| 1 | Representative(s) Attkisson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendments) |
| 4 | Between line(s) 1005 and 1006 insert: |
| 5 | Section 11. Section 1002.395, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 1002.395 K-12 GI Bill Program.-- |
| 8 | (1) DEFINITIONS.--For purposes of this section: |
| 9 | (a) The term "active-duty member" means an active-duty |
| 10 | member of the Florida National Guard who is serving in Operation |
| 11 | Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
| 12 | (b) The term "dependent" means a dependent of an active- |
| 13 | duty member of the Florida National Guard who is serving in |
| 14 | Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
| 15 | (2) PURPOSE.--The purpose of this section is to: |
| 16 | (a) Recognize, honor, and reward the courage and |
| 17 | sacrifices made by an active-duty member of the Florida National |
| 18 | Guard who is serving in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation |
| 19 | Iraqi Freedom, and his or her family. |
| 20 | (b) Expand educational opportunities for children who are |
| 21 | dependents of an active-duty member. |
| 22 | (c) Provide a new benefit to an active-duty member by |
| 23 | giving such an individual the option to choose his or her |
| 24 | children's education. |
| 25 | (3) THE K-12 GI BILL PROGRAM.--The K-12 GI Bill Program is |
| 26 | established as a benefit to an active-duty member which provides |
| 27 | the option for his or her dependents to attend a public school |
| 28 | in the school district other than the one to which assigned, to |
| 29 | receive a K-12 GI Bill to attend a public school in an adjacent |
| 30 | school district, or to receive a K-12 GI Bill to attend an |
| 31 | eligible private school of his or her choice. |
| 32 | (4) K-12 GI BILL ELIGIBILITY.--The parent of a student who |
| 33 | is a dependent of an active-duty member may request and receive |
| 34 | from the state a K-12 GI Bill for the child to enroll in and |
| 35 | attend an eligible private school if the parent has notified the |
| 36 | school district that the student is a dependent of an active- |
| 37 | duty member; has obtained acceptance for admission of the |
| 38 | student to a private school that is eligible for the program |
| 39 | under subsection (6); and has notified the school district of |
| 40 | the request for a K-12 GI Bill at least 60 days before the date |
| 41 | of the first K-12 GI Bill payment. The parental notification |
| 42 | must be through a communication directly to the district or |
| 43 | through the Department of Education to the district in a manner |
| 44 | that creates a written or electronic record of the notification |
| 45 | and the date of receipt of the notification. A dependent child |
| 46 | of an active-duty member is not required to have been enrolled |
| 47 | and reported by a school district for funding during the |
| 48 | preceding October and February Florida Education Finance Program |
| 49 | surveys in kindergarten through grade 12, in order to be |
| 50 | eligible to receive a scholarship. This section does not apply |
| 51 | to a student who is enrolled in a school operating for the |
| 52 | purpose of providing educational services to youth in a |
| 53 | commitment program of the Department of Juvenile Justice. For |
| 54 | purposes of continuity of educational choice, the K-12 GI Bill |
| 55 | shall remain in force until the student returns to a public |
| 56 | school or graduates from high school. However, at any time, the |
| 57 | student's parent may remove the student from the private school |
| 58 | and place the student in another private school that is eligible |
| 59 | to provide educational opportunities for students whose families |
| 60 | choose to use a K-12 GI Bill under subsection (6) or may place |
| 61 | the student in a public school as provided in subsection (5). |
| 62 | (5) SCHOOL DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS.-- |
| 63 | (a) A school district shall timely notify the parent of |
| 64 | each student who the school district has knowledge is a |
| 65 | dependent of an active-duty member of all options available |
| 66 | under this section and shall offer that student's parent an |
| 67 | opportunity to enroll the student in another public school |
| 68 | within the district. The parent is not required to accept this |
| 69 | offer in lieu of requesting a K-12 GI Bill for the student to |
| 70 | attend a public school in an adjacent school district or to |
| 71 | attend a private school. However, if the parent chooses to |
| 72 | enroll the student in another public school within the district, |
| 73 | the student may continue attending the public school chosen by |
| 74 | the parent until the student graduates from high school. The |
| 75 | option set forth in this paragraph may be exercised only on a |
| 76 | space-available basis. However, a student who is the dependent |
