Bill Text: FL S0524 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Common Core State Standards

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Education [S0524 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S0524-Introduced.html
       Florida Senate - 2013                                     SB 524
       
       
       
       By Senator Thompson
       
       
       
       
       12-01152-13                                            2013524__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Common Core State Standards;
    3         requiring the standards adopted by the State Board of
    4         Education to be implemented and assessed in the public
    5         schools beginning in the 2016-2017 school year;
    6         requiring implementation and assessment of the
    7         standards to be phased in and aligned with current
    8         accountability measures; providing an effective date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   11  
   12         Section 1. The Common Core State Standards adopted by the
   13  State Board of Education in rule shall be implemented and
   14  assessed in the state’s public schools beginning in the 2016
   15  2017 school year. Developed to ensure that students consistently
   16  receive a high-quality education and that teachers implement
   17  effective strategies by providing benchmarks for skills and
   18  knowledge that their students should attain, the Common Core
   19  State Standards shall be assessed for accountability purposes
   20  and shall affect the performance evaluation of students,
   21  instructional personnel, and school administrators.
   22  Implementation and assessment of the Common Core State Standards
   23  shall be phased in and aligned with the implementation dates of
   24  the accountability measures currently provided in law.
   25         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.

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