SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1578
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 800466
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11  Senator Dawson moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17         Section 1.  Section 1006.0625, Florida Statutes, is
18  created to read:
19         1006.0625  Prohibition on requiring certain
20  medication.--
21         (1)  Each district school board shall prohibit school
22  district personnel from requiring a student to obtain a
23  prescription for, and take as medication, a controlled
24  substance listed in Schedule II, s. 202(c) of the Controlled
25  Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. s. 812(c), or any psychotropic or
26  similar mind-altering drug as a condition of attending school
27  or receiving educational services provided by the state.
28  Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit school
29  district personnel from consulting or sharing classroom-based
30  observations with parents regarding a student's academic
31  performance or behavior in the classroom or school or
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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1578
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 800466
 1  regarding the need for evaluation for special education or
 2  related services provided the evaluation is strictly academic
 3  and not psychologically or psychiatrically based.
 4         (2)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
 5  pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the
 6  provisions of this section.
 7         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.
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11  And the title is amended as follows:
12         Delete everything before the enacting clause
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14  and insert:
15                      A bill to be entitled
16         An act relating to prescription of medication
17         for public school students; creating s.
18         1006.0625, F.S.; requiring district school
19         boards to prohibit school district personnel
20         from requiring a student to take certain
21         medication as a condition of attending school
22         or receiving educational services; providing
23         for rulemaking; providing an effective date.
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