Florida Senate - 2016              PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
       Bill No. SB 1418
       
       
       
       
       
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       Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Appropriations
       (Appropriations Subcommittee on Education)
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to supplemental academic instruction;
    3         amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; requiring supplemental
    4         academic instruction categorical funds and research
    5         based reading instruction allocation funds to be used
    6         by a school district that has one or more of the
    7         lowest-performing elementary schools for additional
    8         intensive reading instruction at the school during the
    9         summer program in addition to instruction during the
   10         school year; requiring certain school districts to
   11         provide additional instruction under certain
   12         circumstances; requiring such districts to provide the
   13         Department of Education with certain plans; providing
   14         effective dates.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Effective July 1, 2016, and upon the expiration
   19  of the amendment to section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, made by
   20  chapter 2015-222, Laws of Florida, paragraph (f) of subsection
   21  (1) and paragraph (a) of subsection (9) of that section are
   22  amended to read:
   23         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
   24  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
   25  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
   26  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
   27  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
   28  follows:
   29         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
   30  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
   31  determining the annual allocation to each district for
   32  operation:
   33         (f) Supplemental academic instruction; categorical fund.—
   34         1. There is created a categorical fund to provide
   35  supplemental academic instruction to students in kindergarten
   36  through grade 12. This paragraph may be cited as the
   37  “Supplemental Academic Instruction Categorical Fund.”
   38         2. Categorical funds for supplemental academic instruction
   39  shall be allocated annually to each school district in the
   40  amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. These funds
   41  shall be in addition to the funds appropriated on the basis of
   42  FTE student membership in the Florida Education Finance Program
   43  and shall be included in the total potential funds of each
   44  district. These funds shall be used to provide supplemental
   45  academic instruction to students enrolled in the K-12 program.
   46  For the 2016-2017 2014-2015 fiscal year, each school district
   47  that has one or more of the 300 lowest-performing elementary
   48  schools based on the state reading assessment shall use these
   49  funds, together with the funds provided in the district’s
   50  research-based reading instruction allocation and other
   51  available funds, to provide an additional hour of instruction
   52  beyond the normal school day for each day of the entire school
   53  year for intensive reading instruction for the students in each
   54  such school. Students enrolled in these schools who have Level 5
   55  assessment scores may participate in the additional hour of
   56  instruction on an optional basis of these schools. In addition,
   57  the 100 lowest-performing elementary schools shall provide at
   58  least 40 hours of instruction in a 2017 summer program to
   59  students who have Level 1 and Level 2 reading assessment scores.
   60  The This additional hour of instruction must be provided by
   61  teachers or reading specialists who are effective in teaching
   62  reading or by a K-5 mentoring reading program that is supervised
   63  by a teacher who is effective in at teaching reading. Students
   64  enrolled in these schools who have level 5 assessment scores may
   65  participate in the additional hour of instruction on an optional
   66  basis. Exceptional student education centers shall not be
   67  included in the 300 schools. After this requirement has been
   68  met, supplemental instruction strategies may include, but are
   69  not limited to: use of a modified curriculum, reading
   70  instruction, after-school instruction, tutoring, mentoring, a
   71  reduction in class size reduction, an extended school year,
   72  intensive skills development in summer school, and other methods
   73  of for improving student achievement. Supplemental instruction
   74  may be provided to a student in any manner and at any time
   75  during or beyond the regular 180-day term identified by the
   76  school as being the most effective and efficient way to best
   77  help that student progress from grade to grade and to graduate.
   78  For an elementary school that is one of the 300 lowest
   79  performing in reading, but not one of the 100 lowest-performing
