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11  Senator Grant moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, line 15, delete that line

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17         Section 2.  Effective June 1, 1999, paragraph (b) of

18  subsection (1) of section 232.01, Florida Statutes, is amended

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20         232.01  Regular school attendance required between ages

21  of 6 and 16; permitted at age of 5; exceptions.--

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23         (b)  Any child who has attained the age of 6 years on

24  or before August 1 September 1 of the school year and who has

25  been enrolled in a public school or who has attained the age

26  of 6 years on or before August 1 September 1 and has

27  satisfactorily completed the requirements for kindergarten in

28  a nonpublic school from which the district school board

29  accepts transfer of academic credit, or who otherwise meets

30  the criteria for admission or transfer in a manner similar to

31  that applicable to other grades, shall progress according to

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  1  the district's pupil progression plan. However, nothing in

  2  this section shall authorize the state or any school district

  3  to oversee or exercise control over the curricula or academic

  4  programs of nonpublic schools.

  5         Section 3.  Effective June 1, 2000, paragraph (b) of

  6  subsection (1) of section 232.01, Florida Statutes, as amended

  7  by section 1 of this act, is amended to read:

  8         232.01  Regular school attendance required between ages

  9  of 6 and 16; permitted at age of 5; exceptions.--

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11         (b)  Any child who has attained the age of 6 years on

12  or before July 1 August 1 of the school year and who has been

13  enrolled in a public school or who has attained the age of 6

14  years on or before July 1 August 1 and has satisfactorily

15  completed the requirements for kindergarten in a nonpublic

16  school from which the district school board accepts transfer

17  of academic credit, or who otherwise meets the criteria for

18  admission or transfer in a manner similar to that applicable

19  to other grades, shall progress according to the district's

20  pupil progression plan. However, nothing in this section shall

21  authorize the state or any school district to oversee or

22  exercise control over the curricula or academic programs of

23  nonpublic schools.

24         Section 4.  Effective June 1, 2001, paragraph (b) of

25  subsection (1) of section 232.01, Florida Statutes, as amended

26  by section 2 of this act, is amended to read:

27         232.01  Regular school attendance required between ages

28  of 6 and 16; permitted at age of 5; exceptions.--

29         (1)

30         (b)  Any child who has attained the age of 6 years on

31  or before June 1 July 1 of the school year and who has been

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  1  enrolled in a public school or who has attained the age of 6

  2  years on or before June 1 July 1 and has satisfactorily

  3  completed the requirements for kindergarten in a nonpublic

  4  school from which the district school board accepts transfer

  5  of academic credit, or who otherwise meets the criteria for

  6  admission or transfer in a manner similar to that applicable

  7  to other grades, shall progress according to the district's

  8  pupil progression plan. However, nothing in this section shall

  9  authorize the state or any school district to oversee or

10  exercise control over the curricula or academic programs of

11  nonpublic schools.

12         Section 5.  Section 232.04, Florida Statutes, is

13  amended to read:

14         232.04  In kindergartens.--For the 1983-1984 school

15  year and thereafter, Children who will have attained the age

16  of 5 years on or before the date prescribed in this section

17  during September 1 of the school year shall be eligible for

18  admission to public kindergartens during that school year

19  under rules prescribed by the school board. For the school

20  year 1998, the child must have attained the age of 5 years on

21  or before August 1, 1998. For the school year 1999, the child

22  must have attained the age of 5 years on or before July 1,

23  1999. For the school year 2000 and thereafter, the child must

24  have attained the age of 5 years on or before June 1 of the

25  school year.

26         Section 6.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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31  And the title is amended as follows:

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  4         amending s. 232.01, F.S.; revising the age at

  5         which students must begin school; amending s.

  6         232.04, F.S.; revising the age at which

  7         students must begin kindergarten;

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