| 1 | Representative Fiorentino offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 805 and 806, insert: |
| 5 | (e) Following notification on July 1, September 1, |
| 6 | December 1, or February 1 of the number of program participants, |
| 7 | the Department of Education shall transfer, from General Revenue |
| 8 | funds only, the amount calculated under paragraph (b) from the |
| 9 | school district's total funding entitlement under the Florida |
| 10 | Education Finance Program and from authorized categorical |
| 11 | accounts to a separate account for the scholarship program for |
| 12 | quarterly disbursement to the parents of participating students. |
| 13 | For a student exiting a Department of Juvenile Justice |
| 14 | commitment program who chooses to participate in the scholarship |
| 15 | program, the amount of the John M. McKay Scholarship calculated |
| 16 | pursuant to paragraph (b) shall be transferred from the school |
| 17 | district in which the student last attended a public school |
| 18 | prior to commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice. When |
| 19 | a student enters the scholarship program, the Department of |
| 20 | Education must receive all documentation required for the |
| 21 | student's participation, including the private school's and |
| 22 | student's fee schedules, at least 30 days before the first |
| 23 | quarterly scholarship payment is made for the student. The |
| 24 | Department of Education may not make any retroactive payments. |
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| 27 | Remove line(s) 589 and insert: |
| 28 | subsection (5), and paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (6) of |
| 29 | section |
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| 33 | Remove line(s) 60 and insert: |
| 34 | endorsing scholarship checks; providing requirements for |
| 35 | transfer of the amount of the John M. McKay Scholarship for |
| 36 | students who exit a Department of Juvenile Justice commitment |
| 37 | program and choose to participate in the scholarship program; |
| 38 | revising provisions relating |