Bill Text: FL S0820 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Student Achievement in Fine Arts Courses [SPSC]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations [S0820 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-S0820-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2010 CS for SB 820 By the Committee on Education Pre-K - 12; and Senators Wise, Detert, and Lynn 581-03015-10 2010820c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to student achievement in fine arts 3 courses; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; revising the basis 4 for the designation of school grades to include the 5 performance of students who are enrolled in fine arts 6 courses; requiring that the Department of Education, 7 in coordination with Florida professional arts 8 education associations, develop the assessments, 9 subject to available funding; requiring that field 10 testing of the assessments be completed and the 11 results of such testing be reported within a specified 12 period after funding becomes available; providing an 13 effective date. 14 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 17 Section 1. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of 18 section 1008.34, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 19 1008.34 School grading system; school report cards; 20 district grade.— 21 (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.— 22 (b)1. A school’s grade shall be based on a combination of: 23 a. Student achievement scores, including achievement scores 24 for students seeking a special diploma. 25 b. Student learning gains as measured by annual FCAT 26 assessments in grades 3 through 10; learning gains for students 27 seeking a special diploma, as measured by an alternate 28 assessment tool, shall be included not later than the 2009-2010 29 school year. 30 c. Improvement of the lowest 25th percentile of students in 31 the school in reading, mathematics, or writing on the FCAT, 32 unless these students are exhibiting satisfactory performance. 33 2. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year for schools 34 comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10, 35 11, and 12, 50 percent of the school grade shall be based on a 36 combination of the factors listed in sub-subparagraphs 1.a.-c. 37 and the remaining 50 percent on the following factors: 38 a. The high school graduation rate of the school; 39 b. As valid data becomes available, the performance and 40 participation of the school’s students in College Board Advanced 41 Placement courses, International Baccalaureate courses, dual 42 enrollment courses, and Advanced International Certificate of 43 Education courses; and the students’ achievement of industry 44 certification, as determined by the Agency for Workforce 45 Innovation under s. 1003.492(2) in a career and professional 46 academy, as described in s. 1003.493; 47 c. Postsecondary readiness of the school’s students as 48 measured by the SAT, ACT, or the common placement test; 49 d. The high school graduation rate of at-risk students who 50 scored at Level 2 or lower on the grade 8 FCAT Reading and 51 Mathematics examinations; 52 e. As valid data becomes available, the performance of the 53 school’s students on statewide standardized end-of-course 54 assessments administered under s. 1008.22 and standardized 55 assessments under s. 1008.222;and56 f. As valid data becomes available, the performance of the 57 school’s students on standardized end-of-course assessments in 58 visual arts, music, dance, and theatre courses. Assessments 59 shall be developed by the Department of Education, in 60 coordination with Florida professional arts education 61 associations, subject to available funding. Field testing of the 62 assessments shall be completed and the results of such testing 63 shall be reported no later than 2 years after funds become 64 available; and 65 g.f.The growth or decline in the components listed in sub 66 subparagraphs a.-f., as available,a.-e.from year to year. 67 (c) Student assessment data used in determining school 68 grades shall include: 69 1. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled 70 in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT. 71 2. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled 72 in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT and who have 73 scored at or in the lowest 25th percentile of students in the 74 school in reading, mathematics, or writing, unless these 75 students are exhibiting satisfactory performance. 76 3. Effective with the 2005-2006 school year, the 77 achievement scores and learning gains of eligible students 78 attending alternative schools that provide dropout prevention 79 and academic intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53. The 80 term “eligible students” in this subparagraph does not include 81 students attending an alternative school who are subject to 82 district school board policies for expulsion for repeated or 83 serious offenses, who are in dropout retrieval programs serving 84 students who have officially been designated as dropouts, or who 85 are in programs operated or contracted by the Department of 86 Juvenile Justice. The student performance data for eligible 87 students identified in this subparagraph shall be included in 88 the calculation of the home school’s grade. As used in this 89 section and s. 1008.341, the term “home school” means the school 90 to which the student would be assigned if the student were not 91 assigned to an alternative school. If an alternative school 92 chooses to be graded under this section, student performance 93 data for eligible students identified in this subparagraph shall 94 not be included in the home school’s grade but shall be included 95 only in the calculation of the alternative school’s grade. A 96 school district that fails to assign the FCAT scores of each of 97 its students to his or her home school or to the alternative 98 school that receives a grade shall forfeit Florida School 99 Recognition Program funds for 1 fiscal year. School districts 100 must require collaboration between the home school and the 101 alternative school in order to promote student success. This 102 collaboration must include an annual discussion between the 103 principal of the alternative school and the principal of each 104 student’s home school concerning the most appropriate school 105 assignment of the student. 106 4. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year for schools 107 comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10, 108 11, and 12, the data listed in subparagraphs 1.-3. and the 109 following data as the Department of Education determines such 110 data are valid and available: 111 a. The high school graduation rate of the school as 112 calculated by the Department of Education; 113 b. The participation rate of all eligible students enrolled 114 in the school and enrolled in College Board Advanced Placement 115 courses; International Baccalaureate courses; dual enrollment 116 courses; Advanced International Certificate of Education 117 courses; and courses or sequence of courses leading to industry 118 certification, as determined by the Agency for Workforce 119 Innovation under s. 1003.492(2) in a career and professional 120 academy, as described in s. 1003.493; 121 c. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled 122 in the school in College Board Advanced Placement courses, 123 International Baccalaureate courses, and Advanced International 124 Certificate of Education courses; 125 d. Earning of college credit by all eligible students 126 enrolled in the school in dual enrollment programs under s. 127 1007.271; 128 e. Earning of an industry certification, as determined by 129 the Agency for Workforce Innovation under s. 1003.492(2) in a 130 career and professional academy, as described in s. 1003.493; 131 f. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled 132 in the school in reading, mathematics, and other subjects as 133 measured by the SAT, the ACT, and the common placement test for 134 postsecondary readiness; 135 g. The high school graduation rate of all eligible at-risk 136 students enrolled in the school who scored at Level 2 or lower 137 on the grade 8 FCAT Reading and Mathematics examinations; 138 h. The performance of the school’s students on statewide 139 standardized end-of-course assessments administered under s. 140 1008.22; and 141 i. The growth or decline in the data components listed in 142 sub-subparagraphs a.-h. from year to year. 143 5. The performance of students on standardized end-of 144 course assessments, as available, in visual arts, music, dance, 145 and theatre courses and the growth or decline in the performance 146 of students enrolled in such courses from year to year. 147 148 The State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate criteria 149 for each school grade. The criteria must also give added weight 150 to student achievement in reading. Schools designated with a 151 grade of “C,” making satisfactory progress, shall be required to 152 demonstrate that adequate progress has been made by students in 153 the school who are in the lowest 25th percentile in reading, 154 mathematics, or writing on the FCAT, unless these students are 155 exhibiting satisfactory performance. Beginning with the 2009 156 2010 school year for schools comprised of high school grades 9, 157 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10, 11, and 12, the criteria for 158 school grades must also give added weight to the graduation rate 159 of all eligible at-risk students, as defined in this paragraph. 160 Beginning in the 2009-2010 school year, in order for a high 161 school to be designated as having a grade of “A,” making 162 excellent progress, the school must demonstrate that at-risk 163 students, as defined in this paragraph, in the school are making 164 adequate progress. 165 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.
