HB 1333

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CHAMBER ACTION

1	The Committee on Education K-20 recommends the following:
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3	Committee Substitute
4	Remove the entire bill and insert:
5	A bill to be entitled
6	An act relating to extracurricular student activities;
7	amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; applying eligibility
8	requirements to all extracurricular activities, rather
9	than to interscholastic activities only; providing that a
10	student shall not be precluded from participation in
11	certain activities; providing certain restrictions with
12	respect to participation; amending ss. 1002.33 and
13	1002.41, F.S.; conforming provisions; providing an
14	effective date.
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16	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18	Section 1.  Section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, is amended
19	to read:
20	1006.15  Student standards for participation in
21	interscholastic extracurricular student activities;
22	regulation.--
23	(1)  This section may be cited as the "Craig Dickinson
24	Act."
25	(2)  Interscholastic Extracurricular student activities are
26	an important complement to the academic curriculum.
27	Participation in a comprehensive extracurricular and academic
28	program contributes to student development of the social and
29	intellectual skills necessary to become a well-rounded adult. As
30	used in this section, the term "extracurricular" means any
31	school-authorized or education-related activity, including, but
32	not limited to, interscholastic activities, occurring during or
33	outside the regular instructional school day. For purposes of
34	this section, a student shall not be precluded from receiving
35	tutoring, performing community service, or attending school
36	athletic, social, and academic functions. However, a student who
37	is not eligible, pursuant to this section, to participate in
38	extracurricular activities shall not perform at school functions
39	or travel with a school team, band, club, or other organization
40	to any event where the group is to compete or perform.
41	(3)(a)  To be eligible to participate in interscholastic
42	extracurricular student activities, a student must:
43	1.  Maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0
44	scale, or its equivalent, in the previous semester or a
45	cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale,
46	or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1003.43(1).
47	2.  Execute and fulfill the requirements of an academic
48	performance contract between the student, the district school
49	board, the appropriate governing association, and the student's
50	parents, if the student's cumulative grade point average falls
51	below 2.0, or its equivalent, on a 4.0 scale in the courses
52	required by s. 1003.43(1) or, for students who entered the 9th
53	grade prior to the 1997-1998 school year, if the student's
54	cumulative grade point average falls below 2.0 on a 4.0 scale,
55	or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1003.43(1) that
56	are taken after July 1, 1997. At a minimum, the contract must
57	require that the student attend summer school, or its graded
58	equivalent, between grades 9 and 10 or grades 10 and 11, as
59	necessary.
60	3.  Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above
61	on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the courses required by s.
62	1003.43(1) during his or her junior or senior year.
63	4.  Maintain satisfactory conduct and, if a student is
64	convicted of, or is found to have committed, a felony or a
65	delinquent act which would have been a felony if committed by an
66	adult, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld, the
67	student's participation in interscholastic extracurricular
68	activities is contingent upon established and published district
69	school board policy.
70	(b)  Any student who is exempt from attending a full school
71	day based on rules adopted by the district school board for
72	double session schools or programs, experimental schools, or
73	schools operating under emergency conditions must maintain the
74	grade point average required by this section and pass each class
75	for which he or she is enrolled.
76	(c)  An individual home education student is eligible to
77	participate at the public school to which the student would be
78	assigned according to district school board attendance area
79	policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to
80	district or interdistrict controlled open enrollment provisions,
81	or may develop an agreement to participate at a private school,
82	in the interscholastic extracurricular activities of that
83	school, provided the following conditions are met:
84	1.  The home education student must meet the requirements
85	of the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
86	2.  During the period of participation at a school, the
87	home education student must demonstrate educational progress as
88	required in paragraph (b) in all subjects taken in the home
89	education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the
90	parent and the school principal which may include: review of the
91	student's work by a certified teacher chosen by the parent;
92	grades earned through correspondence; grades earned in courses
93	taken at a community college, university, or trade school;
94	standardized test scores above the 35th percentile; or any other
95	method designated in s. 1002.41.
96	3.  The home education student must meet the same residency
97	requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
98	participates.
