Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 926
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/03/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Education (Simmons) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
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    3         Between lines 93 and 94
    4  insert:
    5         (4) SCHOOL PARTICIPATION IN THE STATEWIDE, STANDARDIZED
    6  ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.—Each public school shall participate in the
    7  statewide, standardized assessment program in accordance with
    8  the assessment and reporting schedules and the minimum and
    9  recommended technology requirements published by the
   10  Commissioner of Education. A district school superintendent must
   11  notify the commissioner that the district will use a
   12  nonelectronic option for the entire district or for specific
   13  grade levels throughout the district by the beginning of the
   14  school year in which the nonelectronic option is used. The
   15  commissioner shall provide the alternative, nonelectronic option
   16  to the school district for the successful and timely
   17  administration of the statewide, standardized assessment and
   18  end-of-course exams and the reporting of assessment results to
   19  the Department of Education, as specified in paragraph (3)(d).
   20  District school boards may shall not establish school calendars
   21  that conflict with or jeopardize implementation of the
   22  assessment program. All district school boards shall report
   23  assessment results using the state management information
   24  system. Performance data shall be analyzed and reported to
   25  parents, the community, and the state. Student performance data
   26  shall be used by districts in developing objectives for the
   27  school improvement plan, evaluating instructional personnel and
   28  administrative personnel, assigning staff, allocating resources,
   29  acquiring instructional materials and technology, implementing
   30  performance-based budgeting, and promoting and assigning
   31  students to educational programs. The analysis of student
   32  performance data must also identify strengths and needs in the
   33  educational program and trends over time. The analysis must be
   34  used in conjunction with the budgetary planning processes
   35  developed pursuant to s. 1008.385 and the development of
   36  remediation programs.
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   38  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   39  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   40         Delete line 35
   41  and insert:
   42  respectively, paragraph (e) of subsection (3), subsection (4),
   43  and paragraph (b)
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   45  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   46  And the title is amended as follows:
   47         Delete line 13
   48  and insert:
   49         assessments; requiring a district school
   50         superintendent to provide the commissioner with
   51         certain notifications requiring the use of a
   52         nonelectronic assessment option; providing
   53         requirements for administration