Bill > S1498

This bill makes several key changes to education in Florida: It authorizes the Department of Education to hold patents, copyrights, trademarks, and service marks, and allows the department to enforce its rights and generate revenue from them. The bill also provides that students whose parents are transferred or pending transfer to a military installation in Florida are considered residents of that school district for enrollment purposes and must be given preferential treatment. Additionally, the bill requires postsecondary students to complete a civic literacy course and pass an assessment to demonstrate civic literacy competency. It also revises the requirements for turnaround options for underperforming schools, allowing more flexibility in the interventions and extending the timelines for potential improvements. The bill also makes changes to assessment requirements, including administering nationally recognized high school assessments like the SAT or ACT to all 11th grade public school students, and modifying the use of statewide, standardized end-of-course assessments. Finally, the bill appropriates $8 million to the Department of Education to implement the new high school assessment provisions.