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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senators Gutman and Meek moved the following amendment to
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of
19 section 232.01, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended
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21 232.01 School attendance.--
22 (1)(a)1. All children who have attained the age of 6
23 years or who will have attained the age of 6 years by February
24 1 of any school year or who are older than 6 years of age but
25 who have not attained the age of 16 years, except as
26 hereinafter provided, are required to attend school regularly
27 during the entire school term.
28 2.a. Children who will have attained the age of 5
29 years on or before September 1 of the school year are eligible
30 for admission to public kindergartens during that school year
31 under rules prescribed by the school board.
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1 b. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, children
2 who will have attained the age of 5 years after September 1
3 but before October 1 of the school year are eligible to take
4 the assessment of readiness for kindergarten which is included
5 in the statewide assessment program. Beginning in the
6 2000-2001 school year, children who will have attained the age
7 of 5 years after September 1 but before November 1 of the
8 school year are eligible to take the assessment of readiness
9 for kindergarten which is included in the statewide assessment
10 program. Beginning in the 2001-2002 school year, children who
11 will have attained the age of 5 years after September 1 but
12 before December 1 of the school year are eligible to take the
13 assessment of readiness for kindergarten which is included in
14 the statewide assessment program. Beginning in the 2002-2003
15 school year, children who will have attained the age of 5
16 years after September 1 but before January 1 of the school
17 year are eligible to take the assessment of readiness for
18 kindergarten which is included in the statewide assessment
19 program. Upon written request of a child's parent or guardian,
20 the school district must provide at least one opportunity for
21 the child to take the assessment of readiness for
22 kindergarten. Any child who is determined to be ready for
23 entrance into kindergarten, according to rules of the
24 Commissioner of Education, is eligible for admission to public
25 kindergartens during that school year. Any child who is
26 determined not to be ready for entrance into kindergarten,
27 according to rules of the commissioner, is subject to the
28 admission requirements of sub-subparagraph a. The commissioner
29 may adopt rules to implement the provisions of this
30 sub-subparagraph.
31 3. Children who will have attained the age of 3 years
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1 on or before September 1 of the school year are eligible for
2 admission to prekindergarten early intervention programs
3 during that school year as provided in s. 230.2305 or a
4 preschool program as provided in s. 228.061.
5 (b) Any child who has attained the age of 6 years on
6 or before September 1 of the school year and who has been
7 enrolled in a public school or who has attained the age of 6
8 years on or before September 1 and has satisfactorily
9 completed the requirements for kindergarten in a nonpublic
10 school from which the district school board accepts transfer
11 of academic credit, or who has been enrolled in a public
12 kindergarten under the provisions of sub-subparagraph (a)2.b.,
13 or who otherwise meets the criteria for admission or transfer
14 in a manner similar to that applicable to other grades, shall
15 progress according to the district's pupil progression plan.
16 However, nothing in this section shall authorize the state or
17 any school district to oversee or exercise control over the
18 curricula or academic programs of nonpublic schools or home
19 education programs.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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29 amending s. 232.01, F.S.; revising provisions
30 relating to eligibility for enrollment in
31 public kindergartens; authorizing the
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1 enrollment of certain children who are
2 determined to be ready for entrance into
3 kindergarten; providing eligibility
4 requirements; providing school district
5 requirements; authorizing the state board to
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