1997 Florida Code
TITLE XVI EDUCATION
Chapter 240 Postsecondary Education  
PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS (ss. 240.105-240.156)
240.118   Postsecondary feedback of information to high schools.

240.118  Postsecondary feedback of information to high schools.--

(1)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that require the Commissioner of Education to report to the State Board of Education, the Legislature, and the school districts on the performance of each first-time-in-postsecondary education student from each public high school in this state who is enrolled in a university, community college, or public technical center. Such reports must be based on information databases maintained by the Division of Universities, Division of Community Colleges, and Division of Workforce Development. In addition, the universities, community colleges, and technical centers shall provide school districts access to information on student performance in regular and preparatory courses and shall indicate students referred for remediation pursuant to s. 240.117 or s. 239.213.

(2)  The Commissioner of Education shall report, by high school, to the State Board of Education and the Legislature, no later than 1November 31 of each year, on the number of prior year Florida high school graduates who enrolled for the first time in public postsecondary education in this state during the previous summer, fall, or spring term, indicating the number of students whose scores on the common placement test indicated the need for remediation through college-preparatory or vocational-preparatory instruction pursuant to s. 240.117 or s. 239.213.

(3)  The Commissioner of Education shall organize school summary reports and student-level records by school district and high school in which the postsecondary education students were enrolled and report the information to each school district no later than January 31 of each year.

(4)  As a part of the school improvement plan pursuant to s. 229.592, the State Board of Education shall ensure that each school district and high school develops strategies to improve student readiness for the public postsecondary level based on annual analysis of the feedback report data.

(5)  The Commissioner of Education shall annually recommend to the Legislature statutory changes to reduce the incidence of postsecondary remediation in mathematics, reading, and writing for first-time-enrolled recent high school graduates.

History.--s. 25, ch. 83-325; s. 16, ch. 86-145; s. 68, ch. 90-288; s. 21, ch. 90-302; s. 3, ch. 93-234; s. 16, ch. 97-2; s. 2, ch. 97-100; s. 24, ch. 97-307.

1Note.--November has only 30 days.