Brevard Public Schools

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 4^th Grade Mathematics Progress Monitoring Indicators

         Added: New charts for Kindergarten, 1^st Grade, 2^nd Grade and 3^rd-6^th Mathematics Identification/Intervention Decision Tree

         Removed: Old chart for Kindergarten through 4^th 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 4^th Grade Mathematics Decision Tree Flowchart

         Added: New Kindergarten through 4^th Grade Mathematics Decision Tree Flowchart

         Removed: Old Kindergarten through 4^th 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

Students Scoring Level 1 and Level 2 on Reading Portion of the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST)

in Grades 3-10

Students Retained (not promoted) in Grade 2 through Grade 10

Student Promoted for Good Cause