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