Senate Bill sb1594

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1594

    By Senator Rich





    34-1069-06                                              See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public school magnet

  3         programs; creating s. 1011.755, F.S.; creating

  4         a grant program to enable school districts to

  5         establish magnet programs in certain schools;

  6         providing for program administration and

  7         adoption of rules; requiring submission of

  8         proposals and distribution of funds; providing

  9         for implementation to the extent funds are

10         appropriated; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Section 1011.755, Florida Statutes, is

15  created to read:

16         1011.755  Magnet program grants.--

17         (1)  There is created a grant program to provide funds

18  to a school district with a magnet program that has a large

19  waiting list to enable the school district to establish the

20  magnet program in other schools in the school district.

21         (2)  The grant program shall be administered by the

22  Commissioner of Education according to rules adopted by the

23  State Board of Education. To apply for a magnet program grant,

24  a district school board must submit to the commissioner a

25  proposal for expanding a magnet program to other schools in

26  the school district. A proposal must include projected

27  enrollment, costs for the magnet program, and such other

28  information as the commissioner may require. For a proposal

29  approved by the commissioner, the commissioner shall authorize

30  distribution to the school district of funds for the program

31  which may be used for personnel, supplies, student services,

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1594
    34-1069-06                                              See HB




 1  or other expenses associated with the expansion of a magnet

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 3         (3)  The grant program shall be implemented to the

 4  extent funds are appropriated in the General Appropriations

 5  Act to the Department of Education for magnet program grants.

 6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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