Senate Bill 2322

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2322

    By Senator Hargrett





    21-1417-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; creating an urban

  3         tutorial and mentoring program; providing goals

  4         for the program; specifying certain activities

  5         that must be part of the program; providing an

  6         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.  Urban tutorial and mentoring program;

11  creation; goals; requirements.--

12         (1)  An urban tutorial and mentoring program is created

13  to serve economically disadvantaged minority students in urban

14  areas. The goals of the program are:

15         (a)  To improve the academic performance of

16  economically disadvantaged minority students in public

17  schools.

18         (b)  To increase the involvement of parents in their

19  children's out-of-school experiences.

20         (c)  To establish linkages among parents, community

21  institutions, and the public schools.

22         (d)  To develop model programs that can be implemented

23  at other sites.

24         (2)  The urban tutorial and mentoring program must:

25         (a)  Provide educational support services after school

26  and on weekends;

27         (b)  Be located in the community where the students

28  live;

29         (c)  Provide visits to families to inform them about

30  the program and to invite them to participate;

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    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2322
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  1         (d)  Recruit volunteers to serve as mentors for the

  2  students; 

  3         (e)  Provide enrichment activities such as field trips

  4  and lectures by guest speakers; and

  5         (f)  Develop monitoring and assessment models for

  6  measuring and evaluating the achievement of the goals and

  7  objectives of the project.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  9  law.

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13    Creates an urban tutorial and mentoring program. Provides
      goals for the program. Specifies certain activities that
14    must be part of the program.

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