| 77 | of a parent on active-duty shall be given first priority, except |
| 78 | that this option is not available if exercising the option would |
| 79 | result in a violation of the constitutional class-size |
| 80 | requirements. If the parent chooses a public school consistent |
| 81 | with the district school board's choice plan under s. 1002.31, |
| 82 | the school district shall provide transportation to the public |
| 83 | school selected by the parent. The parent is responsible to |
| 84 | provide transportation to a chosen public school that is not |
| 85 | consistent with the district school board's plan under s. |
| 86 | 1002.31. |
| 87 | (b) The parent of a student may choose, as an alternative, |
| 88 | to enroll the student in and transport the student to a public |
| 89 | school in an adjacent school district which has available space, |
| 90 | and that school district shall accept the student and report the |
| 91 | student for purposes of the district's funding under the Florida |
| 92 | Education Finance Program. |
| 93 | (c) For a student in the school district who participates |
| 94 | in the K-12 GI Bill Program whose parent requests that the |
| 95 | student take the statewide assessments under s. 1008.22, the |
| 96 | district shall provide locations and times to take all statewide |
| 97 | assessments. |
| 98 | (d) A school district must notify the Department of |
| 99 | Education within 10 days after it receives notification of a |
| 100 | parent's intent to apply for a student to receive a K-12 GI |
| 101 | Bill. |
| 102 | (6) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY.--To be eligible to provide |
| 103 | educational opportunities for students whose families choose to |
| 104 | use a K-12 GI Bill, a private school must be a Florida private |
| 105 | school, may be sectarian or nonsectarian, and must: |
| 106 | (a) Demonstrate fiscal soundness by being in operation for |
| 107 | at least 2 school years or file with the Department of Education |
| 108 | a surety bond or letter of credit for the amount equal to the K- |
| 109 | 12 GI Bill funds for each quarter. |
| 110 | (b) Notify the Department of Education of its intent to |
| 111 | provide educational opportunities for students whose families |
| 112 | choose to use a K-12 GI Bill. The notice must specify the grade |
| 113 | levels and services that the private school has available for |
| 114 | students attending on a K-12 GI Bill. |
| 115 | (c) Comply with the antidiscrimination provisions of 42 |
| 116 | U.S.C. s. 2000d. |
| 117 | (d) Meet state and local health and safety laws and codes. |
| 118 | (e) Be academically accountable to the parent for meeting |
| 119 | the educational needs of the student. |
| 120 | (f) Employ or contract with teachers who hold |
| 121 | baccalaureate or higher degrees, have at least 3 years of |
| 122 | teaching experience in public or private schools, or have |
| 123 | special skills, knowledge, or expertise that qualifies them to |
| 124 | provide instruction in subjects taught. |
| 125 | (g) Comply with all state laws relating to general |
| 126 | regulation of private schools. |
| 127 | (h) Adhere to the tenets of its published disciplinary |
| 128 | procedures before expelling a student who is attending the |
| 129 | school on a K-12 GI Bill. |
| 130 | (7) OBLIGATION OF FAMILIES CHOOSING TO USE A K-12 GI |
| 131 | BILL.-- |
| 132 | (a) A parent who applies for a K-12 GI Bill to enable his |
| 133 | or her child to attend a private school is exercising his or her |
| 134 | parental option to place his or her child in a private school. |
| 135 | The parent must select the private school and apply for the |
| 136 | admission of his or her child. |
| 137 | (b) If the parent chooses the private-school option and |
| 138 | the student is accepted by the private school pending the |
| 139 | availability of a space for the student, the parent of the |
| 140 | student must notify the school district at least 60 days before |
| 141 | the date of the first K-12 GI Bill payment and before the |
| 142 | student enters the private school in order to be eligible for |
| 143 | the K-12 GI Bill when a space becomes available for the student |
| 144 | in the private school. |
| 145 | (c) Any student attending a private school on a K-12 GI |
| 146 | Bill must remain in attendance throughout the school year, |
| 147 | unless excused by the school for illness or other good cause, |
| 148 | and must comply fully with the school's code of conduct. |
| 149 | (d) The parent of each student attending a private school |
| 150 | on a K-12 GI Bill must comply fully with the private school's |
| 151 | parental-involvement requirements unless excused by the school |
| 152 | for illness or other good cause. |
| 153 | (e) If the parent requests that the student attending a |
| 154 | private school on a K-12 GI Bill take all statewide assessments |
