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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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updated:
27 Jan 2012 |
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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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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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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:
Friday, January 27, 2012 |
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