| 1 | Representative(s) Patterson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 1807 and 1808 insert: |
| 5 | Section 33. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section |
| 6 | 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual |
| 8 | allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each |
| 9 | district for operation of schools is not determined in the |
| 10 | annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing |
| 11 | the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as |
| 12 | follows: |
| 13 | (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR |
| 14 | OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in |
| 15 | determining the annual allocation to each district for |
| 16 | operation: |
| 17 | (i) Calculation of full-time equivalent membership with |
| 18 | respect to dual enrollment instruction from community colleges |
| 19 | or state universities.--Students enrolled in community college |
| 20 | or university dual enrollment instruction pursuant to s. |
| 21 | 1007.271 may be included in calculations of full-time equivalent |
| 22 | student memberships for basic programs for grades 9 through 12 |
| 23 | by a district school board. Dual enrollment instruction of high |
| 24 | school students that is eligible for high school and |
| 25 | postsecondary credit shall be reported by the school district in |
| 26 | an amount equal to the hours of instruction that would be |
| 27 | necessary to earn the FTE and the funding for the equivalent |
| 28 | course if it were taught in the school district. Such students |
| 29 | may also be calculated as the proportional shares of full-time |
| 30 | equivalent enrollments they generate for a the community college |
| 31 | or university conducting the dual enrollment instruction. Early |
| 32 | admission students shall be considered dual enrollments for |
| 33 | funding purposes. Students may be enrolled in dual enrollment |
| 34 | instruction provided by an eligible independent college or |
| 35 | university and may be included in calculations of full-time |
| 36 | equivalent student memberships for basic programs for grades 9 |
| 37 | through 12 by a district school board. However, those provisions |
| 38 | of law which exempt dual enrolled and early admission students |
| 39 | from payment of instructional materials and tuition and fees, |
| 40 | including laboratory fees, shall not apply to students who |
| 41 | select the option of enrolling in an eligible independent |
| 42 | institution. An independent college or university which is |
| 43 | located and chartered in Florida, is not for profit, is |
| 44 | accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern |
| 45 | Association of Colleges and Schools or the Accrediting Council |
| 46 | for Independent Colleges and Schools, and which confers degrees |
| 47 | as defined in s. 1005.02 shall be eligible for inclusion in the |
| 48 | dual enrollment or early admission program. Students enrolled in |
| 49 | dual enrollment instruction shall be exempt from the payment of |
| 50 | tuition and fees, including laboratory fees. No student enrolled |
| 51 | in college credit mathematics or English dual enrollment |
| 52 | instruction shall be funded as a dual enrollment unless the |
| 53 | student has successfully completed the relevant section of the |
| 54 | entry-level examination required pursuant to s. 1008.30. |
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| 57 | Remove line(s) 158 and insert: |
| 58 | providing a restriction on transfer of benefits; amending s. |
| 59 | 1011.62, F.S.; providing for FTE calculation for dual enrollment |
| 60 | instruction; amending |