99	4.  The home education student must meet the same standards
100	of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required of other
101	students in extracurricular activities.
102	5.  The student must register with the school his or her
103	intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
104	activities as a representative of the school before the
105	beginning date of the season for the activity in which he or she
106	wishes to participate. A home education student must be able to
107	participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement
108	for an extracurricular activity.
109	6.  A student who transfers from a home education program
110	to a public school before or during the first grading period of
111	the school year is academically eligible to participate in
112	interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first
113	grading period provided the student has a successful evaluation
114	from the previous school year, pursuant to subparagraph 2.
115	7.  Any public school or private school student who has
116	been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation
117	in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
118	participate in such activities as a home education student until
119	the student has successfully completed one grading period in
120	home education pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
121	participate as a home education student.
122	(d)  An individual charter school student pursuant to s.
123	1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to which
124	the student would be assigned according to district school board
125	attendance area policies or which the student could choose to
126	attend, pursuant to district or interdistrict controlled open-
127	enrollment provisions, in any interscholastic extracurricular
128	activity of that school, unless such activity is provided by the
129	student's charter school, if the following conditions are met:
130	1.  The charter school student must meet the requirements
131	of the charter school education program as determined by the
132	charter school governing board.
133	2.  During the period of participation at a school, the
134	charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as
135	required in paragraph (b).
136	3.  The charter school student must meet the same residency
137	requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
138	participates.
139	4.  The charter school student must meet the same standards
140	of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of
141	other students in extracurricular activities.
142	5.  The charter school student must register with the
143	school his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
144	extracurricular activities as a representative of the school
145	before the beginning date of the season for the activity in
146	which he or she wishes to participate. A charter school student
147	must be able to participate in curricular activities if that is
148	a requirement for an extracurricular activity.
149	6.  A student who transfers from a charter school program
150	to a traditional public school before or during the first
151	grading period of the school year is academically eligible to
152	participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during
153	the first grading period if the student has a successful
154	evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to
155	subparagraph 2.
156	7.  Any public school or private school student who has
157	been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation
158	in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
159	participate in such activities as a charter school student until
160	the student has successfully completed one grading period in a
161	charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
162	participate as a charter school student.
163	(4)  The student standards for participation in
164	interscholastic extracurricular activities must be applied
165	beginning with the student's first semester of the 9th grade.
166	Each student must meet such other requirements for participation
167	as may be established by the district school board; however, a
168	district school board may not establish requirements for
169	participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities
170	which make participation in such activities less accessible to
171	home education students than to other students. Except as set
172	forth in paragraph (3)(c), evaluation processes or requirements
173	that are placed on home education student participants may not
174	go beyond those that apply under s. 1002.41 to home education
175	students generally.
176	(5)  Any organization or entity that regulates or governs
177	interscholastic extracurricular activities of public schools:
178	(a)  Shall permit home education associations to join as
179	member schools.
180	(b)  Shall not discriminate against any eligible student
181	based on an educational choice of public, private, or home
182	education.
183	(6)  Public schools are prohibited from membership in any
184	organization or entity which regulates or governs
185	interscholastic extracurricular activities and discriminates
186	against eligible students in public, private, or home education.
187	(7)  Any insurance provided by district school boards for
188	participants in extracurricular activities shall cover the
189	participating home education student. If there is an additional
190	premium for such coverage, the participating home education
191	student shall pay the premium.
192	Section 2.  Subsection (11) of section 1002.33, Florida
193	Statutes, is amended to read:
194	1002.33  Charter schools.--
195	(11)  PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR
196	ACTIVITIES.--A charter school student is eligible to participate
197	in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at the public
198	school to which the student would be otherwise assigned to
199	attend pursuant to s. 1006.15(3)(d).
200	Section 3.  Subsection (4) of section 1002.41, Florida
201	Statutes, is amended to read:
202	1002.41  Home education programs.--
203	(4)  Home education students may participate in
204	interscholastic extracurricular student activities in accordance
205	with the provisions of s. 1006.15.
206	Section 4.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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