HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 303 Barcode 394923
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Representative(s) Sobel offered the following:
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13 Substitute Amendment for Amendment (243173) (with title
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19 Section 1. Section 235.063, Florida Statutes, is
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21 235.063 School District Overcrowding.--
22 (1) DEFINITION.--As used in this section, the term
23 "overcrowded school" means an elementary school, middle/junior
24 high school, high school, or combination school in which:
25 (a) The capital outlay FTE enrollment exceeds 120
26 percent of the school's permanent student stations; or
27 (b) The school has solely relocatable or modular
28 instructional space and the capital outlay FTE enrollment
29 exceeds 120 percent of the school's permanent food service and
30 multipurpose dining capacity.
31 (2) PARENTAL CHOICE.--Beginning with the 2001-2002
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1 school year and thereafter, the parent of any K-12 student who
2 is enrolled and in attendance during the October and February
3 FTE enrollment counts in a Florida public school that meets
4 the definition of an overcrowded school pursuant to subsection
5 (1) may, for the following school year:
6 (a) Opt to have the student remain in the school in
7 which the student is enrolled; or
8 (b) Opt to have the student transferred to another
9 public school within the district that does not meet the
10 definition of an overcrowded school pursuant to subsection
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12 (3) SCHOOL DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.--
13 (a) Each school district shall annually by February
14 22, for each K-12 student eligible under subsection (2) in a
15 school that meets the definition of an overcrowded school
16 pursuant to subsection (1), notify the parent that the school
17 is overcrowded and provide the parent with the parental choice
18 options for the following school year as provided in
19 subsection (2).
20 (b) Notification shall be published on the school
21 district web site, in area newspapers, and by written notice
22 sent home with the student, and must include a listing of the
23 public schools, including charter schools, within the district
24 that do not meet the definition of an overcrowded school
25 pursuant to subsection (1):
26 (4) PARENT OBLIGATIONS.--The parent shall notify the
27 school district as to which of the options provided in
28 subsection (2) the parent wishes to choose.
29 (a) Failure of the parent to provide notification
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1 (b) If the parent chooses the option provided by
2 paragraph (2)(b), the parent shall inform the school district
3 by March 31 which public school the parent has selected.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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9 And the title is amended as follows:
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14 An act relating to overcrowded schools;
15 creating s. 235.063, F.S.; providing a
16 definition; providing parental choice;
17 providing school district obligations;
18 providing an effective date.
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