| 155 | required pursuant to s. 1008.22, the parent is responsible for |
| 156 | transporting the student to the assessment site designated by |
| 157 | the school district. |
| 158 | (f) Upon receipt of a K-12 GI Bill warrant, the parent to |
| 159 | whom the warrant is made must restrictively endorse the warrant |
| 160 | to the private school for deposit into the account of the |
| 161 | private school. |
| 162 | (g) Any failure to comply with this subsection results in |
| 163 | forfeiture of the K-12 GI Bill. |
| 164 | (8) K-12 GI BILL FUNDING AND PAYMENT.-- |
| 165 | (a) The amount of a K-12 GI Bill provided to any child for |
| 166 | any single school year may not exceed the following annual |
| 167 | limits: |
| 168 | 1. Three thousand six hundred dollars or the amount of |
| 169 | tuition and fees, whichever is less, for a K-12 GI Bill awarded |
| 170 | to a student enrolled in an eligible private school. |
| 171 | 2. Five hundred dollars, or the amount of transportation |
| 172 | expenses, whichever is less, for a K-12 GI Bill awarded to a |
| 173 | student enrolled in a Florida public school that is located |
| 174 | outside the school district in which the student resides. |
| 175 | (b) If a participating private school requires partial |
| 176 | payment of tuition before the start of the academic year to |
| 177 | reserve space for students admitted to the school, that partial |
| 178 | payment may be paid by the Department of Education before the |
| 179 | first quarterly payment of the year in which the K-12 GI Bill is |
| 180 | awarded, up to a maximum of $1,000, and deducted from subsequent |
| 181 | K-12 GI Bill payments. If a student decides not to attend the |
| 182 | participating private school, the participating private school |
| 183 | must return the partial reservation payment to the Department of |
| 184 | Education. There is a limit of one reservation payment per |
| 185 | student per year. |
| 186 | (c) The school district shall report all students who are |
| 187 | attending a private school on a K-12 GI Bill. The students |
| 188 | attending private schools on K-12 GI Bills shall be reported |
| 189 | separately from other students reported for purposes of the |
| 190 | Florida Education Finance Program. |
| 191 | (d) Following notification on July 1, September 1, |
| 192 | December 1, or February 1 of the number of students attending |
| 193 | private schools on K-12 GI Bills, the Department of Education |
| 194 | shall transfer, from general revenue funds only, the amount of |
| 195 | the K-12 GI Bills from the school district's total funding |
| 196 | entitlement under the Florida Education Finance Program to a |
| 197 | separate account for the K-12 GI Bills for quarterly |
| 198 | disbursement to the parents of K-12 GI Bill students. For |
| 199 | purposes of this paragraph, the term school district means the |
| 200 | school district in which the parent resides at the time of the |
| 201 | scholarship request. When a student enters a private school on a |
| 202 | K-12 GI Bill, the Department of Education must receive all |
| 203 | documentation required for the student's K-12 GI Bill, including |
| 204 | the private school's and student's fee schedules, at least 30 |
| 205 | days before the first quarterly K-12 GI Bill payment is made for |
| 206 | the student. The Department of Education may not make any |
| 207 | retroactive payments. |
| 208 | (e) Upon proper documentation reviewed and approved by the |
| 209 | Department of Education, the Chief Financial Officer shall make |
| 210 | K-12 GI Bill payments in four equal amounts no later than |
| 211 | September 1, November 1, February 1, and April 15 of each |
| 212 | academic year in which the K-12 GI Bill is in force. The initial |
| 213 | payment for attendance at a private school shall be made after |
| 214 | Department of Education verification of admission acceptance, |
| 215 | and subsequent payments shall be made upon verification of |
| 216 | continued enrollment and attendance at the private school. |
| 217 | Payment must be by individual warrant made payable to the |
| 218 | student's parent and mailed by the Department of Education to |
| 219 | the private school of the parent's choice, and the parent shall |
| 220 | restrictively endorse the warrant to the private school for |
| 221 | deposit into the account of the private school. |
| 222 | (9) LIABILITY.--The state is not liable for any loss based |
| 223 | on the award or use of a K-12 GI Bill. |
| 224 | (10) RULES.--The State Board of Education may adopt rules |
| 225 | under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer this section. |
| 226 | However, the inclusion of eligible private schools within |
| 227 | options available to Florida public school students does not |
| 228 | expand the regulatory authority of the state, its officers, or |
| 229 | any school district to impose any additional regulation of |
| 230 | private schools beyond those reasonably necessary to enforce |
| 231 | requirements expressly set forth in this section. |
| 232 | (11) K-12 GI BILL PROHIBITIONS.--A student is not eligible |
| 233 | for aK-12 GI Bill if he or she is: |
| 234 | (a) Enrolled in a school operating for the purpose of |
| 235 | providing educational services to youth in Department of |
| 236 | Juvenile Justice commitment programs. |
| 237 | (b) Receiving a scholarship from an eligible nonprofit |
| 238 | scholarship-funding organization under s. 220.187. |
| 239 | (c) Receiving an educational scholarship pursuant to this |
| 240 | chapter. |
| 241 | (d) Participating in a home education program as defined |
| 242 | in s. 1002.01(1). |
| 243 | (e) Participating in a private tutoring program pursuant |
| 244 | to s. 1002.43. |
| 245 | (f) Participating in a virtual school, correspondence |
| 246 | school, or distance learning program that receives state funding |
| 247 | pursuant to the student's participation. |
| 248 | (12) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OBLIGATIONS.--The department |
| 249 | shall: |
| 250 | (a) Annually verify the eligibility of private schools |
| 251 | that meet the requirements of subsection (8). |
| 252 | (b) Establish a toll-free hotline that provides parents |
| 253 | and private schools with information on participation in the K- |
| 254 | 12 GI Bill Program. |
| 255 | (c) Establish a process by which individuals may notify |
| 256 | the department of any violation by a parent, private school, or |
| 257 | school district of state laws relating to program participation. |
| 258 | The department shall conduct an investigation of any written |
| 259 | complaint of a violation of this section, or make a referral to |
| 260 | the appropriate agency for investigation, if the complaint is |
| 261 | signed by the complainant and is legally sufficient. A complaint |
| 262 | is legally sufficient if it contains ultimate facts that show |
| 263 | that a violation of this section or any rule adopted by the |
| 264 | State Board of Education has occurred. In order to determine |
| 265 | legal sufficiency, the department may require supporting |
| 266 | information or documentation from the complainant. |
| 267 | (d) Require an annual, notarized, sworn compliance |
| 268 | statement by participating private schools certifying compliance |
| 269 | with state laws and shall retain such records. |
| 270 | (e) Cross-check the list of participating students with |
| 271 | the public school enrollment lists prior to the first payment to |
| 272 | avoid duplication. |
| 273 | (f) Identify all nationally norm-referenced tests that are |
| 274 | comparable to the norm-referenced test portions of the Florida |
| 275 | Comprehensive Assessment Test(FCAT). |
| 276 | (g) Select an independent private research organization to |
| 277 | which participating private schools must report the scores of |
| 278 | participating students on the nationally norm-referenced tests |
| 279 | administered by the private school. The independent private |
| 280 | research organization must annually report to the department on |
| 281 | the year-to-year improvements of the participating students. The |
| 282 | independent private research organization must analyze and |
| 283 | report student performance data in a manner that protects the |
| 284 | rights of students and parents as mandated in 20 U.S.C. s. |
| 285 | 1232g, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and must |
| 286 | not disaggregate data to a level that will disclose the academic |
| 287 | level of individual students or of individual schools. To the |
| 288 | extent possible, the independent private research organization |
| 289 | must accumulate historical performance data on students from the |
| 290 | department and private schools to describe baseline performance |
| 291 | and to conduct longitudinal studies. To minimize costs and |
| 292 | reduce time required for third-party analysis and evaluation, |
| 293 | the department shall conduct analyses of matched students from |
| 294 | public school assessment data and calculate control group |
| 295 | learning gains using an agreed-upon methodology outlined in the |
| 296 | contract with the third-party evaluator. The sharing of student |
| 297 | data must be in accordance with requirements of 20 U.S.C. s. |
| 298 | 1232g, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and shall |
| 299 | be for the sole purpose of conducting the evaluation. All |
| 300 | parties must preserve the confidentiality of such information as |
| 301 | required by law. |
| 302 | (13) COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATIONS.- |
| 303 | (a) The Commissioner of Education shall deny, suspend, or |
| 304 | revoke a private school's participation in the program if it is |
| 305 | determined that the private school has failed to comply with the |
