| 1 | The Health & Families Council recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to immunizations; amending s. 1002.23, |
| 7 | F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to include |
| 8 | parental information regarding school entry requirements |
| 9 | and recommended immunization schedules in the guidelines |
| 10 | for a parent guide; requiring departmental guidelines |
| 11 | regarding student health and other resources; specifying |
| 12 | that each school district develop and disseminate a parent |
| 13 | guide that provides certain health information, including |
| 14 | a recommended immunization schedule and information |
| 15 | regarding meningococcal disease; amending s. 1002.42, |
| 16 | F.S.; requiring the governing authority of each private |
| 17 | school to provide certain health information, including a |
| 18 | recommended immunization schedule and information |
| 19 | regarding meningococcal disease; providing an effective |
| 20 | date. |
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| 22 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 24 | Section 1. Subsections (2) and (7) of section 1002.23, |
| 25 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 26 | 1002.23 Family and School Partnership for Student |
| 27 | Achievement Act.-- |
| 28 | (2) To facilitate meaningful parent and family |
| 29 | involvement, the Department of Education shall develop |
| 30 | guidelines for a parent guide to successful student achievement |
| 31 | which describes what parents need to know about their child's |
| 32 | educational progress and how they can help their child to |
| 33 | succeed in school. The guidelines shall include, but need not be |
| 34 | limited to: |
| 35 | (a) Parental information regarding: |
| 36 | 1. Requirements for their child to be promoted to the next |
| 37 | grade, as provided for in s. 1008.25; |
| 38 | 2. Progress of their child toward achieving state and |
| 39 | district expectations for academic proficiency; |
| 40 | 3. Assessment results, including report cards and progress |
| 41 | reports; and |
| 42 | 4. Qualifications of their child's teachers; and |
| 43 | 5. School entry requirements, including required |
| 44 | immunizations and the recommended immunization schedule; |
| 45 | (b) Services available for parents and their children, |
| 46 | such as family literacy services; mentoring, tutorial, and other |
| 47 | academic reinforcement programs; college planning, academic |
| 48 | advisement, and student counseling services; and after-school |
| 49 | programs; |
| 50 | (c) Opportunities for parental participation, such as |
| 51 | parenting classes, adult education, school advisory councils, |
| 52 | and school volunteer programs; |
| 53 | (d) Opportunities for parents to learn about rigorous |
| 54 | academic programs that may be available for their child, such as |
| 55 | honors programs, dual enrollment, advanced placement, |
| 56 | International Baccalaureate, International General Certificate |
| 57 | of Secondary Education (pre-AICE), Advanced International |
| 58 | Certificate of Education, Florida Virtual High School courses, |
| 59 | and accelerated access to postsecondary education; |
| 60 | (e) Educational choices, as provided for in s. 1002.20(6), |
| 61 | and corporate income tax credit scholarships, as provided for in |
| 62 | s. 220.187; |
| 63 | (f) Classroom and test accommodations available for |
| 64 | students with disabilities; and |
| 65 | (g) School board rules, policies, and procedures for |
| 66 | student promotion and retention, academic standards, student |
| 67 | assessment, courses of study, instructional materials, and |
| 68 | contact information for school and district offices; and |
| 69 | (h) Resources for information on student health and other |
| 70 | available resources for parents. |
| 71 | (7) Each school district shall develop and disseminate a |
| 72 | parent guide to successful student achievement, consistent with |
| 73 | the guidelines of the Department of Education, which addresses |
| 74 | what parents need to know about their child's educational |
| 75 | progress and how parents can help their child to succeed in |
| 76 | school. The guide must: |
| 77 | (a) Be understandable to students and parents; |
| 78 | (b) Be distributed to all parents, students, and school |
| 79 | personnel at the beginning of each school year; |
| 80 | (c) Be discussed at the beginning of each school year in |
| 81 | meetings of students, parents, and teachers; and |
| 82 | (d) Include information concerning services, |
| 83 | opportunities, choices, academic standards, and student |
| 84 | assessment; and |
| 85 | (e) Provide information on the importance of student |
| 86 | health and available immunizations and vaccinations, including, |
| 87 | but not limited to: |
| 88 | 1. A recommended immunization schedule in accordance with |
| 89 | United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 90 | recommendations. |
| 91 | 2. Detailed information regarding the causes, symptoms, |
| 92 | and transmission of meningococcal disease and the availability, |
| 93 | effectiveness, known contraindications, and appropriate age for |
| 94 | the administration of any required or recommended vaccine |
| 95 | against meningococcal disease, in accordance with the |
| 96 | recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization |
| 97 | Practices of the United States Centers for Disease Control and |
| 98 | Prevention. |
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| 100 | The parent guide may be included as a part of the code of |
| 101 | student conduct that is required in s. 1006.07(2). |
| 102 | Section 2. Subsection (6) of section 1002.42, Florida |
| 103 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 104 | 1002.42 Private schools.-- |
| 105 | (6) IMMUNIZATIONS.--The governing authority of each |
| 106 | private school shall: |
| 107 | (a) Require students to present a certification of |
| 108 | immunization in accordance with the provisions of s. 1003.22(3)- |
| 109 | (11). |
| 110 | (b) Provide information on the importance of student |
| 111 | health and available immunizations and vaccinations, including, |
| 112 | but not limited to: |
| 113 | 1. A recommended immunization schedule in accordance with |
| 114 | United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| 115 | recommendations. |
| 116 | 2. Detailed information regarding the causes, symptoms, |
| 117 | and transmission of meningococcal disease and the availability, |
| 118 | effectiveness, known contraindications, and appropriate age for |
| 119 | the administration of any required or recommended vaccine |
| 120 | against meningococcal disease, in accordance with the |
| 121 | recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization |
| 122 | Practices of the United States Centers for Disease Control and |
| 123 | Prevention. |
| 124 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |