Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 514
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/04/2014           .                                
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       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1002.311, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1002.311 Single-gender programs authorized.—
    8         (2) A district school board that establishes a single
    9  gender class, extracurricular activity, or school:
   10         (a) May not require participation by any student. The
   11  district school board must ensure that participation in the
   12  single-gender class, extracurricular activity, or school is
   13  voluntary.
   14         (b) Must evaluate each single-gender class, extracurricular
   15  activity, or school in the school district at least once every 2
   16  years in order to ensure that it is in compliance with this
   17  section and 34 C.F.R. s. 106.34.
   18         (c) Must comply with the following requirements when
   19  establishing a gender-specific elementary, middle, or high
   20  school:
   21         1. Separate into grade-level boys-only classes and girls
   22  only classes during instruction in core courses.
   23         2. Offer open enrollment to all students within the school
   24  district.
   25         3. Require the school’s administrative and instructional
   26  personnel to participate in professional development that
   27  includes scheduling and instructional strategies.
   28         4. Provide to the department a comparison of the academic
   29  performance of students in the gender-specific elementary,
   30  middle, or high school with the academic performance of students
   31  in other public elementary, middle, or high schools, as
   32  appropriate, in the school district.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
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   35  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   36  And the title is amended as follows:
   37         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   38  and insert:
   39                        A bill to be entitled                      
   40         An act relating to single-gender public school
   41         programs; amending s. 1002.311, F.S.; providing
   42         requirements for a district school board when
   43         establishing a gender-specific elementary, middle, or
   44         high school; requiring school administrative and
   45         instructional personnel to participate in professional
   46         development; providing accountability requirements;
   47         providing an effective date.