Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 642
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-00907-11                                            2011642__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public school education; requiring
    3         the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in
    4         reading for grade 3 students to be administered as a
    5         diagnostic tool; providing that performance on grade 3
    6         FCAT Reading must not be the sole determining factor
    7         for retention of grade 3 students; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Notwithstanding ss. 1008.22 and 1008.25, Florida
   13  Statutes, and any other provision of law to the contrary, the
   14  Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in reading for
   15  grade 3 students shall be administered as a diagnostic tool to
   16  assess a student’s reading proficiency. A student in grade 3 who
   17  does not earn a passing score on grade 3 FCAT Reading must not
   18  be retained in grade 3 based solely on his or her performance on
   19  FCAT Reading. The school site administrator and the student’s
   20  teacher, in consultation with the student’s parent, shall make
   21  the determination as to the student’s promotion or retention.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.