SENATE AMENDMENT
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Cowin moved the following amendment to House amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 75. Subsections (1) and (5) of section
19 1007.271, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20 1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.--
21 (1)(a) The dual enrollment program is the enrollment
22 of an eligible secondary student or home education student in
23 a postsecondary course creditable toward a career and
24 technical certificate or an associate or baccalaureate degree.
25 (b) In an effort to assist in class-size reduction,
26 the Commissioner of Education is authorized to encourage the
27 use of accelerated education mechanisms, including dual
28 enrollment as authorized under this section.
29 (5)(a) Each district school board shall inform all
30 secondary students of dual enrollment as an educational option
31 and mechanism for acceleration. Students shall be informed of
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1 eligibility criteria, the option for taking dual enrollment
2 courses beyond the regular school year, and the 24 minimum
3 academic credits required for graduation. District school
4 boards shall annually assess the demand for dual enrollment
5 and other advanced courses, and the district school board
6 shall consider strategies and programs to meet that demand.
7 (b) The Commissioner of Education shall perform
8 compliance audits to determine each school district's
9 compliance with the requirements of subsection (3) pertaining
10 to student access and the requirements of this subsection. If
11 a school district is found to be not in compliance, the State
12 Board of Education shall reduce the discretionary lottery
13 appropriation for that district until the district is in
14 compliance as provided in s. 1008.32(4)(b).
15 Section 76. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section
16 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual
18 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
19 district for operation of schools is not determined in the
20 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
21 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
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23 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
24 OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in
25 determining the annual allocation to each district for
26 operation:
27 (i) Calculation of full-time equivalent membership
28 with respect to instruction from community colleges or state
29 universities.--Students enrolled in community college or
30 university dual enrollment instruction pursuant to s. 1007.271
31 shall may be included in calculations of full-time equivalent
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1 student memberships for basic programs for grades 9 through 12
2 by a district school board. Such students may also be
3 calculated as the proportional shares of full-time equivalent
4 enrollments they generate for the community college or
5 university conducting the dual enrollment instruction. Early
6 admission students shall be considered dual enrollments for
7 funding purposes. Students may be enrolled in dual enrollment
8 instruction provided by an eligible independent college or
9 university and may be included in calculations of full-time
10 equivalent student memberships for basic programs for grades 9
11 through 12 by a district school board. However, those
12 provisions of law which exempt dual enrolled and early
13 admission students from payment of instructional materials and
14 tuition and fees, including laboratory fees, shall not apply
15 to students who select the option of enrolling in an eligible
16 independent institution. An independent college or university
17 which is located and chartered in Florida, is not for profit,
18 is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
19 Association of Colleges and Schools or the Accrediting
20 Commission of the Association of Independent Colleges and
21 Schools, and which confers degrees as defined in s. 1005.02
22 shall be eligible for inclusion in the dual enrollment or
23 early admission program. Students enrolled in dual enrollment
24 instruction shall be exempt from the payment of tuition and
25 fees, including laboratory fees. No student enrolled in
26 college credit mathematics or English dual enrollment
27 instruction shall be funded as a dual enrollment unless the
28 student has successfully completed the relevant section of the
29 entry-level examination required pursuant to s. 1008.30.
30 1. Funding for dually enrolled high school students
31 shall be provided to the district or eligible postsecondary
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1 institution employing the instructor. If an eligible
2 postsecondary institution employs the instructor, school
3 district membership surveys shall include dual enrollment
4 students on the basis of 75 membership hours for each one-half
5 credit earned or 150 membership hours for each full high
6 school credit earned. If an eligible postsecondary institution
7 employs the instructor, notwithstanding the limitation of ss.
8 1007.271(2) and 1011.61(4), the full-time equivalency of a
9 dually enrolled student shall be reported for funding. If an
10 eligible postsecondary institution employs the instructor, the
11 school district shall make monthly payments based on
12 documented estimates of such credits to be earned, with
13 subsequent adjustments for actual credits earned.
14 2. The calculation of the amount to be disbursed to
15 the postsecondary institution shall be the product of the
16 full-time equivalent student membership, the cost factor for
17 grades 9-12, the base student allocation, and the district
18 cost differential. School districts may negotiate with the
19 eligible postsecondary institution in the local articulation
20 agreement to share a percentage of the funding.
21 3. Funding provided for dual enrollment in this
22 subsection to a postsecondary institution shall be deducted
23 from postsecondary funding calculations that provide state
24 support for operations based on dual enrollment FTE.
25 4. If an eligible postsecondary institution employs
26 the instructor, students participating in dual enrollment
27 instruction shall be exempt from the compulsory school
28 attendance requirements specified in s. 1003.21 for the
29 portion of their educational program related to dual
30 enrollment.
31 Section 77. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (3)
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1 of section 1011.84, Florida Statutes, to read:
2 1011.84 Procedure for determining state financial
3 support and annual apportionment of state funds to each
4 community college district.--The procedure for determining
5 state financial support and the annual apportionment to each
6 community college district authorized to operate a community
7 college under the provisions of s. 1001.61 shall be as
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9 (3) DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT FROM STATE FUNDS.--
10 (g) Dual enrollment students shall be counted as
11 full-time-equivalent enrollments and included in the Community
12 College Program Fund, except students subject to s.
13 1011.62(1)(i).
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19 And the title is amended as follows:
20 On line 5337, after the semicolon,
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23 amending s. 1007.271, F.S., relating to dual
24 enrollment programs; authorizing the
25 Commissioner of Education to encourage the use
26 of accelerated education mechanisms; requiring
27 audits to determine a school district's
28 compliance with requirements pertaining to
29 student access and notification; requiring the
30 State Board of Education to reduce a district's
31 discretionary appropriation if the district is
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1 not in compliance as required; amending s.
2 1011.62, F.S.; requiring students enrolled in
3 community college or university dual enrollment
4 instruction to be included in calculations of
5 full-time equivalent student memberships for
6 certain programs; providing for funding dually
7 enrolled high school students; providing
8 requirements for calculating the disbursement
9 amount to postsecondary institutions; amending
10 s.1011.84, F.S.; providing that certain
11 students shall be counted as
12 full-time-equivalent enrollments and included
13 in the Community College Program Fund;
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