   80  in reading, a school district shall provide additional
   81  instruction through a plan adopted by the local school district.
   82  At a minimum, the plan must include 180 hours of additional
   83  instruction for students who have Level 1 and Level 2 reading
   84  assessment scores. A school district shall provide the
   85  department with a copy of the district-approved plan. For the
   86  2016-2017 fiscal year, the 300 lowest-performing elementary
   87  schools must be the same schools as those identified for the
   88  2015-2016 fiscal year. Exceptional student education centers may
   89  not be included in the 300 schools.
   90         3. Effective with the 1999-2000 fiscal year, funding on the
   91  basis of FTE membership beyond the 180-day regular term shall be
   92  provided in the FEFP only for students enrolled in juvenile
   93  justice education programs or in education programs for
   94  juveniles placed in secure facilities or programs under s.
   95  985.19. Funding for instruction beyond the regular 180-day
   96  school year for all other K-12 students shall be provided
   97  through the supplemental academic instruction categorical fund
   98  and other state, federal, and local fund sources with ample
   99  flexibility for schools to provide supplemental instruction to
  100  assist students in progressing from grade to grade and
  101  graduating.
  102         4. The Florida State University School, as a lab school, is
  103  authorized to expend from its FEFP or Lottery Enhancement Trust
  104  Fund allocation the cost to the student of remediation in
  105  reading, writing, or mathematics for any graduate who requires
  106  remediation at a postsecondary educational institution.
  107         5. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, dropout
  108  prevention programs as defined in ss. 1003.52, 1003.53(1)(a),
  109  (b), and (c), and 1003.54 shall be included in group 1 programs
  110  under subparagraph (d)3.
  111         (9) RESEARCH-BASED READING INSTRUCTION ALLOCATION.—
  112         (a) The research-based reading instruction allocation is
  113  created to provide comprehensive reading instruction to students
  114  in kindergarten through grade 12. For the 2016-2017 2014-2015
  115  fiscal year, in each school district that has one or more of the
  116  300 lowest-performing elementary schools based on the state
  117  reading assessment, priority shall be given to providing an
  118  additional hour per day of intensive reading instruction beyond
  119  the normal school day for each day of the entire school year for
  120  the students in each such school. Students enrolled in these
  121  schools who have Level 5 assessment scores may participate in
  122  the additional hour of instruction on an optional basis. In
  123  addition, the 100 lowest-performing elementary schools shall
  124  provide at least 40 hours of instruction in a 2017 summer
  125  program for students who have Level 1 or Level 2 reading
  126  assessment scores. A school district shall provide the
  127  additional instruction through a plan adopted by the local
  128  school district for an elementary school that is one of the 300
  129  lowest-performing in reading, but not one of the 100 lowest
  130  performing in reading. At a minimum, the plan must include 180
  131  hours of additional instruction for students who have Level 1
  132  and Level 2 reading assessment scores. A copy of the district
  133  approved plan must be provided to the department. For the 2016
  134  2017 fiscal year, the 300 lowest-performing schools must be the
  135  same schools as those identified for the 2015-2016 fiscal year.
  136  Exceptional student education centers may shall not be included
  137  in the 300 schools. The intensive reading instruction delivered
  138  in this additional hour and for other students must shall
  139  include: research-based reading instruction that has been proven
  140  to accelerate the progress of students exhibiting a reading
  141  deficiency; differentiated instruction based on student
  142  assessment data to meet students’ specific reading needs;
  143  explicit and systematic reading development in phonemic
  144  awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, with
  145  more extensive opportunities for guided practice, error
  146  correction, and feedback; and the integration of social studies,
  147  science, and mathematics-text reading, text discussion, and
  148  writing in response to reading. For the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014
  149  fiscal years, a school district may not hire more reading
  150  coaches than were hired during the 2011-2012 fiscal year unless
  151  all students in kindergarten through grade 5 who demonstrate a
  152  reading deficiency, as determined by district and state
  153  assessments, including students scoring Level 1 or Level 2 on
  154  the statewide, standardized reading assessment or, upon
  155  implementation, the English Language Arts assessment, are
  156  provided an additional hour per day of intensive reading
  157  instruction beyond the normal school day for each day of the
  158  entire school year.
  159         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.