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House Bill 1677




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997                HB 1677

        By Representative Miller






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; authorizing a

  3         pilot program to promote school readiness for

  4         preschool children; requiring an evaluation and

  5         study; providing an effective date.

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  7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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  9         Section 1.  The Commissioner of Education may create a

10  pilot program to promote school readiness for children ages 2

11  to 5. The program must be provided through an existing early

12  childhood program such as the prekindergarten early

13  intervention program, the Head Start program, the Title I

14  program, a subsidized child care program, or a private child

15  care program. The pilot program shall provide education for

16  parents of preschool students in order to foster parental

17  support for their children's success in school and in life.

18         Section 2.  The Department of Education shall conduct

19  an annual evaluation of the program to assess the children's

20  progress and a longitudinal study to document the achievement

21  of the students in elementary school.

22         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

23  law.

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26                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to create a
28    pilot program to promote school readiness. Provides for
      an annual evaluation and a longitudinal study of the
29    program.

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