Graduation standards bill declared dead

The Gradebook blog says that SB2654 is down for the count.

Senate sponsor Thad Altman, R-Melbourne, said tonight that SB 2654 won’t be heard on the Senate floor — though the proposal passed the House barely two weeks ago — because there’s just not time.

Former Gov. Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Florida’s Future has been pushing to raise the curriculum requirements for high school students, phasing in algebra II and geometry as required math classes, and biology I and chemistry as required science classes. In addition, the proposal would have increased the required graduation score on the 10th grade FCAT to 3 from 2.

“The bills got farther than I ever expected this year,” Altman said.

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2 Responses to Graduation standards bill declared dead

  1. PDC says:

    We should remind the readers that the biology-only end-of-course testing proposal – and the associated biology-only course graduation requirement – is included in HB 7087, which is awaiting Senate action. This pending legislation would undermine the teaching of physical and Earth/space sciences at the high school level.

  2. PDC says:

    The biology-only testing and course graduation requirement is now residing in an amendment being considered for SB 2482. It appears that Senator Wise has chosen SB 2482 as the vehicle for his reform proposals, and is leaving HB 7087 behind.

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