Florida 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

SB 708 — Native Language Assessments in Public Schools

Last action — Died in Education

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Native Language Assessments in Public Schools; 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; requiring written portions of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring program for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program through grade 3 to be in specified native languages; revising requirements of the statewide, standardized assessment program to include native language versions of related assessments, etc.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Died in Education

  2. Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

  3. Introduced

  4. Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Education; Appropriations

  5. Filed

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 163 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (163)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 708 do?
Native Language Assessments in Public Schools; 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; requiring written portions of the coordinated screening and progress monitoring program for students in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program through grade 3 to be in specified native languages; revising requirements of the statewide, standardized assessment program to include native language versions of related assessments, etc.
Who sponsors SB 708?
SB 708 is sponsored by Rodriguez, Ana Maria (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 708?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 708?
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