Florida Senate - 2013                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for HB 7029
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Soto moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (317092) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 368 - 387
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 9. By December 31, 2013, the Office of Program
    7  Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall
    8  review and provide recommendations for online courses, including
    9  massive open online courses, and competency-based online courses
   10  for K-12 and postsecondary education. The recommendations must,
   11  at a minimum, include the following components: improving access
   12  to the online courses; approving providers, funding providers,
   13  and holding providers accountable; and awarding credit for such
   14  courses. OPPAGA shall identify measures of quality based upon
   15  student outcomes, such as completion and achievement rates
   16  correlated appropriately to each delivery model; measures for
   17  students to demonstrate competency, such as prior learning
   18  assessments, end-of-course exams, assessments established by
   19  regionally accredited public institutions which may be applied
   20  as one whole assessment or as two or more discrete
   21  subassessments such that when combined, the subassessments are
   22  equivalent to a whole assessment; and opportunities to use
   23  online courses, including massive open online courses using
   24  blended learning or other tools delivered in modules or segments
   25  to provide instruction pursuant to s. 1003.499(2)(a) for
   26  students in K-12 education. OPPAGA
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   29         And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete lines 450 - 457
   31  and insert:
   32         districts to adopt policies; requiring OPPAGA to
   33         review and provide recommendations for improving
   34         access to online courses, for approving, funding, and
   35         holding providers accountable, and for awarding credit
   36         for online courses for K-12 and postsecondary
   37         education; requiring OPPAGA to identify measures of
   38         quality based upon student outcomes; requiring OPPAGA
   39         to provide