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By the Committee on Appropriations; and Senator Cowin
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to education; amending s.
3 1007.271, F.S., relating to dual enrollment
4 programs; authorizing the Commissioner of
5 Education to encourage the use of accelerated
6 education mechanisms; requiring audits to
7 determine a school district's compliance with
8 requirements pertaining to student access and
9 notification; requiring the State Board of
10 Education to reduce a district's discretionary
11 appropriation if the district is not in
12 compliance as required; amending s. 1011.62,
13 F.S.; requiring students enrolled in community
14 college or university dual enrollment
15 instruction to be included in calculations of
16 full-time equivalent student memberships for
17 certain programs; providing for funding dually
18 enrolled high school students; providing
19 requirements for calculating the disbursement
20 amount to postsecondary institutions; providing
21 an effective date.
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23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25 Section 1. Subsections (1) and (5) of section
26 1007.271, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
27 1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.--
28 (1)(a) The dual enrollment program is the enrollment
29 of an eligible secondary student or home education student in
30 a postsecondary course creditable toward a career and
31 technical certificate or an associate or baccalaureate degree.
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1 (b) In an effort to assist in class-size reduction,
2 the Commissioner of Education is authorized to encourage the
3 use of accelerated education mechanisms, including dual
4 enrollment as authorized under this section.
5 (5)(a) Each district school board shall inform all
6 secondary students of dual enrollment as an educational option
7 and mechanism for acceleration. Students shall be informed of
8 eligibility criteria, the option for taking dual enrollment
9 courses beyond the regular school year, and the 24 minimum
10 academic credits required for graduation. District school
11 boards shall annually assess the demand for dual enrollment
12 and other advanced courses, and the district school board
13 shall consider strategies and programs to meet that demand.
14 (b) The Commissioner of Education shall perform
15 compliance audits to determine each school district's
16 compliance with the requirements of subsection (3) pertaining
17 to student access and the requirements of this subsection. If
18 a school district is found to be not in compliance, the State
19 Board of Education shall reduce the discretionary lottery
20 appropriation for that district until the district is in
21 compliance as provided in s. 1008.32(4)(b).
22 Section 2. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section
23 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
24 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual
25 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
26 district for operation of schools is not determined in the
27 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
28 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
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30 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
31 OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in
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1 determining the annual allocation to each district for
2 operation:
3 (i) Calculation of full-time equivalent membership
4 with respect to instruction from community colleges or state
5 universities.--Students enrolled in community college or
6 university dual enrollment instruction pursuant to s. 1007.271
7 shall may be included in calculations of full-time equivalent
8 student memberships for basic programs for grades 9 through 12
9 by a district school board. Such students may also be
10 calculated as the proportional shares of full-time equivalent
11 enrollments they generate for the community college or
12 university conducting the dual enrollment instruction. Early
13 admission students shall be considered dual enrollments for
14 funding purposes. Students may be enrolled in dual enrollment
15 instruction provided by an eligible independent college or
16 university and may be included in calculations of full-time
17 equivalent student memberships for basic programs for grades 9
18 through 12 by a district school board. However, those
19 provisions of law which exempt dual enrolled and early
20 admission students from payment of instructional materials and
21 tuition and fees, including laboratory fees, shall not apply
22 to students who select the option of enrolling in an eligible
23 independent institution. An independent college or university
24 which is located and chartered in Florida, is not for profit,
25 is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
26 Association of Colleges and Schools or the Accrediting
27 Commission of the Association of Independent Colleges and
28 Schools, and which confers degrees as defined in s. 1005.02
29 shall be eligible for inclusion in the dual enrollment or
30 early admission program. Students enrolled in dual enrollment
31 instruction shall be exempt from the payment of tuition and
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1 fees, including laboratory fees. No student enrolled in
2 college credit mathematics or English dual enrollment
3 instruction shall be funded as a dual enrollment unless the
4 student has successfully completed the relevant section of the
5 entry-level examination required pursuant to s. 1008.30.
6 1. Funding for dually enrolled high school students
7 shall be provided to the district or eligible postsecondary
8 institution employing the instructor. If an eligible
9 postsecondary institution employs the instructor, school
10 district membership surveys shall include dual enrollment
11 students on the basis of 75 membership hours for each one-half
12 credit earned or 150 membership hours for each full high
13 school credit earned. If an eligible postsecondary institution
14 employs the instructor, notwithstanding the limitation of ss.
15 1007.271(2) and 1011.61(4), the full-time equivalency of a
16 dually enrolled student shall be reported for funding. If an
17 eligible postsecondary institution employs the instructor, the
18 school district shall make monthly payments based on
19 documented estimates of such credits to be earned, with
20 subsequent adjustments for actual credits earned.
21 2. The calculation of the amount to be disbursed to
22 the postsecondary institution shall be the product of the
23 full-time equivalent student membership, the cost factor for
24 grades 9-12, the base student allocation, and the district
25 cost differential. School districts may negotiate with the
26 eligible postsecondary institution in the local articulation
27 agreement to share a percentage of the funding.
28 3. Funding provided for dual enrollment in this
29 subsection to a postsecondary institution shall be deducted
30 from postsecondary funding calculations that provide state
31 support for operations based on dual enrollment FTE.
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1 4. If an eligible postsecondary institution employs
2 the instructor, students participating in dual enrollment
3 instruction shall be exempt from the compulsory school
4 attendance requirements specified in s. 1003.21 for the
5 portion of their educational program related to dual
6 enrollment.
7 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
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9 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
10 SB 1690
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12 The committee substitute encourages the use of accelerated
education options, including dual enrollment; provides a
13 funding mechanism for dual enrollment students on a formula
basis through the FEFP; establishes that dual enrollment funds
14 shall be provided to the employer (school district, community
college, or postsecondary institution) of the instructional
15 personnel; provides that equal funding shall be earned for an
equivalent dual enrollment course whether the instruction is
16 provided at the high school or at the community college or
postsecondary institution; provides dual enrollment funding
17 one time; provides that postsecondary institutions not report
dual enrollment FTE for operations funding; and requires
18 audits by the Commissioner to determine school district
compliance regarding the provision of information and student
19 access for dual enrollment programs.
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