Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1466
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/15/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Simmons) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 36 - 119
    4  and insert:
    5         (a) Courses in language arts/reading, mathematics, social
    6  studies, and science in prekindergarten through grade 3;
    7         (b) Courses in grades 4 through 8 in subjects that are
    8  measured by state assessment at any grade level and courses
    9  required for middle school promotion;
   10         (c) Courses in grades 9 through 12 in subjects that are
   11  measured by state assessment at any grade level and courses that
   12  are specifically identified by name in statute as required for
   13  high school graduation and that are not measured by state
   14  assessment, excluding any extracurricular courses pursuant to
   15  subsection (15);
   16         (d) Exceptional student education courses; and
   17         (e) English for Speakers of Other Languages courses.
   18  courses defined by the Department of Education as mathematics,
   19  language arts/reading, science, social studies, foreign
   20  language, English for Speakers of Other Languages, exceptional
   21  student education, and courses taught in traditional self
   22  contained elementary school classrooms.
   23  
   24  The term is limited in meaning and used for the sole purpose of
   25  designating classes that are subject to the maximum class size
   26  requirements established in s. 1, Art. IX of the State
   27  Constitution. This term does not include courses offered under
   28  ss. 1002.37, 1002.415, and 1002.45.
   29         (15) “Extracurricular courses” means all courses that are
   30  not defined as “core-curricula courses,” which may include, but
   31  are not limited to, physical education, fine arts, performing
   32  fine arts, and career education, and courses that may result in
   33  college credit. The term is limited in meaning and used for the
   34  sole purpose of designating classes that are not subject to the
   35  maximum class size requirements established in s. 1, Art. IX of
   36  the State Constitution.
   37         Section 2. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1003.03,
   38  Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (6) is added to
   39  that section, to read:
   40         1003.03 Maximum class size.—
   41         (1) CONSTITUTIONAL CLASS SIZE MAXIMUMS.—Each year, on or
   42  before the October student membership survey, the following
   43  class size maximums shall be satisfied Pursuant to s. 1, Art. IX
   44  of the State Constitution, beginning in the 2010-2011 school
   45  year:
   46         (a) The maximum number of students assigned to each teacher
   47  who is teaching core-curricula courses in public school
   48  classrooms for prekindergarten through grade 3 may not exceed 18
   49  students.
   50         (b) The maximum number of students assigned to each teacher
   51  who is teaching core-curricula courses in public school
   52  classrooms for grades 4 through 8 may not exceed 22 students.
   53  The maximum number of students assigned to a core-curricula high
   54  school course in which a student in grades 4 through 8 is
   55  enrolled shall be governed by the requirements in paragraph (c).
   56         (c) The maximum number of students assigned to each teacher
   57  who is teaching core-curricula courses in public school
   58  classrooms for grades 9 through 12 may not exceed 25 students.
   59  
   60  These maximums shall be maintained after the October student
   61  membership survey, except as provided in paragraph (2)(b) or due
   62  to an extreme emergency beyond the control of the district
   63  school board.
   64         (2) IMPLEMENTATION.—
   65         (a) The Department of Education shall annually calculate
   66  class size measures described in subsection (1) based upon the
   67  October student membership survey.
   68         (b) A student who enrolls in a school after the October
   69  student membership survey may be assigned to an existing class
   70  that temporarily exceeds the maximum number of students in
   71  subsection (1) if the district school board determines it to be
   72  impractical, educationally unsound, or disruptive to student
   73  learning to not assign the student to the class. If the district
   74  school board makes this determination:
   75         1. Up to three students may be assigned to a teacher in
   76  kindergarten through grade 3 above the maximum as provided in
   77  paragraph (1)(a);
   78         2. Up to five students may be assigned to a teacher in
   79  grades 4 through 12 above the maximum as provided in paragraphs
   80  (1)(b) and (1)(c), respectively; and
   81         3. The district school board shall develop a plan that
   82  provides that the school will be in full compliance with the
   83  maximum class size in subsection (1) by the next October student
   84  membership survey.
   85         (b) Prior to the adoption of the district school budget for
   86  2010-2011, each district school board shall hold public hearings
   87  and provide information to parents on the district’s website,
   88  and through any other means by which the district provides
   89  information to parents and the public, on the district’s
   90  strategies to meet the requirements in subsection (1).
   91         (6) COURSES FOR COMPLIANCE.—Consistent with the provisions
   92  in ss. 1003.01(14) and 1003.428, the Department of Education
   93  shall identify from the Course Code Directory the core-curricula
   94  courses for the purpose of satisfying the maximum class size
   95  requirement in this section. The department may adopt rules to
   96  implement this subsection, if necessary.
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   99         And the title is amended as follows:
  100         Delete line 23
  101  and insert:
  102         the next October student membership survey; requiring
  103         that the Department of Education identify from the
  104         Course Code Directory the core-curricula courses for
  105         the purpose of satisfying the maximum class size
  106         requirement; authorizing the department to adopt
  107         rules; amending