SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 3951

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Lee moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 3, lines 9-25, delete those lines

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17         Section 3.  Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (1) of

18  section 232.01, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

19         232.01  School attendance.--

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

22  or before September 1 of the school year and who has been

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

24  years on or before September 1 and has satisfactorily

25  completed the requirements for kindergarten in a nonpublic

26  school from which the district school board accepts transfer

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

28  admission or transfer in a manner similar to that applicable

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

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

31  authorize the state or any school district to oversee or

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 3951

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 1  exercise control over the curricula or academic programs of

 2  nonpublic schools or home education programs.

 3         (c)  A child who attains the age of 16 years during the

 4  school year is not subject to compulsory school attendance

 5  beyond the date upon which he or she attains that age if the

 6  child files a formal declaration of intent to terminate school

 7  enrollment with the district school board. The declaration

 8  must acknowledge that terminating school enrollment is likely

 9  to reduce the student's earning potential and must be signed

10  by the child and the child's parent or legal guardian. The

11  school district must notify the child's parent or legal

12  guardian of receipt of the child's declaration of intent to

13  terminate school enrollment. A child who attains the age of 18

14  years during the school year is not subject to compulsory

15  school attendance beyond the date upon which he or she attains

16  that age.

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20  And the title is amended as follows:

21         On page 1, line 11, after the semicolon

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24         revising provisions relating to compulsory

25         school attendance;

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