Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 2234
                        Barcode 462962
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11  The Committee on Education (Webster) recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 29, between lines 29 and 30,
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18         Section 9.  Subsection (18) of section 1001.42, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         1001.42  Powers and duties of district school
21  board.--The district school board, acting as a board, shall
22  exercise all powers and perform all duties listed below:
23         (18) CORPORATE INCOME TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM;
24  FAMILIES OF STUDENTS ATTENDING FAILING SCHOOLS OPPORTUNITY
25  SCHOLARSHIPS.--Adopt policies allowing students attending
26  schools that have been designated as performance grade
27  category "F," failing to make adequate progress, for 2 school
28  years in a 4-year period to attend a higher performing public
29  school in the same district or an adjoining district or be
30  granted a state opportunity scholarship to transport the
31  student to a public school in an adjoining district or a
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2234 Barcode 462962 1 scholarship to attend a private school, in conformance with s. 2 220.1875 s. 1002.38 and State Board of Education rule. 3 Section 10. Subsection (6) of section 1002.20, Florida 4 Statutes, is amended to read: 5 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.--Parents of 6 public school students must receive accurate and timely 7 information regarding their child's academic progress and must 8 be informed of ways they can help their child to succeed in 9 school. K-12 students and their parents are afforded numerous 10 statutory rights including, but not limited to, the following: 11 (6) EDUCATIONAL CHOICE.-- 12 (a) Public school choices.--Parents of public school 13 students may seek whatever public school choice options that 14 are applicable to their students and are available to students 15 in their school districts. These options may include 16 controlled open enrollment, lab schools, charter schools, 17 charter technical career centers, magnet schools, alternative 18 schools, special programs, advanced placement, dual 19 enrollment, International Baccalaureate, International General 20 Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE), Advanced 21 International Certificate of Education, early admissions, 22 credit by examination or demonstration of competency, the New 23 World School of the Arts, the Florida School for the Deaf and 24 the Blind, and the Florida Virtual School. These options may 25 also include the public school choice options of the corporate 26 income tax credit scholarship programs Opportunity Scholarship 27 Program and the McKay Scholarships for Students with 28 Disabilities Program. 29 (b) Private school choices.--Parents of public school 30 students may seek private school choice options under certain 31 programs. 2 8:16 AM 04/17/06 s2234.ed09.001
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2234 Barcode 462962 1 1. Under the corporate income tax credit scholarship 2 program for families of students attending schools failing to 3 make adequate progress Opportunity Scholarship Program, the 4 parent of a student in a failing public school may seek a 5 request and receive an opportunity scholarship from an 6 eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization for the 7 student to attend a private school in accordance with the 8 provisions of s. 220.1875 s. 1002.38. 9 2. Under the McKay Scholarships for Students with 10 Disabilities Program, the parent of a public school student 11 with a disability who is dissatisfied with the student's 12 progress may request and receive a McKay Scholarship for the 13 student to attend a private school in accordance with the 14 provisions of s. 1002.39. 15 3. Under the corporate income tax credit scholarship 16 program for families that have limited financial resources, 17 the parent of a student who qualifies for free or 18 reduced-price school lunch may seek a scholarship from an 19 eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization for the 20 student to attend a private school in accordance with the 21 provisions of s. 220.187. 22 (c) Home education.--The parent of a student may 23 choose to place the student in a home education program in 24 accordance with the provisions of s. 1002.41. 25 (d) Private tutoring.--The parent of a student may 26 choose to place the student in a private tutoring program in 27 accordance with the provisions of s. 1002.43(1). 28 29 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 30 31 3 8:16 AM 04/17/06 s2234.ed09.001
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 2234 Barcode 462962 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 3, line 7, after the semicolon, 4 5 insert: 6 amending ss. 1001.42 and 1002.20, F.S., to 7 conform to the repeal of the Opportunity 8 Scholarship Program and the creation of the tax 9 credit program for families of students 10 attending schools failing to make adequate 11 progress; 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 8:16 AM 04/17/06 s2234.ed09.001