Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1026
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/18/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K -12 (Grall) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 104 - 122
    4  and insert:
    5         (5)
    6         (a) If a public school’s or private prekindergarten
    7  provider’s program assessment composite score for its
    8  prekindergarten classrooms fails to meet the minimum program
    9  assessment composite score for contracting adopted in rule by
   10  the department, the private prekindergarten provider or public
   11  school may not participate in the Voluntary Prekindergarten
   12  Education Program beginning in the consecutive program year and
   13  thereafter until the public school or private prekindergarten
   14  provider meets the minimum composite score for contracting. A
   15  public school or private prekindergarten provider may request
   16  one program assessment per program year in order to requalify
   17  for participation in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education
   18  Program, provided that the public school or private
   19  prekindergarten provider is not excluded from participation
   20  under ss. 1002.55(6), 1002.61(10)(b), 1002.63(9)(b), or
   21  paragraph (5)(b) of this section. If a public school or private
   22  prekindergarten provider would like an additional program
   23  assessment completed within the same program year, the public
   24  school or private prekindergarten provider shall be responsible
   25  for the cost of the program assessment.
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   28  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   29         Delete lines 81 - 83
   30  and insert:
   31         Section 3. Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (4) and
   32  paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section 1002.68, Florida
   33  Statutes, are amended, and upon the expiration and reversion of
   34  the amendment made to paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of that
   35  section pursuant to section 6 of chapter 2023-240, Laws of
   36  Florida, paragraph (a) of subsection (5) is republished, to
   37  read: