Florida Senate Bill 1036 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-09 - Died in Education Pre-K - 12
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Terminating the administration of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) to students in grades 9 through 12; requiring the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) or the ACT's EXPLORE and PLAN tests to replace the grade 10 FCAT for purposes of measuring a student's knowledge and skills; requiring students to take the PSAT/NMSQT in grade 10 or the ACT's EXPLORE and PLAN tests in grades 9 and 10, respectively; requiring students to earn passing scores on the PSAT/NMSQT or the ACT's EXPLORE and PLAN tests to qualify for a standard high school diploma; requiring the State Board of Education to designate passing scores; requiring use of student performance on the PSAT/NMSQT or the ACT's EXPLORE and PLAN tests for school grading purposes; providing for application beginning with students entering grade 9 in the 2013-2014 school year, etc.

Student Assessment in the Public Schools

Sen. Larcenia Bullard [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-09		Died in Education Pre-K - 12
2012-01-10		Introduced -SJ 85
2011-12-08		Referred to Education Pre-K - 12; Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Budget -SJ 85
2011-11-18		Filed

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1036
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2012/1036/BillText/Filed/HTML