Title: Education

Summary: Prohibiting 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; suspending the statewide assessment program, the school grading system, and the personnel evaluation system for a specified period, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to education; creating s. 1003.07, F.S.; prohibiting 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; suspending 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, Florida 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, memorandum 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 and programs. (2) If the department or a district school board entered into an agreement, memorandum, 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 July 1, 2015, the department or district school board must amend or terminate the agreement, memorandum, 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.