Florida Senate - 2004                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2-A
                        Barcode 483038
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11  The Committee on Commerce and Consumer Services (Margolis)
12  recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 11, lines 11-25, delete those lines
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17  and insert:
18         (6)(a)  A parent may enroll his or her child with any
19  private prekindergarten provider that is eligible to deliver
20  the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program under this
21  part, subject to available space. Each private prekindergarten
22  provider must, when registering with the early learning
23  coalition and at least once each year in accordance with
24  requirements established by the Agency for Workforce
25  Innovation, certify to the coalition the number of students to
26  be admitted by the provider for each prekindergarten program.
27  A private prekindergarten provider must admit each child
28  enrolling in a prekindergarten program on a first-come,
29  first-served basis in the order in which the children apply,
30  subject to available space as reflected by the provider's
31  certified number of students to be admitted. An early learning
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    Florida Senate - 2004                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2-A
                        Barcode 483038
 1  coalition may not limit the number of students admitted by any
 2  private prekindergarten provider for enrollment in the
 3  program. However, this paragraph does not authorize an early
 4  learning coalition to allow a provider to exceed any
 5  staff-to-children ratio, square footage per child, or other
 6  requirement imposed under ss. 402.301-402.319 as a result of
 7  admissions in the prekindergarten program.
 8         (b)  A parent may enroll his or her child with any
 9  public school within the school district which is eligible to
10  deliver the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program under
11  this part, subject to available space. Each public school
12  must, when registering with the early learning coalition and
13  at least once each year in accordance with requirements
14  established by the Agency for Workforce Innovation, certify to
15  the coalition the number of students to be admitted by the
16  school for each prekindergarten program. A public school must
17  admit each child enrolling in a prekindergarten program on a
18  first-come, first-served basis in the order in which the
19  children apply, subject to available space as reflected by the
20  school's certified number of students to be admitted. Each
21  school district
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25  And the title is amended as follows:
26         On page 1, line 14, after the semicolon
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28  and insert:
29         requiring providers and schools to admit
30         children to the program in the order in which
31         they apply;
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