Senate Bill sb0422c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 422

    By the Committee on Children and Families; and Senator Garcia





    300-1915-01

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to prekindergarten

  3         early-intervention programs; amending s.

  4         230.2305, F.S.; requiring the Florida

  5         Partnership for School Readiness to make

  6         recommendations to expand the prekindergarten

  7         early-intervention program to provide access to

  8         at-risk 4-year old children on a fee basis;

  9         requiring a report; providing an effective

10         date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (6) of

15  section 230.2305, to read:

16         230.2305  Prekindergarten early-intervention program.--

17         (6)  FUNDING.--

18         (c)  The Florida Partnership for School Readiness, in

19  consultation with the Legislature, shall make recommendations

20  to expand the prekindergarten early intervention program to

21  provide access for all at-risk 4-year old children on a

22  sliding fee scale to the children's parents depending on

23  household income. Participation in the program is a parental

24  option. The Florida Partnership for School Readiness shall

25  take into consideration the cost incurred by the state and

26  make its recommendations based on a phase-in plan with

27  emphasis on 4-year old children living in Title I zone

28  neighborhoods and children for whom English is not the primary

29  language. The Florida Partnership for School Readiness shall

30  report its recommendations to the Legislature by November 1,

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    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 422
    300-1915-01




  1         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  2  law.

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  4          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  5                         Senate Bill 422

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    Requires the Florida Partnership for School Readiness to make
  8  recommendations, rather than develop legislation.

  9  Requires recommendations for serving all at-risk 4-year old
    children, rather than all 4-year old children.
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    Provides that participation in the prekindergarten program is
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12  Requires the Florida Partnership for School Readiness to
    develop a plan to phase in the expansion which is to emphasize
13  4-year old children living in Title I zone neighborhoods and
    children for whom English is not the primary language.
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    Deletes a requirement for proposed legislation and deletes an
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