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Statute 1001.42 - School Improvement Plans |
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Title XLVIII, K-20
EDUCATION CODE
1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.--
(was ss. 230.23) |
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(15) |
ENFORCEMENT OF LAW AND
RULES.--Require that all laws and rules of the State Board of
Education or of the district school board are properly enforced.
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(17) |
PUBLIC INFORMATION AND PARENTAL
INVOLVEMENT PROGRAM.--
(a) Adopt procedures whereby
the general public can be adequately informed of the educational
programs, needs, and objectives of public education within the
district, including educational opportunities available through
the Florida Virtual School.
(b) Adopt rules to strengthen
family involvement and empowerment pursuant to s.
1002.23. The rules shall be developed in collaboration with
school administrators, parents, teachers, and community
partners.
(c) Develop and disseminate a
parent guide to successful student achievement which addresses
what parents need to know about their child's educational
progress and how they can help their child to succeed in school.
(d) Develop and disseminate a
checklist for parents to assist parents in becoming involved in
their child's educational progress.
(e) Encourage teachers and
administrators to keep parents informed of student progress,
student programs, student attendance requirements pursuant to
ss.
1003.26,
1003.27,
414.1251, and
984.151, and availability of resources for academic
assistance. |
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(18) |
IMPLEMENT SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY.--Maintain a state system of school improvement
and education accountability as provided by statute and State
Board of Education rule. This system of school improvement and
education accountability shall be consistent with, and
implemented through, the district's continuing system of
planning and budgeting required by this section and ss.
1008.385,
1010.01, and
1011.01. This system of school improvement and education
accountability shall comply with the provisions of ss.
1008.33,
1008.34,
1008.345, and
1008.385 and include the following:
(a) School improvement
plans.--The district school board shall annually approve and
require implementation of a new, amended, or continuation school
improvement plan for each school in the district.
(b) Public disclosure.--The
district school board shall provide information regarding the
performance of students and educational programs as required
pursuant to ss.
1008.22 and
1008.385 and implement a system of school reports as
required by statute and State Board of Education rule which
shall include schools operating for the purpose of providing
educational services to youth in Department of Juvenile Justice
programs, and for those schools, report on the elements
specified in s.
1003.52(19). Annual public disclosure reports shall be in an
easy-to-read report card format and shall include the school's
grade, high school graduation rate calculated without GED tests,
disaggregated by student ethnicity, and performance data as
specified in state board rule.
(c) School improvement
funds.--The district school board shall provide funds to
schools for developing and implementing school improvement
plans. Such funds shall include those funds appropriated for the
purpose of school improvement pursuant to s.
24.121(5)(c). |
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LOCAL-LEVEL DECISIONMAKING.--
(a) Adopt
policies that clearly encourage and enhance maximum
decisionmaking appropriate to the school site. Such policies
must include guidelines for schools in the adoption and purchase
of district and school site instructional materials and
technology, the implementation of student health and fitness
standards, staff training, school advisory council member
training, student support services, budgeting, and the
allocation of staff resources.
(b) Adopt waiver process
policies to enable all schools to exercise maximum flexibility
and notify advisory councils of processes to waive school
district and state policies.
(c) Develop policies for
periodically monitoring the membership composition of school
advisory councils to ensure compliance with requirements
established in s.
1001.452.
(d) Adopt policies that
assist in giving greater autonomy, including authority over the
allocation of the school's budget, to schools designated with a
grade of "A," making excellent progress, and schools rated as
having improved at least two grades. |
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Updated:
Monday, June 07, 2010 |
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