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