Senate Bill 1098
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Florida Senate - 2000 SB 1098
By Senator Kurth
15-827-00 See HB 679
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to foster care; amending s.
3 409.145, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
4 Children and Family Services to continue
5 providing foster care services to certain
6 individuals who are enrolled full-time in a
7 degree-granting program in a postsecondary
8 educational institution; specifying
9 circumstances under which such services shall
10 be terminated; 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. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3) of
15 section 409.145, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
16 409.145 Care of children.--
17 (3)(a) The department is authorized to continue to
18 provide the services of the children's foster care program to
19 individuals 18 to 21 years of age who are enrolled in high
20 school, in a program leading to a high school equivalency
21 diploma as defined in s. 229.814, or in a full-time career
22 education program, and to continue to provide services of the
23 children's foster care program to individuals 18 to 23 years
24 of age who are enrolled full-time in a degree-granting program
25 in a postsecondary educational institution, if the following
26 requirements are met:
27 1. The individual was committed to the legal custody
28 of the department for placement in foster care as a dependent
29 child;
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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
Florida Senate - 2000 SB 1098
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1 2. All other resources have been thoroughly explored,
2 and it can be clearly established that there are no
3 alternative resources for placement; and
4 3. A written service agreement which specifies
5 responsibilities and expectations for all parties involved has
6 been signed by a representative of the department, the
7 individual, and the foster parent or licensed child-caring
8 agency providing the placement resources.
9 (b) The services of the foster care program shall
10 continue for those individuals 18 to 21 years of age only for
11 the period of time the individual is continuously enrolled in
12 high school, in a program leading to a high school equivalency
13 diploma as defined in s. 229.814, or in a full-time career
14 education program; and shall continue for those individuals 18
15 to 23 years of age only for the period of time the individual
16 is continuously enrolled full-time in a degree-granting
17 program in a postsecondary educational institution. Services
18 shall be terminated upon completion of or withdrawal or
19 permanent expulsion from high school, the program leading to a
20 high school equivalency diploma, or the full-time career
21 education program, or the degree-granting program of a
22 postsecondary educational institution.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
24 law.
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27 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Authorizes the Department of Children and Family Services
29 to continue to provide foster care services to
individuals 18 to 23 years of age who are enrolled
30 full-time in a degree-granting program in a postsecondary
educational institution, provided specified requirements
31 are met. Specifies circumstances under which foster care
services shall be terminated for such individuals.
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