Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (137566) for CS for SB 1552
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/22/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Montford) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (798694) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 1137 and 1138
    5  insert:
    6         Section 8. Subsection (1) of section 1011.61, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         1011.61 Definitions.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
    9  1000.21, the following terms are defined as follows for the
   10  purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program:
   11         (1) A “full-time equivalent student” in each program of the
   12  district is defined in terms of full-time students and part-time
   13  students as follows:
   14         (a) A “full-time student” is one student on the membership
   15  roll of one school program or a combination of school programs
   16  listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c) for the school year or the equivalent
   17  for:
   18         1. Instruction in a standard school, comprising not less
   19  than 900 net hours for a student in or at the grade level of 4
   20  through 12, or not less than 720 net hours for a student in or
   21  at the grade level of kindergarten through grade 3 or in an
   22  authorized prekindergarten exceptional program; or
   23         2.Instruction in a double-session school or a school
   24  utilizing an experimental school calendar approved by the
   25  Department of Education, comprising not less than the equivalent
   26  of 810 net hours in grades 4 through 12 or not less than 630 net
   27  hours in kindergarten through grade 3; or
   28         2.3. Instruction comprising the appropriate number of net
   29  hours set forth in subparagraph 1. or subparagraph 2. for
   30  students who, within the past year, have moved with their
   31  parents for the purpose of engaging in the farm labor or fish
   32  industries, if a plan furnishing such an extended school day or
   33  week, or a combination thereof, has been approved by the
   34  commissioner. Such plan may be approved to accommodate the needs
   35  of migrant students only or may serve all students in schools
   36  having a high percentage of migrant students. The plan described
   37  in this subparagraph is optional for any school district and is
   38  not mandated by the state.
   39         (b) A “part-time student” is a student on the active
   40  membership roll of a school program or combination of school
   41  programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c) who is less than a full-time
   42  student.
   43         (c)1. A “full-time equivalent student” is:
   44         a. A full-time student in any one of the programs listed in
   45  s. 1011.62(1)(c); or
   46         b. A combination of full-time or part-time students in any
   47  one of the programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c) which is the
   48  equivalent of one full-time student based on the following
   49  calculations:
   50         (I) A full-time student in a combination of programs listed
   51  in s. 1011.62(1)(c) shall be a fraction of a full-time
   52  equivalent membership in each special program equal to the
   53  number of net hours per school year for which he or she is a
   54  member, divided by the appropriate number of hours set forth in
   55  subparagraph (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2. The difference between
   56  that fraction or sum of fractions and the maximum value as set
   57  forth in subsection (4) for each full-time student is presumed
   58  to be the balance of the student’s time not spent in a special
   59  program and shall be recorded as time in the appropriate basic
   60  program.
   61         (II) A prekindergarten student with a disability shall meet
   62  the requirements specified for kindergarten students.
   63         (III) A full-time equivalent student for students in
   64  kindergarten through grade 12 in a full-time virtual instruction
   65  program under s. 1002.45 or a virtual charter school under s.
   66  1002.33 shall consist of six full-credit completions or the
   67  prescribed level of content that counts toward promotion to the
   68  next grade in programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c). Credit
   69  completions may be a combination of full-credit courses or half
   70  credit courses. Beginning in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the
   71  reported full-time equivalent students and associated funding of
   72  students enrolled in courses requiring passage of an end-of
   73  course assessment under s. 1003.4282 to earn a standard high
   74  school diploma shall be adjusted if the student does not pass
   75  the end-of-course assessment. However, no adjustment shall be
   76  made for a student who enrolls in a segmented remedial course
   77  delivered online.
   78         (IV) A full-time equivalent student for students in
   79  kindergarten through grade 12 in a part-time virtual instruction
   80  program under s. 1002.45 shall consist of six full-credit
   81  completions in programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c)1. and 3.
