Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
State Board of Education

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
6A-1.09981: Implementation of Florida's System of School Improvement and Accountability

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34, No. 11, March 14, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

Sub-Subparagraph (1)(a)3.b. is amended to read:

(1)(a)3.b. Schools demonstrate a five (5) percentage point improvement in the percent of such students making learning gains over the prior year, if the percent of such students making learning gains is below forty (40) percent in the current year.

If the minimum requirement for adequate progress in reading among the lowest twenty-five (25) percent of students in the school is not met, the School Advisory Council shall amend its School Improvement Plan to include a component for improving learning gains of the lowest performing students. If a school otherwise designated as Performance Grade “B” or “C” does not make adequate progress, as defined, in at least one (1) of two (2) consecutive years, the final Performance Grade designation shall be reduced by one (1) letter grade. No school shall be designated as Performance Grade “A” unless the adequate progress criterion in reading, learning gains for at least half of the lowest performing students, is met each year.