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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 2125, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Kurth moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 50.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3)

18  of section 409.145, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

19         409.145  Care of children.--

20         (3)(a)  The department is authorized to continue to

21  provide the services of the children's foster care program to

22  individuals 18 to 21 years of age who are enrolled in high

23  school, in a program leading to a high school equivalency

24  diploma as defined in s. 229.814, or in a full-time career

25  education program, and to continue to provide services of the

26  children's foster care program to individuals 18 to 23 years

27  of age who are enrolled full-time in a postsecondary

28  educational institution granting a degree, a certificate, or

29  an applied technology diploma, if the following requirements

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31         1.  The individual was committed to the legal custody

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 1  of the department for placement in foster care as a dependent

 2  child;

 3         2.  All other resources have been thoroughly explored,

 4  and it can be clearly established that there are no

 5  alternative resources for placement; and

 6         3.  A written service agreement which specifies

 7  responsibilities and expectations for all parties involved has

 8  been signed by a representative of the department, the

 9  individual, and the foster parent or licensed child-caring

10  agency providing the placement resources.

11         (b)  The services of the foster care program shall

12  continue for those individuals 18 to 21 years of age only for

13  the period of time the individual is continuously enrolled in

14  high school, in a program leading to a high school equivalency

15  diploma as defined in s. 229.814, or in a full-time career

16  education program; and shall continue for those individuals 18

17  to 23 years of age only for the period of time the individual

18  is continuously enrolled full-time in a postsecondary

19  educational institution granting a degree, a certificate, or

20  an applied technology diploma. Services shall be terminated

21  upon completion of or withdrawal or permanent expulsion from

22  high school, the program leading to a high school equivalency

23  diploma, or the full-time career education program, or the

24  postsecondary educational institution granting a degree, a

25  certificate, or an applied technology diploma.

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31  And the title is amended as follows:

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 4         amending s. 409.145, F.S.; authorizing the

 5         Department of Children and Family Services to

 6         continue providing foster care services to

 7         certain individuals who are enrolled full-time

 8         in a degree-granting program in a postsecondary

 9         educational institution; specifying

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