Bill Amendment: FL S1366 | 2019 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Education
Status: 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7071 (Ch. 2019-119) [S1366 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S1366-Senate_Committee_Amendment_839172.html
Bill Title: Education
Status: 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7071 (Ch. 2019-119) [S1366 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S1366-Senate_Committee_Amendment_839172.html
Florida Senate - 2019 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1366 Ì8391721Î839172 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Baxley) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 40 and 41 4 insert: 5 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 6 1002.45, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 7 1002.45 Virtual instruction programs.— 8 (2) PROVIDER QUALIFICATIONS.— 9 (a) The department shall annually publish online a list of 10 providers approved to offer virtual instruction programs. To be 11 approved by the department, a provider must document that it: 12 1. Is nonsectarian in its programs, admission policies, 13 employment practices, and operations; 14 2. Complies with the antidiscrimination provisions of s. 15 1000.05; 16 3. Locates an administrative office or offices in this 17 state, requires its administrative staff to be state residents, 18 requires all instructional staff to be Florida-certified 19 teachers under chapter 1012 and conducts background screenings 20 for all employees or contracted personnel, as required by s. 21 1012.32, using state and national criminal history records; 22 4. Provides to parents and students specific information 23 posted and accessible online that includes, but is not limited 24 to, the following teacher-parent and teacher-student contact 25 information for each course: 26 a. How to contact the instructor via phone, e-mail, or 27 online messaging tools. 28 b. How to contact technical support via phone, e-mail, or 29 online messaging tools. 30 c. How to contact the administration office via phone, e 31 mail, or online messaging tools. 32 d. Any requirement for regular contact with the instructor 33 for the course and clear expectations for meeting the 34 requirement. 35 e. The requirement that the instructor in each course must, 36 at a minimum, conduct one contact via phone with the parent and 37 the student each month; 38 5. Possesses prior, successful experience offering online 39 courses to elementary, middle, or high school students. 40 Successful experience may beasdemonstrated by showing, for 41 students in this state, quantified student learning gains in 42 each subject area and grade level providedfor consideration as43an instructional program option.or, for students in other 44 states, quantified student learning gains using other statewide 45 assessments, nationally recognized assessments, or other third 46 party pre- and post-assessments. However, for a provider without 47 sufficient prior, successful experience offering online courses, 48 the department may conditionally approve the provider to offer 49 courses measured pursuant to subparagraph (8)(a)2. Conditional 50 approval shall be valid for 2 school years1 school yearonly51 and, based on the provider’s experience in offering the courses, 52 the department shall determine whether to grant approval to 53 offer a virtual instruction program; 54 6. Is accredited by a regional accrediting association as 55 defined by State Board of Education rule; 56 7. Ensures instructional and curricular quality through a 57 detailed curriculum and student performance accountability plan 58 that addresses every subject and grade level it intends to 59 provide through contract with the school district, including: 60 a. Courses and programs that meet the standards of the 61 International Association for K-12 Online Learning and the 62 Southern Regional Education Board. 63 b. Instructional content and services that align with, and 64 measure student attainment of, student proficiency in the Next 65 Generation Sunshine State Standards. 66 c. Mechanisms that determine and ensure that a student has 67 satisfied requirements for grade level promotion and high school 68 graduation with a standard diploma, as appropriate; 69 8. Publishes for the general public, in accordance with 70 disclosure requirements adopted in rule by the State Board of 71 Education, as part of its application as a provider and in all 72 contracts negotiated pursuant to this section: 73 a. Information and data about the curriculum of each full 74 time and part-time program. 75 b. School policies and procedures. 76 c. Certification status and physical location of all 77 administrative and instructional personnel. 78 d. Hours and times of availability of instructional 79 personnel. 80 e. Student-teacher ratios. 81 f. Student completion and promotion rates. 82 g. Student, educator, and school performance accountability 83 outcomes; 84 9. If the provider is a Florida College System institution, 85 employs instructors who meet the certification requirements for 86 instructional staff under chapter 1012; and 87 10. Performs an annual financial audit of its accounts and 88 records conducted by an independent certified public accountant 89 which is in accordance with rules adopted by the Auditor 90 General, is conducted in compliance with generally accepted 91 auditing standards, and includes a report on financial 92 statements presented in accordance with generally accepted 93 accounting principles. 94 95 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 96 And the title is amended as follows: 97 Delete line 2 98 and insert: 99 An act relating to education; amending s. 1002.45, 100 F.S.; revising requirements for qualifications of 101 virtual instruction program providers; revising the 102 length of time for which the Department of Education’s 103 conditional approval of a provider is valid; amending 104 s. 1003.4282,