{"id":237,"date":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","date_gmt":"2012-06-30T00:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2018-11-15T18:45:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T18:45:38","slug":"public-education-system","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/PensacolaFL3\/?page_id=237","title":{"rendered":"Public Education System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ACADEMICS \/ PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION SYSTEM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must be at least five years old on or before the first day of September of the current school year. Those registering for first grade must have completed kindergarten and be at least six years old by the same cut-off date. The documents needed to register include a legal birth certificate, immunization proof signed by a physician, a record of a recent health exam by a Florida physician, and proof of residence. The following resources offer more complete details:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida Partnership for School Readiness<\/strong><br \/>\n866-357-3239<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.schoolreadiness.org\">www.schoolreadiness.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Immunization Information<\/strong><br \/>\nFlorida Department of Health<br \/>\n850-245-4342<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\">www.floridahealth.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida Private Schools<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida Council of Independent Schools<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.fcis.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Panhandle Parochial Schools<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ptdiocese.org\/schools\" target=\"_blank\">www.ptdiocese.org\/schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>School Assessment &amp; Testing<\/strong><br \/>\nSchools in Florida administer the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT), an achievement test designed to measure Sunshine State Standards benchmarks in reading and math. Test scores are measured on a scoring range from 100 to 500 and grouped into five achievement levels: Level 1 (the lowest) to Level 5 (the highest). For more details on the FCAT or standardized nationwide tests, contact Accountability, Research &amp; Measurement. For more general information or answers to questions about Florida public education, contact the office that is most appropriate:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida Department of Education<\/strong><br \/>\n850-245-0505<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\">www.fldoe.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida State Board of Education<\/strong><br \/>\n850-245-9654<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/policy\/state-board-of-edu\/index.stml\">www.fldoe.org\/policy\/state-board-of-edu\/index.stml<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Accountability, Research &amp; Measurement<\/strong><br \/>\n850-245-0400<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/about-us\/division-of-accountability-research-me.stml\">www.fldoe.org\/about-us\/division-of-accountability-research-me.stml<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bright Futures<\/strong><br \/>\n888-827-2004<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/\">www.fldoe.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>K-12 Public Schools<\/strong><br \/>\n850-245-0509<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\">www.fldoe.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Colleges &amp; Universities<\/strong><br \/>\n850-245-0466<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldcu.org\">www.fldcu.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ACADEMICS \/ PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION SYSTEM To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must be at least five years old on or before the first day of September of the current school year. Those registering for first grade must have completed kindergarten and be at least six years old by the same cut-off date. 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