| 306 | provisions of this section. However, if the noncompliance is |
| 307 | correctable within a reasonable amount of time and if the |
| 308 | health, safety, and welfare of the students are not threatened, |
| 309 | the commissioner may issue a notice of noncompliance which shall |
| 310 | provide the private school with a timeframe within which to |
| 311 | provide evidence of compliance prior to taking action to suspend |
| 312 | or revoke the private school's participation in the program. |
| 313 | (b) The commissioner's determination is subject to the |
| 314 | following: |
| 315 | 1. If the commissioner intends to deny, suspend, or revoke |
| 316 | a private school's participation in the program, the department |
| 317 | shall notify the private school of such proposed action in |
| 318 | writing by certified mail and regular mailto the private |
| 319 | school's address of record with the department. The notification |
| 320 | shall include the reasons for the proposed action and notice of |
| 321 | the timelines and procedures set forth in this paragraph. |
| 322 | 2. The private school that is adversely affected by the |
| 323 | proposed action shall have 15 days after receipt of the notice |
| 324 | of proposed action to file with the department's agency clerk a |
| 325 | request for a proceeding pursuant to ss.120.569 and 120.57. If |
| 326 | the private school is entitled to a hearing under s.120.57(1), |
| 327 | the department shall forward the request to the Division of |
| 328 | Administrative Hearings. |
| 329 | 3. Upon receipt of a request referred pursuant to this |
| 330 | paragraph, the director of the Division of Administrative |
| 331 | Hearings shall expedite the hearing and assign an administrative |
| 332 | law judge who shall commence a hearing within 30days after the |
| 333 | receipt of the formal written request by the division and enter |
| 334 | a recommended order within 30 days after the hearing or within |
| 335 | 30 days after receipt of the hearing transcript, whichever is |
| 336 | later. Each party shall be allowed 10 days in which to submit |
| 337 | written exceptions to the recommended order. A final order shall |
| 338 | be entered by the agency within 30 days after the entry of a |
| 339 | recommended order. The provisions of this subparagraph may be |
| 340 | waived upon stipulation by all parties. |
| 341 | (c) The commissioner may immediately suspend payment if it |
| 342 | is determined that there is probable cause to believe that there |
| 343 | is: |
| 344 | 1. An imminent threat to the health, safety, and welfare |
| 345 | of the students; or |
| 346 | 2. Fraudulent activity on the part of the private school. |
| 347 |
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| 348 | The commissioner's order suspending payment pursuant to this |
| 349 | paragraph may be appealed pursuant to the same procedures and |
| 350 | timelines as the notice of proposed action set forth in |
| 351 | paragraph (b). |
| 352 | (d) The parent shall ensure that the student participating |
| 353 | in the program takes the norm-referenced assessment offered by |
| 354 | the private school. The parent may also choose to have the |
| 355 | student participate in the statewide assessments pursuant to s. |
| 356 | 1008.22. If the parent requests that the student take statewide |
| 357 | assessments pursuant to s. 1008.22, the parent is responsible |
| 358 | for transporting the student to the assessment site designated |
| 359 | by the school district. |
| 360 | (e) Subsequent to each payment, the Department of |
| 361 | Financial Services shall randomly review endorsed warrants to |
| 362 | confirm compliance with endorsement requirements. The Department |
| 363 | of Financial Services shall immediately report inconsistencies |
| 364 | or irregularities to the department. |
| 365 | (14) WAIVER OF DEADLINES.--In the event of an act of God, |
| 366 | which means an act occasioned exclusively by violence of nature |
| 367 | without the interference of any human agency, the State Board of |
| 368 | Education is authorized to waive any deadlines to effectuate the |
| 369 | purposes of the K-12 GI Bill. |
| 370 | (g) Each private school shall require each individual with |
| 371 | direct student contact with a scholarship student to be of good |
| 372 | moral character, to be subject to the level 1 background |
| 373 | screening as provided under chapter 435,to be denied employment |
| 374 | or terminated if required under s. 435.06, and not to be |
| 375 | ineligible to teach in a public school because his or her |
| 376 | educator certificate is suspended or revoked. For purposes of |
| 377 | this paragraph: |
| 378 | 1. An "individual with direct student contact" means any |
| 379 | individual who has unsupervised access to a scholarship student |
| 380 | for whom the private school is responsible. |
| 381 | 2. The costs of fingerprinting and the background check |
