Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was signed into law in December 2015, amending the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and replacing No ... SkiptoContent Togglenavigation       AboutUs Newsroom HowDoI? 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Standards&InstructionalSupport EveryStudentSucceedsAct(ESSA) TheEveryStudentSucceedsAct(ESSA)wassignedintolawinDecember2015,amendingtheElementaryandSecondaryEducationActof1965andreplacingNoChildLeftBehindprovisions.Withastrong,provenaccountabilitysystem,FloridaisalreadyaheadofmostofthenationasitrelatestotherequirementslaidoutinESSA.StudentperformancehasconsistentlyimprovedsinceFloridaintroducedrigorousaccountabilitymeasures. StateswererequiredtosubmitastateplandescribingtheirapproachtoESSAcompliance.Thedepartmentheldafirstroundofpublicinputsummer2016viaonlinesurvey,andoutreachcontinuedthroughouttheschoolyeartoeducatorassociationsandstakeholdergroups.Thecommissioneralsoconvenedasuperintendents’workgrouptoprovideinputonmajordecisionpoints.Then,adraftofthestateplanwaspostedforpubliccommentJune30-July31,2017.Therewere450respondents(1,295comments)totheaccompanyingonlinesurvey.Thecommentswerereviewedandfurtherrefinementsweremade.ThestateplanwassubmittedtotheGovernorforreview,asrequiredbyESSA.FloridareceivedapprovalfromtheU.S.DepartmentofEducationonSeptember26,2018. OnFebruary22,2021,theU.S.DepartmentofEducationannouncedtheopportunityforstatestoapplyforawaiverofcertainaccountabilityprovisionsforthe2020-2021schoolyear.AmemowassenttoschooldistrictsuperintendentsinvitingpubliccommentonFlorida’sdraftwaiveronMarch17,2021.PubliccommentwasacceptedfromallstakeholdersthroughMarch31,2021.FloridasubmitteditswaiverrequestonApril14,2021.(PDF)ApprovalwasreceivedonApril21,2021(PDF). OnJuly2,2021,theU.S.DepartmentofEducationannouncedtheopportunityforstatestoapplyforawaiverofcertainTitleI,PartAprovisions.Floridawillrequestwaiversofthefollowingprovisions: Section1127(b)ofTitleI,PartAoftheESEAsotheFloridaDepartmentofEducation(department)maywaivemorethanonceeverythreeyears,ifnecessary,the15percentcarryoverlimitationinESEAsection1127(a)forFY2020TitleI,PartAfunds. Section421(b)oftheGeneralEducationProvisionsAct(GEPA)toextendtheperiodofavailabilityofFY2019fundsforprogramsinwhichFloridaparticipatesunderitsapprovedconsolidatedstateplanuntilSeptember30,2022. AmemowassenttoschooldistrictsuperintendentsinvitingpubliccommentonthiswaiveropportunityonAugust27,2021(PDF).ApprovalwasreceivedonDecember2,2021. Florida’sApprovedESSAStatePlan-September26,2018(PDF) SummaryoftheAssessment,Accountability,andSchoolImprovementProvisions(PDF) ApprovalLetterfromtheU.S.DepartmentofEducation(PDF) ElementaryandSecondaryEducationActof1965,asamendedbyESSA(PDF) SchoolsIdentifiedforSupportunderESSA 2021-2022FederalIndexandESSASupportCategories,bySchool (Excel):ThisreportcontainsatabwithbasicFederalIndexdata,atabwithdetailedFederalIndexdata,andadatadictionarytabforunderstandingthedata.TheseschoolswereidentifiedasTargetedSupport&Improvement(TS&I)orComprehensiveSupport&Improvement(CS&I)forthe2022-2023SchoolYear.[FederalIndex22.xlsx] 2021-2022FederalIndex,bySubgroup (Excel):ThisreportcontainsatabwithdetailedFederalIndexdataforeachoftheSubgroups.Thesedataareforinformationalpurposesonly.[FederalIndexSubgroup22.xlsx] 2021-2022SchoolImprovementSupportList(PDF) TheseschoolsareidentifiedasComprehensiveSupport&Improvement(CS&I)forthe2021-2022SchoolYear.ThelistofschoolsidentifiedasTargetedSupport&Improvement(TS&I)remainsunchangedfromtheschoolsidentifiedfor2019-2020. 2020-2021SchoolImprovementSupportList(PDF) TheseschoolsareidentifiedasComprehensiveSupport&Improvement(CS&I)forthe2020-2021SchoolYear.ThelistofschoolsidentifiedasTargetedSupport&Improvement(TS&I)remainsunchangedfromtheschoolsidentifiedfor2019-2020. 2020-2021FederalIndex,bySchool(Excel):ThisreportcontainsatabwithbasicFederalIndexdata,atabwithdetailedFederalIndexdata,andadatadictionarytabforunderstandingthedata.Thesedataareforinformationalpurposesonly. 2020-2021FederalIndex,bySubgroup(Excel):ThisreportcontainsatabwithdetailedFederalIndexdataforeachoftheSubgroups.Thesedataareforinformationalpurposesonly. 2018-2019FederalIndexandESSASupportCategories,bySchool(Excel):ThisreportcontainsatabwithbasicFederalIndexdata,atabwithdetailedFederalIndexdata,andadatadictionarytabforunderstandingthedata.TheseschoolswereidentifiedasTargetedSupport&Improvement(TS&I)orComprehensiveSupport&Improvement(CS&I)forthe2019-2020SchoolYear. 2018-2019FederalIndexandESSASupportCategories,bySubgroup(Excel):ThisreportcontainsatabwithdetailedFederalIndexdataforeachoftheSubgroups. 2017-2018BaselineFederalIndexandESSASupportCategories,bySchool(Excel):ThisreportcontainsatabwithbasicFederalIndexdata,atabwithdetailedFederalIndexdata,andadatadictionarytabforunderstandingthedata.TheseschoolswereidentifiedasTargetedSupport&Improvement(TS&I)orComprehensiveSupport&Improvement(CS&I)forthe2018-2019SchoolYear. 2017-2018BaselineFederalIndexandESSASupportCategories,bySubgroup(Excel):ThisreportcontainsatabwithdetailedFederalIndexdataforeachoftheSubgroups. 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