Title: Education

Summary: Prohibits DOE or district school board from entering into certain agreements that cede or limit state or district autonomy over academic content standards & corresponding assessments; requires DOE or district school board to amend or terminate certain agreements, memoranda, & contracts; suspending statewide assessment program, school grading system, & personnel evaluation system for specified period.

Full Text:
An act relating to education; creating s. 1003.07, F.S.; pro hibiting the Department of Education or a district school board from entering into certain agreements that cede or limit state or district autonomy over academic content standards and corresponding assessments; requiring the department or district school board to amend or terminate certain agreements, memoranda, and contracts; susp ending the statewide assessment program, the school grading system, and the personnel evaluation system for a specified period; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 1003.07, Flo rida Statutes, is created to read: 1003.07 State and school district sovereignty.-(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Education or a district school board may not enter into any agreement, memorand um of understanding, or contract with a federal agency or private entity that cedes or limits the state's or school district's control over the development, adoption, or revision of the state's academic content standards or corresponding assessments, including, but not limited to,agreements, memoranda, or contracts for funding public schools HB 2015 and programs. (2) If the department or a district school board entered into an agreement, memorand um, or contract before the effective date of this section, and such agreement, memorandum, or contract would be prohibited under subsection (1) if entered into on or after the effective date of this section, the department or district school board must amend or terminate the agreement, memorand um, or contract to comply with the requirements of subsection (1).(3) Effective July 1, 2015, the following are suspended until new academic content standards are adopted and corresponding assessments are developed: (a) The statewide assessment program under s. 1008.22. (b) The school grading system under s. 1008.34. (c) The personnel evaluation system under s. 1012.34. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.