The House Education Committee conducted a workshop on its Draft Legislation on Assessment and Accountability. The draft bill revises school start date to allow districts to set an opening date as early as August 10; eliminates requirement to regularly assess K-3 students; repeals required remediation for middle grades students who score level 1 or 2 on the ELA FSB; repeals required remediation of high school students who score level 1 or 2 on ELA assessment or Algebra I EOC; eliminates administration of the 11th grade ELA assessment; eliminates specific assessment requirements for subjects and grade levels not measured by state assessments; eliminates requirements for progress monitoring; removes requirements for an additional hour of instruction in lowest performing elementary schools; requires instructional personnel or school administrator evaluation to be based on at least 1/3 on student performance, at least 1/3 on instructional practice or instructional leadership, and remainder on other criteria, requires evaluation of teachers and administrators to be based on the students assigned to them; etc.
The Committee also heard a presentation on the Testing Investigation Conducted by Commissioner Stewart.
In the House Local & Federal Affairs Committee:
HB 489 – Value Adjustment Board Proceedings by Sullivan – AMENDED AND PASSED WITH A COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE (CS)
Requires clerk of VAB to have available & distribute specified forms; authorizes owner of multiple items of tangible personal property to file joint petition with VAB; requires property appraiser to include property record card in evidence list for VAB hearing.
The Senate Appropriations Committee conducted a workshop on Charter Schools that included a Florida DOE presentation and a panel discussion. Members of the panel included district superintendents and representatives of the charter school community.
COMING UP TOMORROW
There are no legislative committee meetings of interest scheduled for Friday.
Ruth Haseman Melton
Director of Government Relations
Florida School Boards Association
Office: 850 / 414-2578
Cell: 850 / 509-6411
Email: melton@fsba.org
