Title: Education

Summary: Prohibiting a student from taking certain local assessments during a specified time, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to education; prohibiting a student from taking certain local assessments during a specified time; providing exceptions for certain examinations; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.  A student may not take a district-developed assessment, a district-selected assessment, or a district mandated assessment within the weeks before or the weeks after taking a statewide, standardized assessment. However, a student may,within the weeks before or the weeks after taking a statewide, standardized assessment:(1) Take a college entrance examination, a nAdvanced Placement examination, an International Baccalaureate examination, an Advanced International Certificate of Education examination, or an industry-approved examination to earn national industry certifications identified in the Industry Certification Funding List;or (2) Retake a statewide, standardized assessment. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.