SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB's 332, 1912 & 2678
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 482908
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Siplin moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 4. Section 1008.23, Florida Statutes, is
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19 1008.23 Confidentiality of assessment
20 instruments.--All examination and assessment instruments,
21 including developmental materials and workpapers directly
22 related thereto, which are prepared, prescribed, or
23 administered pursuant to ss. 1003.43, 1008.22, and 1008.25
24 shall be confidential and exempt from the provisions of s.
25 119.07(1) and from s. 1001.52. Provisions governing access,
26 maintenance, and destruction of such instruments and related
27 materials shall be prescribed by rules of the State Board of
28 Education. However, a student's parent, accompanied by the
29 student, may review, at the student's school at which the
30 student was enrolled when the student was administered the
31 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, the questions on each
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1 section of the criterion-referenced portion of the Florida
2 Comprehensive Assessment Test as well as the student's answers
3 to those questions, under the following conditions:
4 (1) The student must have failed to earn a passing
5 score on the grade 10 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test or
6 failed to score at Level 2 or higher on the Florida
7 Comprehensive Assessment Test in reading for grade 3.
8 (2) No recording or copying of the assessment may be
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10 (3) A school administrator, as defined in s.
11 1012.01(3)(c), or a representative of the Department of
12 Education must be present at all times when the assessment is
13 reviewed.
14 (4) The student or student's parent may not review the
15 assessment more than one time.
16 (5) No other individual is authorized to attend the
17 review.
18 (6) The assessment was not administered to the student
19 more than 2 years before the review.
20 (7) The student or student's parent may not remove the
21 assessment from the reviewing location.
22 (8) The student, the student's parent, or the school
23 administrator may not take any notes during the review.
24 (9) The parent requests the review subsequent to the
25 determination of the student's score and within 14 days
26 following the determination of the student's score.
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28 The Department of Education shall ensure that the assessment
29 questions and the student's answers are provided for the
30 requested review within 30 days following the complete scoring
31 of the assessment upon proper request by the parent. The
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1 district school boards shall notify eligible parents of the
2 review option and the procedures for the review. The State
3 Board of Education shall adopt rules pursuant to ss.
4 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section. If the
5 review request is not met in accordance with this section, the
6 parent is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs
7 incurred by the parent in obtaining compliance with this
8 section.
9 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
10 law, except that section 4 of this act shall take effect July
11 1, 2004, and shall apply to each Florida Comprehensive
12 Assessment Test administered after July 1, 2004.
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16 And the title is amended as follows:
17 On page 1, line 19, delete that line
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20 Education; amending s. 1008.23, F.S.;
21 authorizing a student's parent and the
22 accompanying student to review the questions
23 and the student's answers to those questions on
24 the criterion-referenced portion of the Florida
25 Comprehensive Assessment Test; providing
26 restrictions on the review; requiring the
27 Department of Education to honor the requests
28 within a certain time period; requiring that
29 district school boards notify eligible parents;
30 requiring the State Board of Education to adopt
31 rules; authorizing reasonable attorney's fees
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