HB 1815 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to military student education; directing
3	the Department of Education to assist in the transition of
4	dependents of military personnel into and within the
5	Florida education system; requiring a report; providing an
6	effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1. (1) The Legislature finds that school-age
11	dependents of military personnel, known as military students,
12	are faced with numerous transitions during their formative years
13	and that moves during the high school years provide special
14	challenges to learning and future achievement. Recognizing the
15	challenges faced by military students and the importance of
16	military families to our communities and economy, the
17	Legislature directs the Department of Education to assist in the
18	transition of these students by improving the timely transfer of
19	records, developing systems to ease student transition during
20	the first 2 weeks of school enrollment, promoting practices that
21	foster access to extracurricular programs, establishing
22	procedures to lessen the adverse impact of moves at the end of
23	grade 11 and during grade 12, encouraging or continuing
24	partnerships between military bases and the education system,
25	providing services for transitioning students when applying and
26	finding funding for postsecondary study, and providing other
27	assistance as identified by department, school, and military
28	personnel.
29	(2) The Department of Education shall identify its efforts
30	and strategies for assisting military students in transitioning
31	to and within the Florida education system, including the
32	identification of acceptable equivalence for curriculum and
33	graduation requirements, and shall report its findings to the
34	Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
35	House of Representatives by October 1, 2003.
36	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.