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SB 7004
  • Introduced
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Passed Senate
    Jan 10, 2024
  • Passed House
  • Signed into Law
SB 7004
Florida Senate Bill
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Deregulation of Public Schools/Assessment and Accountability, Instruction, and Education Choice; Revising how often a school district or charter school must update its school capacity determination; deleting a requirement for the Commissioner of Education to provide for an annual comparative evaluation of charter technical career centers and public technical centers; deleting a requirement regarding assessment procedures for Department of Juvenile Justice education programs; providing additional options for a school that completes a plan cycle but does not meet certain requirements; deleting a requirement for the Commissioner of Education to review specified feedback reports and submit findings to the State Board of Education, etc.
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House • Jan 10, 2024: In Messages
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Patricia Berti wrote 4 days ago
100 %Agree to remove mandatory ELA 10th grade and Algebra 1 passing to earn high-school diploma
Tracy Payton wrote 1 week ago
THE ALGEBRA 1 EOC AND ELA SHOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE OVER 40 STATES WHO DO NOT HAVE THESE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEIR STUDENTS ARE DOING GREAT IN COLLEGE. COLLEGES DO NOT EVEN LOOK AT THESE TESTS. ALSO, NOT ALL STUDENTS PLAN TO GO TO COLLEGE, SO WHY HOLD THEM BACK FROM RECEIVING THEIR HS DIPLOMA BECAUSE OF 2 TESTS?? SOME STUDENTS ARE A/B STUDENTS. SOME ARE ONLY 3 POINTS BELOW THE PASSING SCORE ON THESE TESTS AND THEIR FUTURES ARE EXTREMELY DAMAGED BECAUSE OF THIS! THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THAT I ABSOLUTELY HATE ABOUT FLORIDA AND FEEL EMBARRASSED WHEN I TELL PARENTS WHO ARE CONSIDERING MOVING HERE THAT THEIR STUDENT MUST PASS THESE 2 TESTS IN ORDER TO GRADUATE. OVER THE YEARS, ABOUT 28 FAMILIES THAT I AM CLOSE TO CHANGED THEIR MINDS ABOUT MOVING TO FLORIDA BECAUSE OF THIS. SOME FEEL THAT DELETING THESE REQUIREMENTS WOULD DOWNGRADE THE DIPLOMA’S VALUE TO A “PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATE”. DO THEY REALLY FEEL THAT THE STUDENTS OF THE 40+ STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT REALLY GRADUATING, BUT HAVE ONLY “PARTICIPATED”???

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Nov 15, 2023, Senate
Senate Education Pre-K -12 - Submitted and Reported Favorably as Committee Bill
YES: 9
NO: 0
OTHER: 2
YES: 9

NO: 0

    NOT VOTING: 2

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    Dec 12, 2023, Senate
    Senate Fiscal Policy - Favorable with Committee Substitute
    YES: 18
    NO: 0
    OTHER: 2
    YES: 18

    NO: 0

      NOT VOTING: 2

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      Jan 10, 2024, Senate
      Third Reading
      YES: 39
      NO: 0
      OTHER: 1
      YES: 39

      NO: 0

        EXCUSED: 1

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        • Jan 10, 2024 | House
          • In Messages
        • Jan 10, 2024 | Senate
          • Read 2nd time
          • Amendment(s) adopted (573724)
          • Read 3rd time
          • CS passed as amended; YEAS 39 NAYS 0
          • Immediately certified
        • Jan 09, 2024 | Senate
          • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 01/10/24
          • Introduced
          • CS by Fiscal Policy read 1st time
        • Dec 14, 2023 | Senate
          • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
        • Dec 13, 2023 | Senate
          • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
        • Dec 12, 2023 | Senate
          • CS by- Fiscal Policy; YEAS 18 NAYS 0
        • Dec 04, 2023 | Senate
          • On Committee agenda-- Fiscal Policy, 12/12/23, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
        • Nov 16, 2023 | Senate
          • Filed
          • Referred to Fiscal Policy
        • Nov 15, 2023 | Senate
          • Submitted as Committee Bill and Reported Favorably by Education Pre-K -12; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
        • Nov 06, 2023 | Senate
          • Submitted for consideration by Education Pre-K -12
          • On Committee agenda-- Education Pre-K -12, 11/15/23, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
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