| 1 | Representative(s) Pickens offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (628337) (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 5 and 6, insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section |
| 6 | 1002.38, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 1002.38 Opportunity Scholarship Program.-- |
| 8 | (2) OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY.--A public school |
| 9 | student's parent may request and receive from the state an |
| 10 | opportunity scholarship for the student to enroll in and attend |
| 11 | a private school in accordance with the provisions of this |
| 12 | section if: |
| 13 | (b) The parent has obtained acceptance for admission of |
| 14 | the student to a private school eligible for the program |
| 15 | pursuant to subsection (4), and has notified the Department of |
| 16 | Education and the school district of the request for an |
| 17 | opportunity scholarship no later than August July 1 of the first |
| 18 | year in which the student intends to use the scholarship. |
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| 20 | The provisions of this section shall not apply to a student who |
| 21 | is enrolled in a school operating for the purpose of providing |
| 22 | educational services to youth in Department of Juvenile Justice |
| 23 | commitment programs. For purposes of continuity of educational |
| 24 | choice, the opportunity scholarship shall remain in force until |
| 25 | the student returns to a public school or, if the student |
| 26 | chooses to attend a private school the highest grade of which is |
| 27 | grade 8, until the student matriculates to high school and the |
| 28 | public high school to which the student is assigned is an |
| 29 | accredited school with a performance grade category designation |
| 30 | of "C" or better. However, at any time upon reasonable notice to |
| 31 | the Department of Education and the school district, the |
| 32 | student's parent may remove the student from the private school |
| 33 | and place the student in a public school, as provided in |
| 34 | subparagraph (3)(a)2. |
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| 37 | Between line(s) 1149 and 1150, insert: |
| 38 | amending s. 1002.38, F.S.; revising the date for request of an |
| 39 | Opportunity Scholarship; |