Bill > S1444

Introduced Session

An act relating to education; amending s. 1001.02, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the State Board of Education establish the cost of certain tuition and fees; amending s. 1001.03, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the state board identify certain metrics and develop a specified plan relating to the Florida College System; amending s. 1002.3105, F.S.; deleting a requirement that a performance contract be completed if a student participates in an Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning option; providing that a performance contract may be used at the discretion of the principal; repealing s. 1002.311, F.S., relating to single-gender programs; amending s. 1002.34, F.S.; deleting a requirement for the Commissioner of Education to provide for an annual comparative evaluation of charter technical career centers and public technical centers; amending s. 1002.45, F.S.; deleting a requirement that school districts provide certain virtual instruction options to students; deleting a requirement that virtual instruction program providers be nonsectarian; authorizing school districts to provide certain students with the equipment and access necessary for participation in virtual instruction programs; amending s. 1002.82, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to review school readiness program plans every 3 years, rather than every 2 years; amending s. 1002.85, F.S.; requiring early learning coalitions to submit school readiness program plans to the department every 3 years, rather than every 2 years; amending s. 1003.4935, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the department collect and report certain data relating to a middle school career and professional academy or a career-themed course; repealing s. 1003.4995, F.S., relating to the fine arts report prepared by the Commissioner of Education; repealing s. 1003.4996, F.S., relating to the Competency-Based Education Pilot Program; amending s. 1003.49965, F.S.; authorizing, rather than requiring, a school district to hold an Art in the Capitol Competition; amending s. 1003.51, F.S.; deleting a requirement regarding assessment procedures for Department of Juvenile Justice education programs; revising requirements for which assessment results must be included in a student’s discharge packet; revising requirements for when a district school board must face sanctions for unsatisfactory performance in its Department of Juvenile Justice programs; amending s. 1003.621, F.S.; deleting a requirement for academically high performing school districts to submit an annual report to the state board; repealing s. 1004.925, F.S., relating to automotive service technology education programs and certification; amending s. 1006.28, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “adequate instructional materials”; authorizing school districts to assess a processing fee for certain objections to materials; providing requirements for the assessment of such fee; providing for the return of such fee under certain circumstances; requiring certain information published and regularly updated by the Department of Education to be sorted by grade level; deleting a timeframe requirement for each district school superintendent to notify the department about instructional materials; deleting a requirement for such notification; authorizing, rather than requiring, a school principal to collect the purchase price of instructional materials lost, destroyed, or unnecessarily damaged by a student; amending s. 1006.283, F.S.; deleting a timeframe requirement for a district school superintendent to certify to the department that certain instructional materials meet applicable state standards; amending s. 1007.33, F.S.; deleting a provision authorizing the Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College to establish certain degree programs; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; revising requirements for the administration of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring system; providing requirements for the administration of such system for students in the summer prekindergarten program; amending s. 1008.31, F.S.; revising a provision relating to the “No Child Left Behind Act of 2001”; amending s. 1008.332, F.S.; revising a provision relating to the No Child Left Behind Act to relate to the Every Student Succeeds Act; deleting a requirement for certain committee members to annually report to specified entities; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; requiring that certain changes made by the state board to components in the school grades model or to the school grading scale go into effect in the following school year or later; conforming cross-references; amending s. 1008.345, F.S.; deleting a requirement for the department to develop an annual feedback report; deleting a requirement for the Commissioner of Education to review specified feedback reports and submit findings to the state board; deleting certain requirements for a report the commissioner produces annually for the state board and Legislature; revising what information certain community assessment team recommendations are based on; amending s. 1008.45, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the state board provide a specified annual evaluation; amending ss. 1000.05, 1002.31, 1002.321, 1002.33, 1002.455, 1008.22, 1008.37, and 1013.841, F.S.; conforming provisions and cross-references to changes made by the act; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Alexis Calatayud (R)*, 

Withdrawn prior to introduction (on 01/05/2024)

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