| 1 | Representative(s) Attkisson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 789-790 and insert: |
| 5 | (c) Any expenditures of slot machine taxes shall be used |
| 6 | to supplement and not supplant public education dollars. Tax |
| 7 | proceeds shall be used first to fund the Laptops for Achievers |
| 8 | grant program, which shall be administered by the Department of |
| 9 | Education. All school districts are eligible to submit grant |
| 10 | applications to participate in the program, in a format to be |
| 11 | determined by the department. Each district's grant program |
| 12 | shall provide for the laptops to be made available to every |
| 13 | public school seventh grade student, including charter school |
| 14 | students, and shall require: |
| 15 | 1. Integrated use of the laptops with curriculum design, |
| 16 | instructional planning, training, and delivery, and |
| 17 | communication with parents; |
| 18 | 2. School site wiring and appropriate technology |
| 19 | infrastructure needs; |
| 20 | 3. Assignment of a laptop computer on loan to each student |
| 21 | entering seventh grade for use through grade 12; |
| 22 | 4. A contract with each student stipulating that if the |
| 23 | student earns a passing score on the grade 10 FCAT, as required |
| 24 | by ss. 1003.43(5) and 1003.429, the loaned laptop will be |
| 25 | upgraded and given to the student to keep as a reward for the |
| 26 | student's achievement. |
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| 28 | The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement the |
| 29 | Laptops for Achievers program. |
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| 33 | Remove line(s) 104 and insert: |
| 34 | public education dollars; requiring tax proceeds be first used |
| 35 | to fund a grant program for laptop computers for certain |
| 36 | students; directing the State Board of Education to adopt rules |
| 37 | to implement such program; providing payment procedures; |