| 382 | shall not be borne by the state. |
| 383 | 3. Continued employment of an individual after |
| 384 | notification that the individual has failed the level 1 |
| 385 | background screening shall cause a private school to be |
| 386 | ineligible for participation in the scholarship program. |
| 387 | 4. An individual holding a valid Florida teaching |
| 388 | certificate who has been fingerprinted pursuant to s. 1012.32 |
| 389 | shall not be required to comply with the provisions of this |
| 390 | paragraph. |
| 391 | (h) The private school shall annually administer or make |
| 392 | provision for students participating in the program to take one |
| 393 | of the nationally norm-referenced tests identified by the |
| 394 | department. Students with disabilities for whom standardized |
| 395 | testing is not appropriate are exempt from this requirement. A |
| 396 | participating private school must report a student's scores to |
| 397 | the parent and to the independent private research organization |
| 398 | selected by the department. |
| 399 | Section 12. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (6) of |
| 400 | section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 401 | 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.--Parents of public |
| 402 | school students must receive accurate and timely information |
| 403 | regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed |
| 404 | of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12 |
| 405 | students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory |
| 406 | rights including, but not limited to, the following: |
| 407 | (6) EDUCATIONAL CHOICE.-- |
| 408 | (a) Public school choices.--Parents of public school |
| 409 | students may seek whatever public school choice options that are |
| 410 | applicable to their students and are available to students in |
| 411 | their school districts. These options may include controlled |
| 412 | open enrollment, lab schools, charter schools, charter technical |
| 413 | career centers, magnet schools, alternative schools, special |
| 414 | programs, advanced placement, dual enrollment, International |
| 415 | Baccalaureate, early admissions, credit by examination or |
| 416 | demonstration of competency, the New World School of the Arts, |
| 417 | the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, and the Florida |
| 418 | Virtual School. These options may also include the public school |
| 419 | choice options of the Opportunity Scholarship Program, and the |
| 420 | McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program, and |
| 421 | the K-12 GI Bill Program. |
| 422 | (b) Private school choices.--Parents of public school |
| 423 | students may seek private school choice options under certain |
| 424 | programs. |
| 425 | 1. Under the Opportunity Scholarship Program, the parent |
| 426 | of a student in a failing public school may request and receive |
| 427 | an opportunity scholarship for the student to attend a private |
| 428 | school in accordance with the provisions of s. 1002.38. |
| 429 | 2. Under the McKay Scholarships for Students with |
| 430 | Disabilities Program, the parent of a public school student with |
| 431 | a disability who is dissatisfied with the student's progress may |
| 432 | request and receive a McKay Scholarship for the student to |
| 433 | attend a private school in accordance with the provisions of s. |
| 434 | 1002.39. |
| 435 | 3. Under the K-12 GI Bill Program, the parent of a public |
| 436 | school student who is a dependent of an active-duty member as |
| 437 | defined in s. 1002.395(1) may request and receive a K-12 GI Bill |
| 438 | for the student to attend a private school in accordance with s. |
| 439 | 1002.395. |
| 440 | 4.3. Under the corporate income tax credit scholarship |
| 441 | program, the parent of a student who qualifies for free or |
| 442 | reduced-price school lunch may seek a scholarship from an |
| 443 | eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization in |
| 444 | accordance with the provisions of s. 220.187. |
| 445 |
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| 447 | Remove line(s) 59 and insert: |
| 448 | s. 1002.395, F.S.; establishing the K-12 GI Bill Program to |
| 449 | provide educational options for dependents of an active-duty |
| 450 | member of the Florida National Guard who is serving in Operation |
| 451 | Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom; providing that a |
| 452 | student may attend a public school in the school district other |
| 453 | than the one to which assigned; providing that a student may |
| 454 | receive a K-12 GI Bill to attend a public school in an adjacent |
| 455 | school district or to attend a private school; amending s. |
| 456 | 1002.20, F.S., relating to student and parent rights to |
| 457 | educational choice, to conform; creating s. 1002.421, F.S., |
| 458 | relating to rights and obligations of |