Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0051 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to required instruction in the history 2
16	16	of the Holocaust and the history of African Americans; 3
17	17	amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; requiring the Department of 4
18	18	Education to prepare and offer standards and 5
19	19	curriculum related to the history of African 6
20	20	Americans; authorizing the department to seek input 7
21	21	from certain entities for specified purposes; 8
22	22	authorizing the department to seek input from or 9
23	23	contract with specified entities to develop specified 10
24	24	training and resources; creating s. 1003.4551, F.S.; 11
25	25	requiring the department to annually verify that 12
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27	27	private schools implement certain instruction relating 14
28	28	to the history of the Holocaust and the history of 15
29	29	African Americans and providing requirements therefor; 16
30	30	requiring district school superintendents, charter 17
31	31	school principals, and private school directors or 18
32	32	similar administrators to annually provide specified 19
33	33	evidence to the department by a certain date; 20
34	34	providing penalties for failure to provide such 21
35	35	evidence; authorizing the State Board of Education to 22
36	36	adopt rules; amending s. 1008.22, F.S.; requiring 23
37	37	certain statewide, standardized assessments to include 24
38	38	curricula content from the history of the Holocaust 25
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54	54	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 29
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56	56	Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section 31
57	57	1003.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 32
58	58	1003.42 Required instruction. — 33
59	59	(2) Members of the instructional staf f of the public 34
60	60	schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education 35
61	61	and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and 36
62	62	faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the 37
63	63	highest standards for professionalism and historical a ccuracy, 38
64	64	following the prescribed courses of study, and employing 39
65	65	approved methods of instruction, the following: 40
66	66	(h) The history of African Americans, including the 41
67	67	history of African peoples before the political conflicts that 42
68	68	led to the development of slavery, the passage to America, the 43
69	69	enslavement experience, abolition, and the contributions of 44
70	70	African Americans to society. Instructional materials shall 45
71	71	include the contributions of African Americans to American 46
72	72	society. The department shall develop a nd offer standards and 47
73	73	curriculum for the instruction required by this paragraph and 48
74	74	may seek input from the Commissioner of Education's African 49
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89	89	during the development of such standards and curriculum. The 52
90	90	department may also seek input from the Commissioner of 53
91	91	Education's African American History Task Force or contract with 54
92	92	a recognized museum of African American history to develop 55
93	93	training for instructional staff and grade -appropriate classroom 56
94	94	resources to support the developed curriculum. 57
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96	96	The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards 59
97	97	and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection. A 60
98	98	character development program that incorporates the values of 61
99	99	the recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor and that is 62
100	100	offered as part of a social studies, English Language Arts, or 63
101	101	other schoolwide character building and veteran awareness 64
102	102	initiative meets the requiremen ts of paragraphs (s) and (t). 65
103	103	Section 2. Section 1003.4551, Florida Statutes, is created 66
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105	105	1003.4551 School district, charter school, and private 68
106	106	school implementation of the history of the Holocaust and the 69
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108	108	(1) Beginning in the 2023 -2024 school year, the department 71
109	109	shall annually verify that each school district, charter school, 72
110	110	and private school implements the instruction required under s. 73
111	111	1003.42(2)(g) and (h), relating to the history of the Holocaust 74
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126	126	school's entire curriculum, as appropriate. For purposes of this 77
127	127	section, the term "private school" means a private school that 78
128	128	accepts scholarship students who participate in a scholarship 79
129	129	program under chapter 1002. 80
130	130	(2) Beginning in the 2023 -2024 school year, each school 81
131	131	district, charter school, and private school must: 82
132	132	(a) Develop, and each school board, charter school 83
133	133	governing board, and private school director or similar 84
134	134	administrator must adopt, a plan for the implementation of the 85
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136	136	required instruction and publicize such plan in the school 87
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140	140	(b) Develop and implement an ongoing professional 91
141	141	development plan for training instructional staff in strategies 92
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145	145	professional development programs and for enhancing the 96
146	146	instruction of the history of the Holoc aust and the history of 97
147	147	African Americans in an infused format. 98
148	148	(c) Integrate curricula for the history of the Holocaust 99
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163	163	charter school's, or private school's curriculum. Such curricula 102
164	164	must be distributed to curriculum specialists, teachers, media 103
165	165	specialists, and other instructional staff. The school district, 104
166	166	charter school, or private school must ensure that adequate 105
167	167	instructional resources, including, but not limited to, books, 106
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169	169	support such instruction. 108
170	170	(d) Include the history of the Holocaust and the history 109
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173	173	(e) Approve methods for teaching and assessing the history 112
174	174	of the Holocaust and the history of African Americans curricula. 113
175	175	(f) Include the history of the Holocaust and the history 114
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178	178	(g) Include the history of the Holocaust and the history 117
179	179	of African Americans content in all appropriate subject areas. 118
180	180	(h) Partner with a state university for the development 119
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202	202	(j) Partner with community members in the development and 129
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205	205	(3) By August 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, each 132
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209	209	evidence of school district, charter school, and private school 136
210	210	compliance with subsection (2). If a district school 137
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212	212	director or similar administrator fails to provide such 139
213	213	evidence, he or she is subject to the following penalties: 140
214	214	(a) For a district school superintendent, his or her 141
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216	216	(b) For a charter sc hool principal, his or her charter 143
217	217	school is deemed in violation of its charter with the school 144
218	218	district until he or she provides such evidence. 145
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220	220	administrator, his or her private school may not receive any 147
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237	237	Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 152
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239	239	1008.22 Student assessment program for public schools. — 154
240	240	(3) STATEWIDE, STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENT PROGRAM. —The 155
241	241	Commissioner of Education shall design and implement a 156
242	242	statewide, standardized assessment program aligned to the core 157
243	243	curricular content established in the Next Generation Sunshine 158
244	244	State Standards. The commissioner also must develop or select 159
245	245	and implement a common battery of assessment tools that will be 160
246	246	used in all juvenile justice education programs in the state. 161
247	247	These tools must accurately measure the core curricular content 162
248	248	established in the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards. 163
249	249	Participation in the assessment program is mandatory for all 164
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251	251	including adult students seeking a standard high school diploma 166
252	252	under s. 1003.4282 and students in Department of Juvenile 167
253	253	Justice education programs, except as otherwise provided by law. 168
254	254	If a student does not participate in the assessment program, the 169
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259	259	(a) Statewide, standardized comprehensive assessments.—The 174
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274	274	opportunities for the grade 10 ELA assessment must be provided. 177
275	275	Reading passages and writing prompts for ELA assessments shall 178
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279	279	The statewide, standardized Mathematics assessments shall be 182
280	280	administered annually in grades 3 through 8. The statewide, 183
281	281	standardized Science assessment shall be administered annually 184
282	282	at least once at the elementary and middle grades levels. In 185
283	283	order to earn a standard high school diploma, a student who has 186
284	284	not earned a passing score on the grade 10 ELA assessment must 187
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289	289	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 192