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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 701, 2nd Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator McKay moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 6, between lines 24 and 25,

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18         Section 4.  Section 229.05371, Florida Statutes, is

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20         229.05371  Pilot program; Scholarships to public or

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

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

23  pilot program, which is separate and distinct from the

24  Opportunity Scholarship Program, in the Sarasota school

25  district, to provide scholarships to a public or private

26  school of choice for students with disabilities whose academic

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

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

29  education plan. Student participation in the pilot program is

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

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

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

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

 3  in subsequent years. The following applies to the pilot

 4  program:

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

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

 7  229.0537(4), except for the accreditation requirements of s.

 8  229.0537(4)(f). For purposes of the pilot program,

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

10  notification under the Opportunity Scholarship Program.

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

12  program must comply with the requirements in s.

13  229.0537(3)(a)2., (c), and (d).

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

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

16  under the Florida Education Finance Program in the public

17  school to which he or she is assigned.

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

19  program, a student or parent must:

20         1.  Comply with the eligibility criteria in s.

21  229.0537(2)(b) and all provisions of s. 229.0537 which apply

22  to students with disabilities;

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

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

25  the student's failure to meet specific performance levels

26  identified in the individual education plan; or, absent

27  specific performance levels identified in the individual

28  education plan, the student must have performed below grade

29  level on state or local assessments and the parent must

30  believe that the student is not progressing adequately toward

31  the goals in the individual education plan; and

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

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

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

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

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

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

 7  state or school district to receive federal funds for students

 8  with disabilities.

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14  And the title is amended as follows:

15         On page 7, line 13, following the semicolon

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

19         program for scholarships for students with

20         disabilities to statewide application;

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