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Introduced
02/28/2025
02/28/2025
In Committee
04/02/2025
04/02/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
06/16/2025
06/16/2025
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to education; providing a short title; amending s. 1001.42, F.S.; revising the requirements for the early warning system for certain students; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; revising the requirements for parental notification of student reading and mathematics deficiencies; amending s. 1003.33, F.S.; requiring student report cards to include specified information relating to school grades and student English Language Arts and mathematics performance; amending s. 1003.485, F.S.; requiring the administrator of the New Worlds Reading Initiative to develop a specified book collection, competitive grant program, and process for specified purposes relating to classroom libraries; amending s. 1008.25, F.S.; revising the grade-level criteria for specified provisions relating to students with specified substantial academic deficiencies; providing that certain Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program students are eligible for specified support; providing that specified interventions must be provided to all students with substantial reading deficiencies; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; revising the percentage of points used to designate school grades for specified school years; revising the requirements for school report cards; requiring a certain school grade designation to be included on school report cards for information purposes; deleting provisions relating to the transition of school grades and obsolete language; providing an effective date.
AI Summary
This bill, known as the Schools Committed to Outstanding Results and Excellence (SCORE) Act, makes several significant changes to Florida's education system. The bill expands early warning systems for students in kindergarten through grade 8, requiring schools to identify and support students with academic challenges across a broader range of grades. It modifies parental notification requirements for students with reading and mathematics deficiencies, extending these notifications to a wider range of grade levels. The bill also requires student report cards to include the school's grade and the percentage of students performing at or above grade level in English Language Arts and mathematics. Additionally, it introduces a new initiative to develop classroom libraries, with a focus on low-cost, high-quality books for kindergarten through fifth-grade classrooms. The bill implements a gradual increase in school grading standards from 2026 to 2034, progressively raising the percentage of points needed to achieve each school grade (A, B, C, D). The changes aim to improve student performance, provide more transparent information to parents, and create more rigorous academic standards across Florida's public schools, with a particular emphasis on reading and mathematics interventions for struggling students.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Education
Sponsors (1)
Other Sponsors (1)
Student Academic Success Subcommittee (House)
Last Action
Died in Education & Employment Committee (on 06/16/2025)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1483 |
| Analysis - PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1483/Analyses/h1483f.PKB.PDF |
| Analysis - PreK-12 Budget Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1483/Analyses/h1483d.PKB.PDF |
| BillText | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1483/BillText/c1/PDF |
| Analysis - Student Academic Success Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1483/Analyses/h1483c.SAS.PDF |
| Analysis - Education Administration Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1483/Analyses/h1483a.EAS.PDF |
| Analysis - Education Administration Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1483/Analyses/h1483.EAS.PDF |
| BillText | https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2025/1483/BillText/Filed/PDF |
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