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House Bill 1677c1




    Florida House of Representatives - 1997             CS/HB 1677

        By the Committee on Education Innovation and
    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; authorizing the use of certain funds;

  6         providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  The Commissioner of Education may create a

11  pilot program to promote school readiness for children ages 2

12  to 5. The pilot program must be provided through an existing

13  early childhood program such as the prekindergarten early

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

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

16  care program. The pilot program shall provide education for

17  parents of preschool children in order to foster parental

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

19         Section 2.  The Department of Education shall conduct

20  an annual evaluation of the pilot program to assess the

21  children's progress and a longitudinal study to document the

22  achievement of the students in elementary school.

23         Section 3.  From federal funds appropriated to the

24  Department of Education, up to $150,000 may be expended to

25  fund the pilot program.

26         Section 4.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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