Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Education Appropriations (Wise) recommended
12 the following amendment to amendment (073776):
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 (h) Identify all nationally norm-referenced tests that
20 are comparable to the norm-referenced test portions of the
21 Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT).
22 (i) Select an independent private research
23 organization to which participating private schools must
24 report the scores of participating students on the nationally
25 norm-referenced tests administered by the private school. The
26 independent private research organization must annually report
27 to the Department of Education on the year-to-year
28 improvements of participating students; must analyze and
29 report student performance data in a manner that protects the
30 rights of students and parents as mandated in 20 U.S.C. s.
31 1232g; and must not disaggregate data to a level that will
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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1 disclose the academic level of individual students or of
2 individual schools. To the extent possible, the organization
3 must accumulate historical performance data on students from
4 the Department of Education and private schools to describe
5 baseline performance and conduct longitudinal studies. To
6 minimize costs and reduce time required for third-party
7 analysis and evaluation, the Department of Education shall
8 conduct analyses of matched students from public school
9 assessment data and calculate control group learning gains
10 using an agreed-upon methodology outlined in the contract with
11 the third-party evaluator. The sharing of student data must be
12 in accordance with 20 U.S.C. 1232g, and shall be for the sole
13 purpose of conducting the evaluation. All parties must
14 preserve the confidentiality of such information as required
15 by law.
16 (j) The Department of Education shall conduct an
17 investigation of any written complaint of a violation of this
18 section if the complaint is signed by the complainant and is
19 legally sufficient. A complaint is legally sufficient if it
20 contains ultimate facts that show that a violation of this
21 section or any rule adopted by the State Board of Education
22 has occurred. In order to determine legal sufficiency, the
23 Department of Education may require supporting information or
24 documentation. The Department of Education may investigate any
25 complaint, including, but not limited to, anonymous
26 complaints.
27 (k) Revoke the eligibility of a nonprofit
28 scholarship-funding organization, private school, or student
29 to participate in the program for noncompliance with this
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31 (l) Annually report, by December 15, to the Governor,
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1 the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
2 Representatives the Department of Education's actions with
3 respect to implementing accountability in the scholarship
4 program under this section, including, but not limited to, any
5 substantiated allegations or violations of law or rule by an
6 eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization or
7 eligible private school under this program and the corrective
8 action taken by the Department of Education.
9 (m) Review and verify the results of the background
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13 And the title is amended as follows:
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17 audits; requiring the Department of Education
18 to select a private research organization to
19 analyze student performance data; providing
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