Florida Senate - 2009 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/HB 597, 1st Eng.
Barcode 573522
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: WD/2R .
04/29/2009 05:36 PM .
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Senator Storms moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 412 - 481
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5 districts shall assist such homeless children in meeting to
6 meet the requirements of subsection (4) and s. 1003.22, as well
7 as local requirements for documentation.
8 (4) Before admitting a child to kindergarten, the principal
9 shall require evidence that the child has attained the age at
10 which he or she should be admitted in accordance with the
11 provisions of subparagraph (1)(a)2. The district school
12 superintendent may require evidence of the age of any child whom
13 he or she believes to be within the limits of compulsory
14 attendance as provided for by law. If the first prescribed
15 evidence is not available, the next evidence obtainable in the
16 order set forth below shall be accepted:
17 (g) If none of these evidences can be produced, an
18 affidavit of age sworn to by the parent, accompanied by a
19 certificate of age signed by a public health officer or by a
20 public school physician, or, if neither of these are not is
21 available in the county, by a licensed practicing physician
22 designated by the district school board, which certificate
23 states that the health officer or physician has examined the
24 child and believes that the age as stated in the affidavit is
25 substantially correct. Children and youths who are experiencing
26 homelessness A homeless child, as defined in s. 1003.01, shall
27 be given temporary exemption from this section for 30 school
28 days.
29 Section 10. Subsection (1) and paragraph (e) of subsection
30 (5) of section 1003.22, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
31 1003.22 School-entry health examinations; immunization
32 against communicable diseases; exemptions; duties of Department
33 of Health.—
34 (1) Each district school board and the governing authority
35 of each private school shall require that each child who is
36 entitled to admittance to kindergarten, or is entitled to any
37 other initial entrance into a public or private school in this
38 state, present a certification of a school-entry health
39 examination performed within 1 year before prior to enrollment
40 in school. Each district school board, and the governing
41 authority of each private school, may establish a policy that
42 permits a student up to 30 school days to present a
43 certification of a school-entry health examination. Children and
44 youths who are experiencing homelessness A homeless child, as
45 defined in s. 1003.01, shall be given a temporary exemption for
46 30 school days. Any district school board that establishes such
47 a policy shall include provisions in its local school health
48 services plan to assist students in obtaining the health
49 examinations. However, a any child shall be exempted exempt from
50 the requirement of a health examination upon written request of
51 the parent of the child stating objections to the examination on
52 religious grounds.
53 (5) The provisions of this section shall not apply if:
54 (e) An authorized school official issues a temporary exemption,
55 for up to a period not to exceed 30 school days, to permit a
56 student who transfers into a new county to attend class until
57 his or her records can be obtained. Children and youths who are
58 experiencing homelessness A homeless child, as defined in s.
59 1003.01, shall be given a temporary exemption for 30 school
60 days. The public school health nurse or authorized private
61 school official is responsible for followup of each such student
62 until proper documentation or immunizations are obtained. An
63 exemption for 30 days may be issued for a student who enters a
64 juvenile justice program to permit the student to attend class
65 until his or her records can be obtained or until the
66 immunizations can be obtained. An authorized juvenile justice
67 official is responsible for followup of each student who enters
68 a juvenile justice program until proper documentation or
69 immunizations are obtained.
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72 And the title is amended as follows:
73 Delete lines 27 - 35
74 and insert:
75 amending s. 1003.21, F.S.; conforming terminology;
76 amending s. 1003.22, F.S.; conforming terminology;
77 providing an effective date.
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