Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1402 Ì698664SÎ698664 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 03/17/2025 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Yarborough) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 6 1002.45, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 7 1002.45 Virtual instruction programs.— 8 (7) ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.— 9 (a) Each approved virtual instruction program provider 10 contracted pursuant to this section must: 11 1. Participate in the statewide assessment program under s. 12 1008.22 and in the state’s education performance accountability 13 system under s. 1008.31. 14 2. Receive a school grade under s. 1008.34 or a school 15 improvement rating under s. 1008.341, as applicable, for each 16 district with which it contracts, based on the assessment scores 17 of all students served within the school district.The school18improvement rating received by each approved virtual instruction19program provider shall be based upon the aggregated assessment20scores of all students served by the provider statewide.Each 21 approved virtual instruction program provider shall receive a 22 district grade pursuant to s. 1008.34 based upon the aggregated 23 assessment scores of all students served by the provider 24 statewide and a separate school grade or school improvement 25 rating for each school district with which it contracts based 26 upon the assessment scores of all students served within the 27 school district. A virtual instruction program provider 28 operating exclusively as a dropout retrieval program as 29 described in s. 1003.53(7) is exempt from the district grade 30 requirement of this paragraph. The department shall publish the 31 school grade or school improvement rating received by each 32 approved virtual instruction program provider on its Internet 33 website. The department shall develop an evaluation method for 34 providers of part-time programs which includes the percentage of 35 students making learning gains, the percentage of students 36 successfully passing any required end-of-course assessment, the 37 percentage of students taking Advanced Placement examinations, 38 and the percentage of students scoring 3 or higher on an 39 Advanced Placement examination. 40 Section 2. Present subsection (7) of section 1003.53, 41 Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (8), and a new 42 subsection (7) is added to that section, to read: 43 1003.53 Dropout prevention and academic intervention.— 44 (7) Dropout retrieval programs serve students who have 45 officially withdrawn from high school before graduation and who 46 are not engaged in the education system at the time of 47 enrollment in the program. 48 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 49 50 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 51 And the title is amended as follows: 52 Delete everything before the enacting clause 53 and insert: 54 A bill to be entitled 55 An act relating to students enrolled in dropout 56 retrieval programs; amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; 57 revising assessment and accountability requirements 58 for a virtual instruction program provider; providing 59 that a virtual instruction program provider operating 60 exclusively as a dropout retrieval program is exempt 61 from specified requirements; amending s. 1003.53, 62 F.S.; providing that dropout retrieval programs serve 63 a specified group of students; providing an effective 64 date.