SB 678 (2020) -  Native Language Assessment in Public Schools

by Taddeo (CO-SPONSORS) Pizzo; Rodriguez; Torres; Cruz; Flores
Requiring the Department of Education to adopt native language versions of the school readiness screener, the school readiness assessment, the Florida Voluntary Prekindergarten Assessment, and the Florida Kindergarten Readiness Screener; requiring that a high school equivalency examination administered in any language other than English be given the same weight as a high school equivalency examination administered in English; revising requirements of the statewide, standardized assessment program to include native language versions of related assessments, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2020
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died in Education on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

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Senate Referrals

  • Education
  • Appropriations Subcommittee on Education
  • Appropriations

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Education Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Education Version: __
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 52 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations -SJ 52 Time: 11/06/2019 - 10:40 AM Member: Committee: Education Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 10/25/2019 - 4:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: __