CS/HB 65

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to supplemental educational services;
3	amending s. 1008.331, F.S.; requiring the Department of
4	Education to annually assign grades to state-approved
5	supplemental educational services providers; specifying
6	evaluation criteria; providing for rules; requiring the
7	department to report grades; providing an effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1.  Subsection (5) of section 1008.331, Florida
12	Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6) and a new subsection
13	(5) is added to that section to read:
14	1008.331  Supplemental educational services in Title I
15	schools; school district, and provider, and department
16	responsibilities.--
17	(5)  RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.--
18	(a)  Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, the
19	department shall annually assign to each state-approved
20	supplemental educational services provider one of the following
21	grades, defined according to rules of the State Board of
22	Education:
23	1.  "A," providing superior service.
24	2.  "B," providing above satisfactory service.
25	3.  "C," providing satisfactory service.
26	4.  "D," providing below satisfactory service.
27	5.  "F," providing unsatisfactory service.
28	(b)  A state-approved supplemental educational services
29	provider's grade shall be based on a combination of student
30	learning gains and student proficiency levels as measured by the
31	statewide assessment pursuant to s. 1008.22 for students in
32	grades 4 through 12 and norm-referenced tests approved by the
33	department for students in kindergarten through grade 3.
34	(c)  The department shall report by March 1, 2009, and by
35	March 1 each year thereafter, the grades it assigns under this
36	subsection to the supplemental educational services providers,
37	the school districts, parents, and the public.
38	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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