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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to school grades; providing a short 2
title; amending s. 1003.33, F.S.; requiring school 3
grades to be included on student report cards; 4
amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; revising the percentage of 5
points used to designate school grades for specified 6
school years; revising the requirements for school 7
report cards; requiring a certain school grade 8
designation to be included on school report cards for 9
information purposes; revising the future repeal date 10
for certain provisions relating to the transition of 11
school grades; deleting obsolete language; providing 12
an effective date. 13
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15
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Section 1. This act may be cited as the "Schools Committed 17
to Outstanding Results and Excellence (SCORE) Act." 18
Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1003.33, Florida 19
Statutes, is amended to read: 20
1003.33 Report cards; end -of-the-year status.— 21
(1) Each district schoo l board shall establish and publish 22
policies requiring the content and regular issuance of student 23
report cards for all elementary school, middle school, and high 24
school students. The school's grades and grade scales required 25
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under s. 1008.34(3)(c) shall b e included on each student's 26
report card. These report cards must clearly depict and grade: 27
(a) The student's academic performance in each class or 28
course, which in grades 1 through 12 must be based upon 29
examinations as well as written papers, class part icipation, and 30
other academic performance criteria, and must include the 31
student's performance or nonperformance at his or her grade 32
level. 33
(b) The student's conduct and behavior. 34
(c) The student's attendance, including absences and 35
tardiness. 36
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District school boards shall not allow schools to exempt 38
students from academic performance requirements based on 39
practices or policies designed to encourage student attendance. 40
A student's attendance record may not be used in whole or in 41
part to provide an exemp tion from any academic performance 42
requirement. 43
Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and subsections 44
(4) and (7) of section 1008.34, Florida Statutes, are amended to 45
read: 46
1008.34 School grading system; school report cards; 47
district grade.— 48
(3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES. — 49
(c)1. The calculation of a school grade shall be based on 50
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the percentage of points earned from the components listed in 51
subparagraph (b)1. and, if applicable, subparagraph (b)2. The 52
State Board of Education shall adopt in rule a school grading 53
scale that sets the percentage of points needed to earn each of 54
the school grades listed in subsection (2). There shall be at 55
least five percentage points separating the percentage 56
thresholds needed to earn each of the school grade s. The state 57
board shall annually review the percentage of school grades of 58
"A" and "B" for the school year to determine whether to adjust 59
the school grading scale upward for the following school year's 60
school grades. The first adjustment would occur no ea rlier than 61
the 2023-2024 school year. An adjustment must be made if the 62
percentage of schools earning a grade of "A" or "B" in the 63
current year represents 75 percent or more of all graded schools 64
within a particular school type, which consists of elementar y, 65
middle, high, and combination. The adjustment must reset the 66
minimum required percentage of points for each grade of "A," 67
"B," "C," or "D" at the next highest percentage ending in the 68
numeral 5 or 0, whichever is closest to the current percentage. 69
Annual reviews of the percentage of schools earning a grade of 70
"A" or "B" and adjustments to the required points must be 71
suspended when 72
1. School grades for the 2026 -2027 school year shall use 73
the following grading scale for all school types for a specific 74
school type is achieved : 75
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a. Seventy Ninety percent or more of the points for a 76
grade of "A." 77
b. Sixty Eighty to sixty-nine eighty-nine percent of the 78
points for a grade of "B." 79
c. Fifty Seventy to fifty-nine seventy-nine percent of the 80
points for a grade of "C." 81
d. Forty Sixty to forty-nine sixty-nine percent of the 82
points for a grade of "D." 83
2. School grades for the 2027 -2028 school year shall use 84
the following grading scale for all school types: 85
a. Eighty percent or more of the points for a gra de of 86
"A." 87
b. Seventy to seventy -nine percent of the points for a 88
grade of "B." 89
c. Sixty to sixty-nine percent of the points for a grade 90
of "C." 91
d. Fifty to fifty-nine percent of the points for a grade 92
of "D." 93
3. School grades for the 2028 -2029 school year and 94
thereafter shall use the following grading scale for all school 95
types: 96
a. Ninety percent or more of the points for a grade of 97
"A." 98
b. Eighty to eighty -nine percent of the points for a grade 99
of "B." 100
