ACTION ITEM: Common Core Bills HB877 and SB's 1450 and 1406

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 ALL HANDS ON DECK!! We need your help!!

When you call, be sure to reference the Bill summaries provided below.

ACTION ITEM:

Call Representative Janet Adkins and ask that HB 877 be put on the calendar for the House K-12 Subcommittee

CALL OR EMAIL:
----->Rep Janet Adkins / [phone] / [e-mail]

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Secti…/Bills/billsdetail.aspx…

(HB877) - Summary
Assessments and Accountability: Authorizes school district to select certain assessments to administer instead of statewide, standardized assessments; provides for selection of assessments, funding, & scoring of assessments; requires SBE to ensure against certain repercussions; exempts certain students from participation in statewide, standardized assessment program; provides for administration of paper-based assessments; revises definitions relating to school grading system.

THEN CALL OR EMAIL:
Call Senator John Legg and ask that SB 1450 and SB 1406 be put on the calendar for the Senate Committee on Education Pre-K – 12

----->Senator John Legg / [phone] / [e-mail]

http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Secti…/Bills/billsdetail.aspx…

(SB1450) - Summary
Assessments and Accountability: Authorizing a school district to select certain assessments to administer instead of the statewide, standardized assessments; providing that school districts, including instructional personnel, and students shall not be negatively impacted under certain circumstances; revising definitions relating to the school grading system to include the district-selected, national, norm-referenced assessment program, etc.
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http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillI...

(SB1406)- Summary
Education: Prohibiting the Department of Education or a district school board from entering into certain agreements that cede or limit state or district autonomy over academic content standards and corresponding assessments; suspending the statewide assessment program, the school grading system, and the personnel evaluation system for a specified period, etc.

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