Notice to the Public
The School Board of Brevard County Florida
In accordance with F. S. 1008.25(10)(b), Brevard Public Schools reports the following regarding the statutory regulation of student progression, school board policies and procedures on retention and promotion, and any changes to the District’s School Board policy on retention and promotion from school year 2024-25 to 2025-26. The School Progression Plan (SPP) has undergone School Board approval. The Student Progression Plan (SPP) may be viewed in its entirety on the District website at the following link. The Florida Statute regarding student progression (F. S. 1008.25) may be viewed at the following link.
Updated Legal Foundations
· Added: Language for make-up work for students who have out of school suspension.
· Added: Language for principals or designees to establish site-specific procedures that encourage regular attendance
Updated General Information:
Updated Subsection Resource Allocation:
· Added: Voluntary Prekindergarten as an area for resource allocation
Updated Subsection Reading Deficiency and Parental Notification:
· Added: Language on Voluntary Prekindergarten Education and parental notification in reading and mathematics.
· Added: Monthly progress to the intensive interventions and supports
· Added: Definitions on how a VPK student is identified as having a substantial deficiency in mathematics
Updated Subsection Annual Reports:
· Removed: The district will publish the annual report in the newspaper
Updated Subsection Required Instruction:
· Added: Disability History and Awareness Instruction
Updated Elementary:
Updated Subsection Home School Education
· Added: Review of home education annual evaluation
Updated Subsection Reading and Mathematics Deficiency:
· Added: Language about Voluntary Prekindergarten Education
· Removed: Language on Substantial deficiency for Voluntary Prekindergarten Education
Updated Subsection Parent/Legal Guardian Notification:
· Added: The school must immediately begin collecting evidence for a portfolio when a student in grade 3 is identified as being at risk of retention or at the request of the parent.
· Removed: Portfolio review and assessments are available to assist parents and the District in determining whether or not a student is reading at or above grade level
Updated Subsection Third Grade Mandatory Retention Exemptions for Good Cause:
· Added: Implement a policy for midyear promotion of a student retained
· Added: Establish at each school, when applicable, an intensive reading acceleration course
· Added: Targeted small group instruction
Updated Middle School:
Updated Subsection Alternative Scheduling
· Removed: Alternative Scheduling
Updated Senior High School:
Updated Subsection Instructional Day:
· Added: Have met or are scheduled to meet College Career Readiness (CCR)
Updated Subsection Promotion by Grade Level
· Added: A dropout prevention program
· Removed: An approved Performance Based Diploma Plan through the Alternative Education Program
Updated Subsection Graduation Requirements:
· Removed: The words “Compression Only” under the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
Updated Subsection High School Graduation Charts:
· Removed: Computer Science Discoveries and Computer Science Principles
· Added: However, these courses do not satisfy the math requirements for Bright Futures
· Added: However, these courses do not satisfy the EQ science requirements for Bright Futures
· Added: Florida Seal of Biliteracy
· Added: Florida Seal of Fine Arts
· Added: A new chart for High School Graduation Requirements
· Removed: The old charter for High School Graduation
Updated Subsection Learning Opportunities for Out-of-State and Out-of-County Transfer Students Needing Additional Instruction to Meet High School Graduation Requirements:
· Removed: Certificate of Completion
Updated Subsection Alternatives to High School Graduation:
· Removed: Certificate of Completion
Updated Subsection Acceleration:
· Removed: Credits earned through demonstration of mastery of student performance standards
· Removed: Credits earned in a program approved by Curriculum and Instruction
Updated Subsection Advanced Placement
· Added: Students who cancel or who do not have an approved absence will be required to pay the $40 cancelled AP exam fee charged by the College Board
Updated Subsection International Baccalaureate (IB)
· Added: Students who cancel or who do not have an approved absence will be required to pay the cancelled IB exam fee charged by the IB office
Updated Subsection Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE)
· Added: Students who cancel or who do not have an approved absence will be required to pay the cancelled AICE exam fee charged by the Cambridge office
Updated Subsection Bright Futures Scholarship Program
· Added: Seventy-five (75) volunteer service for students entering grade 9 in 2024-25 school year and thereafter
Updated Career and Technical Education:
Updated Subsection Brevard Public Schools Industry Certifications Substituting for Math or Science Credit Toward Graduation
· Added: New Industry Certifications Substituting for Math or Science Credit Toward Graduation chart
· Removed: BPS Industry Certification chart
Updated Subsection Work-Based Learning Credit
· Added: Career and Technical Education Programs 2025-26 chart
· Removed: Old Career and Technical Education Program 2024-25 chart
Updated Exceptional Student Progression Plan
Updated Subsection Graduation from High School as Related to a Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
· Removed: Certification of Completion
Updated Subsection Diploma Options
· Added: New Standard Diploma-Access Points Pathway chart
· Removed: Old Standard Diploma Access Point Pathway chart
Updated Subsection Certificate of Completion
· Removed the entire section
Updated English for Students of Other Languages
Updated Subsection Identification and Placement
· Added: Requirements for identification. Each student shall be surveyed upon initial registration in a Florica public school
· Added: Age-Appropriate Placement Chart for ELLs
Updated Subsection Programmatic Assessment
· Added: The District shall seek to document the prior schooling experience of ELLs by means of school records, transcripts and other evidence of educational experiences, and take such experiences into account in planning and providing appropriate instruction to students
Update Subsection Post-reclassification Monitoring
· Added: Potential reclassification back into the ESOL program for underperformance may only occur during the two-year monitoring period poste exiting the ESOL program
Update Elementary Appendix
Updated Subsection Kindergarten through 4th Grade Mathematics Progress Monitoring Indicators
· Added: New charts for Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade and 3rd-6th Mathematics Identification/Intervention Decision Tree
· Removed: Old chart for Kindergarten through 4th Grade Mathematics Progress Monitoring Indicators
Updated Subsection Sample Letters to Parents/Legal Guardians
· Added: New information on Level 1 Students in Grades 4-6
Updated Subsection Kindergarten through 4th Grade Mathematics Decision Tree Flowchart
· Added: New Kindergarten through 4th Grade Mathematics Decision Tree Flowchart
· Removed: Old Kindergarten through 4th Grade Mathematics Decision Tree Flowchart
Updated Secondary Appendix
Updated Subsection Secondary Schools District Administrative Procedures for Grading #5
· Removed: English 4 and English 4 Honors classes will administer the Brevard Public Schools Final Examination
Updated Subsection Secondary Schools District Administrative Procedures for Grading #9
· Added: Students enrolled in a school for fewer than fifteen (15) days do not have to receive grades for that grading period
