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11 The Committee on Education (Baker) recommended the following
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 4. Maintain satisfactory conduct and, if a student is
20 convicted of, or is found to have committed, a felony or a
21 delinquent act which would have been a felony if committed by
22 an adult, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld, the
23 student's participation in interscholastic extracurricular
24 activities is contingent upon established and published
25 district school board policy.
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27 District school boards are encouraged to establish a process
28 to waive the requirements of this paragraph based on
29 extenuating circumstances of an individual student. The State
30 Board of Education shall approve each school district's waiver
31 process prior to implementation.
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1 (b) Any student who is exempt from attending a full
2 school day based on rules adopted by the district school board
3 for double session schools or programs, experimental schools,
4 or schools operating under emergency conditions must maintain
5 the grade point average required by this section and pass each
6 class for which he or she is enrolled. The establishment and
7 approval of the waiver process pursuant to paragraph (a) shall
8 apply to the requirements of this paragraph.
9 (c) An individual home education student is eligible
10 to participate at the public school to which the student would
11 be assigned according to district school board attendance area
12 policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant
13 to district or interdistrict controlled open enrollment
14 provisions, or may develop an agreement to participate at a
15 private school, in the interscholastic extracurricular
16 activities of that school, provided the following conditions
17 are met:
18 1. The home education student must meet the
19 requirements of the home education program pursuant to s.
20 1002.41.
21 2. During the period of participation at a school, the
22 home education student must demonstrate educational progress
23 as required in paragraph (b) in all subjects taken in the home
24 education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the
25 parent and the school principal which may include: review of
26 the student's work by a certified teacher chosen by the
27 parent; grades earned through correspondence; grades earned in
28 courses taken at a community college, university, or trade
29 school; standardized test scores above the 35th percentile; or
30 any other method designated in s. 1002.41.
31 3. The home education student must meet the same
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1 residency requirements as other students in the school at
2 which he or she participates.
3 4. The home education student must meet the same
4 standards of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required
5 of other students in extracurricular activities.
6 5. The student must register with the school his or
7 her intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
8 activities as a representative of the school before the
9 beginning date of the season for the activity in which he or
10 she wishes to participate. A home education student must be
11 able to participate in curricular activities if that is a
12 requirement for an extracurricular activity.
13 6. A student who transfers from a home education
14 program to a public school before or during the first grading
15 period of the school year is academically eligible to
16 participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities
17 during the first grading period provided the student has a
18 successful evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant
19 to subparagraph 2.
20 7. Any public school or private school student who has
21 been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation
22 in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
23 participate in such activities as a home education student
24 until the student has successfully completed one grading
25 period in home education pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become
26 eligible to participate as a home education student.
27 (d) An individual charter school student pursuant to
28 s. 1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to
29 which the student would be assigned according to district
30 school board attendance area policies or which the student
31 could choose to attend, pursuant to district or interdistrict
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1 controlled open-enrollment provisions, in any interscholastic
2 extracurricular activity of that school, unless such activity
3 is provided by the student's charter school, if the following
4 conditions are met:
5 1. The charter school student must meet the
6 requirements of the charter school education program as
7 determined by the charter school governing board.
8 2. During the period of participation at a school, the
9 charter school student must demonstrate educational progress
10 as required in paragraph (b).
11 3. The charter school student must meet the same
12 residency requirements as other students in the school at
13 which he or she participates.
14 4. The charter school student must meet the same
15 standards of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are
16 required of other students in extracurricular activities.
17 5. The charter school student must register with the
18 school his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
19 extracurricular activities as a representative of the school
20 before the beginning date of the season for the activity in
21 which he or she wishes to participate. A charter school
22 student must be able to participate in curricular activities
23 if that is a requirement for an extracurricular activity.
24 6. A student who transfers from a charter school
25 program to a traditional public school before or during the
26 first grading period of the school year is academically
27 eligible to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
28 activities during the first grading period if the student has
29 a successful evaluation from the previous school year,
30 pursuant to subparagraph 2.
31 7. Any public school or private school student who has
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1 been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation
2 in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
3 participate in such activities as a charter school student
4 until the student has successfully completed one grading
5 period in a charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to
6 become eligible to participate as a charter school student.
7 (4) The student standards for participation in
8 interscholastic extracurricular activities must be applied
9 beginning with the student's first semester of the 9th grade.
10 Each student must meet such other requirements for
11 participation as may be established by the district school
12 board; however, a district school board may not establish
13 requirements for participation in interscholastic
14 extracurricular activities which make participation in such
15 activities less accessible to home education students than to
16 other students. Except as set forth in paragraph (3)(c),
17 evaluation processes or requirements that are placed on home
18 education student participants may not go beyond those that
19 apply under s. 1002.41 to home education students generally.
20 (5) Any organization or entity that regulates or
21 governs interscholastic extracurricular activities of public
22 schools:
23 (a) Shall permit home education associations to join
24 as member schools.
25 (b) Shall not discriminate against any eligible
26 student based on an educational choice of public, private, or
27 home education.
28 (6) Public schools are prohibited from membership in
29 any organization or entity which regulates or governs
30 interscholastic extracurricular activities and discriminates
31 against eligible students in public, private, or home
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1 education.
2 (7) Any insurance provided by district school boards
3 for participants in extracurricular activities shall cover the
4 participating home education student. If there is an
5 additional premium for such coverage, the participating home
6 education student shall pay the premium.
7 Section 2. Subsection (11) of section 1002.33, Florida
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 1002.33 Charter schools.--
10 (11) PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR
11 ACTIVITIES.--A charter school student is eligible to
12 participate in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at
13 the public school to which the student would be otherwise
14 assigned to attend pursuant to s. 1006.15(3)(d).
15 Section 3. Subsection (4) of section 1002.41, Florida
16 Statutes, is amended to read:
17 1002.41 Home education programs.--
18 (4) Home education students may participate in
19 interscholastic extracurricular student activities in
20 accordance with the provisions of s. 1006.15.
21 Section 4. The Department of Education shall gather
22 data regarding the number of students who have been precluded
23 from participating in extracurricular activities due to the
24 provisions of section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, as amended by
25 this act, and their impact on graduation rates and dropout
26 rates. This data shall be reported annually to the Governor,
27 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President
28 of the Senate.
29 Section 5. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 participation; authorizing district school
7 boards to establish a waiver process; requiring
8 the State Board of Education to approve school
9 district waiver processes; amending ss. 1002.33
10 and 1002.41 F.S.; conforming provisions;
11 requiring the Department of Education to
12 annually report data relating to student
13 participation in extracurricular activities;
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