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c. Seventy to seventy -nine percent of the points for a 101
grade of "C." 102
d. Sixty to sixty-nine percent of the points for a grade 103
of "D." 104
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When the state board adjusts the grading scale upward, the state 106
board must inform the public of the degree of the adjustment and 107
its anticipated impact on s chool grades. Beginning in the 2024 -108
2025 school year, Any changes made by the state board to 109
components in the school grades model or to the school grading 110
scale shall go into effect, at the earliest, in the following 111
school year. 112
4.2. The calculation of school grades may not include any 113
provision that would raise or lower the school's grade beyond 114
the percentage of points earned. Extra weight may not be added 115
in the calculation of any components. 116
(4) SCHOOL REPORT CARD. —The Department of Education shall 117
annually develop, in collaboration with the school districts, a 118
school report card to be provided by the school district to 119
parents within the district. The report card shall include the 120
school's grades grade; student performance in E nglish Language 121
Arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; information 122
regarding school improvement; an explanation of school 123
performance as evaluated by the federal Elementary and Secondary 124
Education Act (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. ss. 6301 et seq.; and indica tors 125
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of return on investment. The report card shall also disclose 126
whether the school is in need of intervention and support 127
pursuant to s. 1008.33 or supports pursuant to s. 1008.365, and 128
the criteria for such a determination. Each school's report card 129
shall be published annually by the department on its website 130
based upon the most recent data available. 131
(7) TRANSITION.— 132
(a) To increase the transparency of student performance 133
and assist in the transition to 2022-2023 school grades and 134
district grades calculated based on the grading scale in 135
subparagraph (3)(c)3., the state board shall publish, in 136
addition to school grades and district grades calculated 137
pursuant to subparagraph (3)(c)3., comprehensive, end-of-year 138
progress monitoring assessment under s. 1 008.25(9), the 2022-139
2023 school grades and district grades based on the grading 140
scale in paragraph (3)(c), in effect for the 2024 -2025 through 141
2027-2028 school years. Grades calculated pursuant to 142
subparagraph (3)(c)3. shall serve solely as an informational 143
baseline for schools and districts to work toward improved 144
performance in future years. Accordingly, notwithstanding any 145
other provision of law: 146
(a) Due to the absence of learning gains data in the 2022 -147
2023 school year, the initial school grading scal e for the 2022-148
2023 informational baseline grades shall be set so that the 149
percentage of schools that earn an "A," "B," "C," "D," and "F" 150
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is statistically equivalent to the 2021 -2022 school grades 151
results. When learning gains data becomes available in the 2023-152
2024 school year, the State Board of Education shall review the 153
school grading scale and determine if the scale should be 154
adjusted. 155
(b) A school may not be required to select and implement a 156
turnaround option pursuant to s. 1008.33 in the 2023 -2024 school 157
year based on the school's 2022 -2023 grade. The benefits of s. 158
1008.33(4)(c), relating to a school being released from 159
implementation of the turnaround option, and s. 1008.33(4)(d), 160
relating to a school implementing strategies identified in its 161
school improvement plan, apply to a school using turnaround 162
options pursuant to s. 1008.33 which improves to a grade of "C" 163
or higher during the 2022 -2023 school year. 164
(c) A school or approved provider under s. 1002.45 which 165
receives the same or lower school grade for the 2022-2023 school 166
year compared to the 2021 -2022 school year is not subject to 167
sanctions or penalties that would otherwise occur as a result of 168
the 2022-2023 school grade or rating. A charter school system or 169
school district designated as hig h performing may not lose the 170
designation based on the 2022 -2023 school grades of any of the 171
schools within the charter school system or school district or 172
based on the 2022-2023 district grade, as applicable. 173
(d) For purposes of determining grade 3 rete ntion pursuant 174
to s. 1008.25(5) and high school graduation pursuant to s. 175
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1003.4282, student performance on the 2022 -2023 comprehensive, 176
end-of-year progress monitoring assessment under s. 1008.25(9) 177
shall be linked to 2021 -2022 student performance expecta tions. 178
In addition to the good cause exemptions under s. 1008.25(7), a 179
student may be promoted to grade 4 for the 2023 -2024 school year 180
if the student demonstrates an acceptable level of performance 181
through means reasonably calculated by the school distric t to 182
provide reliable evidence of the student's performance. 183
(b) This subsection is repealed July 1, 2029 2025. 184
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 185