Amendment

Bill No. 1514

Amendment No. 280865

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

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