Bill Text: FL H1453 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Student Assessment

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on PreK-12 Policy (EPC) [H1453 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1453-Introduced.html

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HB 1453

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to student assessment; creating s.
3	1008.255, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to
4	adopt grade-placement assessments for grades 1 through 8
5	to determine grade placement for a student previously
6	enrolled in a private school, a parochial, religious, or
7	denominational school, a home education program, or a
8	private tutoring program; requiring school districts to
9	administer the assessments; providing for the use of
10	assessments; providing parent responsibility; providing an
11	effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1. Section 1008.255, Florida Statutes, is created
16	to read:
17	1008.255 Grade-placement assessments.-
18	(1) The Department of Education shall adopt grade-
19	placement assessments for grades 1 through 8 to determine the
20	grade placement of a student enrolling in a public school who
21	was enrolled the prior school year in a private school, a
22	parochial, religious, or denominational school, a home education
23	program, or a private tutoring program.
24	(2) Each school district shall administer the grade-
25	placement assessment to a student enrolling in a public school
26	in the district prior to grade placement. A grade-placement
27	assessment shall provide objective data on the student's
28	performance based on performance standards approved by the State
29	Board of Education and demonstrate the student's progression and
30	readiness for placement in the next grade level.
31	(3) The parent of a student who is enrolling in a public
32	school pursuant to this section must permit his or her child to
33	be assessed for grade placement regardless of the date of
34	enrollment in the school year.
35	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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