Senate Bill 1032

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1032

    By Senator Gutman





    34-1109-99                                          See HB 271

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to prekindergarten early

  3         intervention programs; amending s. 230.2305,

  4         F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to

  5         develop legislation to expand the

  6         prekindergarten early intervention program to

  7         provide access to all 3-year old and 4-year old

  8         children at no cost to the children's parents;

  9         requiring a report; providing an appropriation;

10         providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (6) of

15  section 230.2305, to read:

16         230.2305  Prekindergarten early intervention program.--

17         (6)  FUNDING.--

18         (c)  The Department of Education, in consultation with

19  the Department of Children and Family Services and the

20  Legislature, shall develop legislation to expand the

21  prekindergarten early intervention program to provide access

22  for all 3-year old and 4-year old children at no cost to the

23  children's parents.  The Department of Education shall report

24  its recommendations to the Legislature, in the form of

25  legislation, no later than November 1, 1999.

26         Section 2.  There is hereby appropriated to the

27  Department of Education an amount sufficient to carry out the

28  provisions of this act.

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

30  law.

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    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 1032
    34-1109-99                                          See HB 271




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      Requires the Department of Education, in consultation
  4    with the Department of Children and Family Services and
      the Legislature, to develop legislation to expand the
  5    prekindergarten early intervention program to provide
      access for all 3-year old and 4-year old children at no
  6    cost to the children's parents.  Requires the Department
      of Education to report to the Legislature no later than
  7    November 1, 1999.  Provides an appropriation.

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