district that, in the
 1104  determination of the department, has failed to provide an
 1105  adequate professional development system. This report must
 1106  include the results of the department’s investigation and of any
 1107  intervention provided.
 1108         (b)The department shall also disseminate, using web-based
 1109  technology, professional development in the use of integrated
 1110  digital instruction at schools that include middle grades. The
 1111  professional development must provide training and materials
 1112  that districts can use to provide instructional personnel with
 1113  the necessary knowledge, skills, and strategies to effectively
 1114  blend digital instruction into subject-matter curricula. The
 1115  professional development must emphasize online learning and
 1116  research techniques, reading instruction, the use of digital
 1117  devices to supplement the delivery of curricular content to
 1118  students, and digital device management and security. Districts
 1119  are encouraged to incorporate the professional development as
 1120  part of their professional development system.
 1121         Section 14. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.