HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 2107

    Amendment No. 2 (for drafter's use only)

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11  The Committee on Criminal Justice Appropriations offered the

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14         Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 14, between lines 2 and 3,

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18         Section 11.  Paragraph (p) is added to subsection (4)

19  of section 230.23, Florida Statutes, to read:

20         230.23  Powers and duties of school board.--The school

21  board, acting as a board, shall exercise all powers and

22  perform all duties listed below:

23         (4)  ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF

24  SCHOOLS.--Adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the

25  establishment, organization, and operation of the schools of

26  the district, including, but not limited to, the following:

27         (p)  Educational services in detention

28  facilities.--Minors who have not graduated from high school

29  and eligible students with disabilities under the age of 22

30  who have not graduated with a standard diploma or its

31  equivalent who are detained in a county or municipal detention

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                                               Bill No. CS/HB 2107

    Amendment No. 2 (for drafter's use only)





 1  facility as defined in s. 951.23 shall be offered educational

 2  services by the local school district in which the facility is

 3  located. These educational services shall be based upon the

 4  estimated length of time the youth will be in the facility and

 5  the youth's current level of functioning. School district

 6  superintendents or their designees shall be notified by the

 7  county sheriff or chief correctional officer, or his or her

 8  designee, upon the assignment of a youth under the age of 21

 9  to the facility. A cooperative agreement with the local school

10  district and applicable law enforcement units shall be

11  developed to address the notification requirement and the

12  provision of educational services to these youth.

13         Section 12.  Section 951.176, Florida Statutes, is

14  created to read:

15         951.176  Provision of education programs for

16  youth.--Minors who have not graduated from high school and

17  eligible students with disabilities under the age of 22 who

18  have not graduated with a standard diploma or its equivalent

19  who are detained in a county or municipal detention facility

20  as defined in s. 951.23 shall be offered educational services

21  by the local school district in which the facility is located.

22  These educational services shall be based upon the estimated

23  length of time the youth will be in the facility and the

24  youth's current level of functioning. School district

25  superintendents or their designees shall be notified by the

26  county sheriff or chief correctional officer, or his or her

27  designee, upon the assignment of a youth under the age of 21

28  to the facility. A cooperative agreement with the local school

29  district and applicable law enforcement units shall be

30  developed to address the notification requirement and the

31  provision of educational services to these youth.

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 2107

    Amendment No. 2 (for drafter's use only)





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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

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 6         amending s. 230.23, F.S.; requiring provision

 7         of educational services to certain minors and

 8         students who are detained in specified

 9         detention facilities; creating s. 951.176,

10         F.S.; requiring provision of educational

11         services to certain minors and students who are

12         detained in specified detention facilities;

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