((LATE FILED FOR: APRIL 23 THIRD READING ))Amendment
Bill No. HB 7087
Amendment No. 517301
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Flores offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
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5     Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
61008.34, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7     1008.34  School grading system; school report cards;
8district grade.--
9     (3)  DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.--
10     (a)  Each school that has students who are tested and
11included in the school grading system shall receive a school
12grade, except as follows:
13     1.  A school shall not receive a school grade if the number
14of its students tested and included in the school grading system
15is less than the minimum sample size necessary, based on
16accepted professional practice, for statistical reliability and
17prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable
18student data under s. 1002.22 or 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g.
19     2.  An alternative school may choose to receive a school
20grade under this section or a school improvement rating under s.
211008.341. For charter schools that meet the definition of an
22alternative school pursuant to State Board of Education rule,
23the decision to receive a school grade is the decision of the
24charter school governing board.
25     3.  A school that serves any combination of students in
26kindergarten through grade 3 which does not receive a school
27grade because its students are not tested and included in the
28school grading system shall receive the school grade designation
29of a K-3 feeder pattern school identified by the Department of
30Education and verified by the school district. A school feeder
31pattern exists if at least 60 percent of the students in the
32school serving a combination of students in kindergarten through
33grade 3 are scheduled to be assigned to the graded school.
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
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43An act relating to public K-12 education; amending s. 1008.34,
44F.S.; revising provisions relating to schools receiving a school
45grade; amending s.
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