HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                             Bill No. CS/CS/HB 303   Barcode 394923
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Sobel offered the following:
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13         Substitute Amendment for Amendment (243173) (with title
14  amendment) 
15         On page 1, line 26 through page 8, line 23,
16  remove from the bill:  all of said lines
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18  and insert in lieu thereof:  
19         Section 1.  Section 235.063, Florida Statutes, is
20  created to read:
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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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/CS/HB 303 Barcode 394923 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 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 11 (1). 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 30 shall constitute the choice of the option provided by 31 paragraph (2)(a). 2 File original & 9 copies 03/21/01 hbd0016 11:59 am 00303-0100-394923
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/CS/HB 303 Barcode 394923 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 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 5 law. 6 7 8 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 9 And the title is amended as follows: 10 On page 1, lines 2 through 15, 11 remove from the title of the bill: all of said lines 12 13 and insert in lieu thereof: 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. 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 03/21/01 hbd0016 11:59 am 00303-0100-394923