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11  Senator McKay moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 4.  Section 229.05371, Florida Statutes, is

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19         229.05371  Pilot program; Scholarships to public or

20  private school of choice for students with disabilities.--

21         (1)  SCHOLARSHIP PILOT PROGRAM.--There is established a

22  pilot program, which is separate and distinct from the

23  Opportunity Scholarship Program, in the Sarasota school

24  district, to provide scholarships to a public or private

25  school of choice for students with disabilities whose academic

26  progress in at least two areas has not met expected levels for

27  the previous year, as determined by the student's individual

28  education plan. Student participation in the pilot program is

29  limited to 5 percent of the students with disabilities in the

30  school district during the first year, 10 percent of students

31  with disabilities during the second year, and 20 percent of

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 1  students with disabilities during the third year, and no caps

 2  in subsequent years. The following applies to the pilot

 3  program:

 4         (a)  To be eligible to participate in the pilot

 5  program, a private school must meet all requirements of s.

 6  229.0537(4), except for the accreditation requirements of s.

 7  229.0537(4)(f). For purposes of the pilot program,

 8  notification under s. 229.0537(4)(b) must be separate from the

 9  notification under the Opportunity Scholarship Program.

10         (b)  The school district that participates in the pilot

11  program must comply with the requirements in s.

12  229.0537(3)(a)2., (c), and (d).

13         (c)  The amount of the scholarship in the pilot program

14  shall be equal to the amount the student would have received

15  under the Florida Education Finance Program in the public

16  school to which he or she is assigned.

17         (d)  To be eligible for a scholarship under the pilot

18  program, a student or parent must:

19         1.  Comply with the eligibility criteria in s.

20  229.0537(2)(b) and all provisions of s. 229.0537 which apply

21  to students with disabilities;

22         2.  For the school year immediately prior to the year

23  in which the scholarship will be in effect, have documented

24  the student's failure to meet specific performance levels

25  identified in the individual education plan; or, absent

26  specific performance levels identified in the individual

27  education plan, the student must have performed below grade

28  level on state or local assessments and the parent must

29  believe that the student is not progressing adequately toward

30  the goals in the individual education plan; and

31         3.  Have requested the scholarship prior to the time at

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 1  which the number of valid requests exceeds the district's cap

 2  for the year in which the scholarship will be awarded.

 3         (2)  The provisions of s. 229.0537(6) and (8) shall

 4  apply to the pilot program authorized in this section. This

 5  pilot program is not intended to affect the eligibility of the

 6  state or school district to receive federal funds for students

 7  with disabilities.

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13  And the title is amended as follows:

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17         amending s. 229.05371, F.S.; converting a pilot

18         program for scholarships for students with

19         disabilities to statewide application;

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