| 1 | Representative(s) Attkisson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 28-54 and insert: |
| 5 | Representatives by January 1. The committee shall meet regularly |
| 6 | and is authorized to review potential rules and policies that |
| 7 | will be considered by the State Board of Education. |
| 8 | (2) INCENTIVES.--A provider or school district may not |
| 9 | provide incentives to entice a student or a student's parent to |
| 10 | choose a provider. After a provider has been chosen, the student |
| 11 | may be awarded incentives for performance or attendance, the |
| 12 | total value of which may not exceed $50 per student per year. |
| 13 | (3) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PROVIDER.-- |
| 14 | (a) School districts must create a one-stop parent |
| 15 | enrollment and provider selection process for supplemental |
| 16 | educational services and ensure that the process enables |
| 17 | eligible students to begin receiving supplemental educational |
| 18 | services no later than October 15 of each school year. |
| 19 | (b) Supplemental educational service enrollment forms must |
| 20 | be made freely available to the parents of eligible students and |
| 21 | providers both prior to and after the start of the school year. |
| 22 | (c) School districts must provide notification to parents |
| 23 | of students eligible to receive supplemental educational |
| 24 | services prior to and after the start of the school year. |
| 25 | Notification shall include contact information for, and a brief |
| 26 | description of, state-approved providers as well as the |
| 27 | enrollment form, clear instructions, and timeline for the |
| 28 | selection of providers and commencement of services. |
| 29 | (d) State-approved supplemental educational services |
| 30 | providers must be able to provide services to eligible students |
| 31 | no later than October 15 of each school year. |
| 32 | (e) In the event that the contract with a state-approved |
| 33 | provider is signed less than 20 days prior to October 15, the |
| 34 | provider shall be afforded no less than 20 days from the date |
| 35 | the contract was executed to begin delivering services. |
| 36 | (f) Each provider shall create a specific learning plan |
| 37 | for each student that shall be approved by the student's |
| 38 | parents. The development of this learning plan shall occur after |
| 39 | the tutoring program has begun and after the provider's |
| 40 | assessment of the student's academic needs. |
| 41 | (g) A school district must hold open student enrollment |
| 42 | for supplemental educational services unless or until it has |
| 43 | obtained a written election to receive or reject services from |
| 44 | parents in accordance with paragraph (4)(a). |
| 45 | (h) School districts, using the same policies applied to |
| 46 | other organizations that have access to school sites, shall |
| 47 | provide access to school facilities to providers that wish to |
| 48 | use these sites for supplemental educational services. |
| 49 | (4) COMPLIANCE; PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.-- |
| 50 | (a) Compliance is met when the school district has |
| 51 | obtained a written election to receive or reject services from |
| 52 | the parents of at least 80 percent of the students receiving |
| 53 | free or reduced-price lunch in Title I schools that are eligible |
| 54 | for parental choice of transportation or supplemental |
| 55 | educational services unless a waiver is granted by the State |
| 56 | Board of Education. Standard of compliance shall be known as the |
| 57 | Suwannee/Jefferson factor. A waiver shall only be granted if |
| 58 | there is |