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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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. |