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Supreme Court Supports Standards for Students with Disabilities
Are schools expected to do more than provide minimum educational standards for students with special needs. According to this report, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that students with disabilities must be given the opportunity to make ‘appropriately ambitious progress’ consistent with federal law.
Approximately thirteen percent of all children between 3-21 have some type of disability. Complaints that students are given minimal academic standards triggered the lawsuit. In this case, Endrew v. Douglas, Endrew was a fifth grade autistic boy whose IEP plan had not changed from one year to the next. The family withdrew him from public school and enrolled him in a private school where he did make progress. The family then sued for tuition reimbursement.
Charters want to escape funding rule
Mark Gotz, a member of the Florida Association of Independent Schools, objected to rules that eliminate charter facility funding if they receive an ‘F’ school grade or two consecutive grades below a ‘C’. Public schools with low grades do not lose their facility funding. Why the difference?
Senate Committee Considers Testing: New Bill Likely
It would seem that a new bill on reducing the testing requirement is likely to emerge says Senate Education Committee acting chair Wilton Simpson. Currently, Senator Flores supports moving the state assessment tests to the end of the school year. Senator Montford’s bill actually reduces the number of tests, moves testing to the end of the year, and decouples FSA gain scores from teacher evaluations. Gain scores have been largely discredited because they are not stable indicators of teachers’ effectiveness.
Watch for the compromise bill in the Senate. The House version of this bill, HB 773, eliminates no tests. It moves the testing window.
Senate Education Committee Meetings Tuesday at 4pm: Watch
Senator Hukill’s Education Committee meets at 4pm Tuesday, March 21 to consider these bills on the agenda:
There is an education workshop tomorrow at 4pm to consider Senator Montford’s accountability bill. This is a strong bill that reduces testing and eliminates several accountability measures. It disconnects teacher evaluations and test score gains. Click here
To watch these sessions online Click here.
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