| 1 | Representative(s) Patterson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 748 and 749 insert: |
| 5 | Section 20. Subsections (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (11), and |
| 6 | (13) of section 1007.271, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 7 | 1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.-- |
| 8 | (1) The dual enrollment program is the enrollment of an |
| 9 | eligible secondary student or home education student in a |
| 10 | postsecondary course creditable toward high school completion |
| 11 | and a career certificate or an associate or baccalaureate |
| 12 | degree. |
| 13 | (2) For the purpose of this section, an eligible secondary |
| 14 | student is a student who is enrolled in a Florida public |
| 15 | secondary school or in a Florida private secondary school which |
| 16 | is in compliance with s. 1002.42(2) and conducts a secondary |
| 17 | curriculum pursuant to s. 1003.43. Students enrolled in |
| 18 | postsecondary instruction that is not creditable toward the high |
| 19 | school diploma shall not be classified as dual enrollments. |
| 20 | Students who are eligible for dual enrollment pursuant to this |
| 21 | section shall be permitted to enroll in dual enrollment courses |
| 22 | conducted during school hours, after school hours, and during |
| 23 | the summer term. Instructional time for such enrollment may |
| 24 | exceed 900 hours; however, the school district may only report |
| 25 | the student for a maximum of 1.0 FTE, as provided in s. |
| 26 | 1011.61(4). Dual enrollment instruction of high school students |
| 27 | that is eligible for high school and postsecondary credit shall |
| 28 | be reported by the school district in an amount equal to the |
| 29 | hours of instruction that would be necessary to earn the FTE and |
| 30 | the funding for the equivalent course if it were taught in the |
| 31 | school district. Any student so enrolled is exempt from the |
| 32 | payment of registration, tuition, and laboratory fees. |
| 33 | Vocational-preparatory instruction, college-preparatory |
| 34 | instruction and other forms of precollegiate instruction, as |
| 35 | well as physical education courses that focus on the physical |
| 36 | execution of a skill rather than the intellectual attributes of |
| 37 | the activity, are ineligible for inclusion in the dual |
| 38 | enrollment program. Recreation and leisure studies courses shall |
| 39 | be evaluated individually in the same manner as physical |
| 40 | education courses for potential inclusion in the program. |
| 41 | (4) Career dual enrollment shall be provided as a |
| 42 | curricular option for secondary students to pursue in order to |
| 43 | earn a series of elective credits toward the high school |
| 44 | diploma. However, career dual enrollment shall not supplant |
| 45 | student acquisition of the diploma. Career dual enrollment shall |
| 46 | be available for secondary students seeking a degree or |
| 47 | certificate from a complete career-preparatory program, and |
| 48 | shall not be used to enroll students but shall not sustain |
| 49 | student enrollment in isolated career courses. It is the intent |
| 50 | of the Legislature that career dual enrollment provide reflect |
| 51 | the interests and aptitudes of the student. The provision of a |
| 52 | comprehensive academic and career dual enrollment program within |
| 53 | the career center or community college is supportive of |
| 54 | legislative intent; however, such provision is not mandatory. |
| 55 | (5) Each district school board shall inform all secondary |
| 56 | students of dual enrollment as an educational option and |
| 57 | mechanism for acceleration. Students shall be informed of |
| 58 | eligibility criteria, the option for taking dual enrollment |
| 59 | courses beyond the regular school year, and the 24 minimum |
| 60 | academic credits required for graduation. District school boards |
| 61 | shall annually assess the demand for dual enrollment and other |
| 62 | advanced courses, and the district school board shall consider |
| 63 | strategies and programs to meet that demand. |
| 64 | (6) The Commissioner of Education shall appoint faculty |
| 65 | committees representing public school, community college, and |
| 66 | university faculties to identify postsecondary courses that meet |
| 67 | the high school graduation requirements of s. 1003.43, and to |
| 68 | establish the number of postsecondary semester credit hours of |
| 69 | instruction and equivalent high school credits earned through |
| 70 | dual enrollment pursuant to this section that are necessary to |
| 71 | meet high school graduation requirements. Such equivalencies |
| 72 | shall be determined solely on comparable course content and not |
| 73 | on seat time traditionally allocated to such courses in high |
| 74 | school. The Commissioner of Education shall recommend to the |
| 75 | State Board of Education those postsecondary courses identified |
| 76 | to meet high school graduation requirements, based on mastery of |
| 77 | course outcomes, by their statewide course numbers number, and |
| 78 | all high schools shall accept these postsecondary education |
| 79 | courses toward meeting the requirements of s. 1003.43. |
| 80 | (11) The Department of Education shall approve any course |
| 81 | for inclusion in the dual enrollment program that is contained |
| 82 | within the statewide course numbering system. However, college- |
| 83 | preparatory and other forms of precollegiate instruction, and |
| 84 | physical education and other courses that focus on the physical |
| 85 | execution of a skill rather than the intellectual attributes of |
| 86 | the activity, may not be so approved, but must be evaluated |
| 87 | individually for potential inclusion in the dual enrollment |
| 88 | program. This subsection does not mean that an independent |
| 89 | postsecondary institution eligible for inclusion in a dual |
| 90 | enrollment or early admission program pursuant to s. 1011.62 |
| 91 | must participate in the statewide course numbering system |
| 92 | developed pursuant to s. 1007.24 to participate in a dual |
| 93 | enrollment program. |
| 94 | (13) It is the intent of the Legislature that Students who |
| 95 | meet the eligibility requirements of this section subsection and |
| 96 | who choose to participate in dual enrollment programs are be |
| 97 | exempt from the payment of registration, tuition, and laboratory |
| 98 | fees. |
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| 100 | Remove line(s) 68 and insert: |
| 101 | s. 1007.271, F.S.; specifying that dual enrollment courses are |
| 102 | creditable toward high school graduation; providing for FTE |
| 103 | calculation; conforming to law minimum academic credits required |
| 104 | for graduation; clarifying requirements for participation of |
| 105 | independent postsecondary institutions in a dual enrollment |
| 106 | program; providing for fee exemption; amending s. 1007.33, F.S.; |
| 107 | revising requirements for a proposal by |