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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to student achievement; creating s. 2
1003.482, F.S.; creating the Music -based Supplemental 3
Content to Accelerate Learner Engagement and Success 4
(mSCALES) Pilot Program within the Department of 5
Education; providing the purpose of the pilot program; 6
providing requirements for the pilot program; 7
providing eligibility; authorizing district school 8
superintendents to contact the department for their 9
district to participate in the pilot program; 10
providing funding requirements, subject to legislative 11
appropriation; requiring participating school 12
districts to maintain eligibility; requiring the 13
College of Education at the University of Florida to 14
evaluate the pilot program's effectiveness and 15
annually share its findings with the department and 16
the Legislature; requiring the college to submit a 17
final report to specified entities by a specified 18
date; providing for expiration of the pilot program; 19
providing an effective date. 20
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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Section 1. Section 1003.482, Florida Statutes, is created 24
to read: 25
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1003.482 mSCALES Pilot Program. — 26
(1)(a) The Music-based Supplemental Content to Accelerate 27
Learner Engagement and Success (mSCALES) Pilot Program is 28
created within the Department of Education. The purpose of the 29
pilot program is to assist districts in adopting music -based 30
supplemental materials that support STEM courses for middle 31
school students. 32
(b) The music-based supplemental materials must be used by 33
teachers who are certified to teach mathematics pursuant to s. 34
1012.55(1)(c). The supplemental materials must be used at a 35
minimum twice per week to supplement mathematics instruction. 36
(c) Classes that use the supplemental materials are 37
subject to the class size requirements of s. 1003.03. 38
(d) The school districts in Alachua, Marion, and Miami -39
Dade Counties are eligible to participate in the pilot program. 40
District school superintendents may contact the Department of 41
Education, in a format prescribed by the department, for their 42
district to participate in the pilot program. Subject to 43
legislative appropriation, the department may approve a school 44
district to participate in the pilot program if suffici ent 45
funding is available. 46
(e) Participating school districts shall receive $6 per 47
student. Eligible middle schools must be in the same attendance 48
zone as an elementary school that participated in the Early 49
Childhood Music Education Incentive Program. 50
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(f) To maintain eligibility for the pilot program, a 51
participating school district must annually certify to the 52
department, in a format prescribed by the department, that each 53
participating middle school within the district meets the 54
requirements of paragra phs (b) and (c). 55
(2)(a) The College of Education at the University of 56
Florida shall continuously evaluate the program's effectiveness. 57
The College of Education must annually share the findings of its 58
evaluations with the department and the Legislature. 59
(b) The College of Education at the University of Florida 60
shall prepare a comprehensive final report of the program's 61
overall effectiveness. The report must be presented, no later 62
than October 1, 2026, to the department, the Legislature, and 63
the Florida Center for Partnerships in Arts -Integrated Teaching. 64
(3) This section expires June 30, 2026. 65
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 66