Bill > S1642

This bill revises Florida's education accountability system by providing new definitions for terms like "achievement level" and "learning gains" within the statewide assessment program and school grading system, and it modifies the criteria that trigger a school's improvement plan to include specific strategies for addressing achievement gaps and student learning growth. A key provision allows children with significant medical complexities to be exempt from statewide standardized assessments under certain documented circumstances, and the bill also authorizes bonus rewards for school districts demonstrating progress in educator effectiveness, with changes to how school grades are calculated and reported, including adjustments to the components used for grading and the criteria for academically high-performing school districts.