   82  Credit completions may be a combination of full-credit courses
   83  or half-credit courses. Beginning in the 2016-2017 fiscal year,
   84  the reported full-time equivalent students and associated
   85  funding of students enrolled in courses requiring passage of an
   86  end-of-course assessment under s. 1003.4282 to earn a standard
   87  high school diploma shall be adjusted if the student does not
   88  pass the end-of-course assessment. However, no adjustment shall
   89  be made for a student who enrolls in a segmented remedial course
   90  delivered online.
   91         (V) A Florida Virtual School full-time equivalent student
   92  shall consist of six full-credit completions or the prescribed
   93  level of content that counts toward promotion to the next grade
   94  in the programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c)1. and 3. for students
   95  participating in kindergarten through grade 12 part-time virtual
   96  instruction and the programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c) for
   97  students participating in kindergarten through grade 12 full
   98  time virtual instruction. Credit completions may be a
   99  combination of full-credit courses or half-credit courses.
  100  Beginning in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the reported full-time
  101  equivalent students and associated funding of students enrolled
  102  in courses requiring passage of an end-of-course assessment
  103  under s. 1003.4282 to earn a standard high school diploma shall
  104  be adjusted if the student does not pass the end-of-course
  105  assessment. However, no adjustment shall be made for a student
  106  who enrolls in a segmented remedial course delivered online.
  107         (VI) Each successfully completed full-credit course earned
  108  through an online course delivered by a district other than the
  109  one in which the student resides shall be calculated as 1/6 FTE.
  110         (VII) A full-time equivalent student for courses requiring
  111  passage of a statewide, standardized end-of-course assessment
  112  under s. 1003.4282 to earn a standard high school diploma shall
  113  be defined and reported based on the number of instructional
  114  hours as provided in this subsection until the 2016-2017 fiscal
  115  year. Beginning in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the FTE for the
  116  course shall be assessment-based and shall be equal to 1/6 FTE.
  117  The reported FTE shall be adjusted if the student does not pass
  118  the end-of-course assessment. However, no adjustment shall be
  119  made for a student who enrolls in a segmented remedial course
  120  delivered online.
  121         (VIII) For students enrolled in a school district as a
  122  full-time student, the district may report 1/6 FTE for each
  123  student who passes a statewide, standardized end-of-course
  124  assessment without being enrolled in the corresponding course.
  125         2. A student in membership in a program scheduled for more
  126  or less than 180 school days or the equivalent on an hourly
  127  basis as specified by rules of the State Board of Education is a
  128  fraction of a full-time equivalent membership equal to the
  129  number of instructional hours in membership divided by the
  130  appropriate number of hours set forth in subparagraph (a)1.;
  131  however, for the purposes of this subparagraph, membership in
  132  programs scheduled for more than 180 days is limited to students
  133  enrolled in:
  134         a. Juvenile justice education programs.
  135         b. The Florida Virtual School.
  136         c. Virtual instruction programs and virtual charter schools
  137  for the purpose of course completion and credit recovery
  138  pursuant to ss. 1002.45 and 1003.498. Course completion applies
  139  only to a student who is reported during the second or third
  140  membership surveys and who does not complete a virtual education
  141  course by the end of the regular school year. The course must be
  142  completed no later than the deadline for amending the final
  143  student enrollment survey for that year. Credit recovery applies
  144  only to a student who has unsuccessfully completed a traditional
  145  or virtual education course during the regular school year and
  146  must re-take the course in order to be eligible to graduate with
  147  the student’s class.
  148  
  149  The full-time equivalent student enrollment calculated under
  150  this subsection is subject to the requirements in subsection
  151  (4).
  152  
  153  The department shall determine and implement an equitable method
  154  of equivalent funding for experimental schools and for schools
  155  operating under emergency conditions, which schools have been
  156  approved by the department to operate for less than the minimum
  157  school day.
  158  
  159  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  160  And the title is amended as follows:
  161         Delete line 1508
  162  and insert:
  163         Education; amending s. 1011.61, F.S.; revising the
  164         definition of the term “full-time student” for the
  165         purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program;
  166         creating s. 1011.6202, F.S.; creating the