| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the K-8 Virtual School Program; |
| 3 | amending s. 1002.415, F.S.; expanding student eligibility |
| 4 | for the program; providing an effective date. |
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| 6 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 8 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section |
| 9 | 1002.415, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 10 | 1002.415 K-8 Virtual School Program.--Subject to annual |
| 11 | legislative appropriation, a kindergarten through grade 8 |
| 12 | virtual school program is established within the Department of |
| 13 | Education for the purpose of making academic instruction |
| 14 | available to full-time students in kindergarten through grade 8 |
| 15 | using on-line and distance learning technology. The department |
| 16 | shall use an application process to select schools to deliver |
| 17 | program instruction. |
| 18 | (5) STUDENT ELIGIBILITY.-- |
| 19 | (a) Enrollment in each participating school is open to any |
| 20 | K-8 student in this state if the student meets at least one of |
| 21 | the following conditions: |
| 22 | 1. Complied during the prior school year with the regular |
| 23 | school attendance requirements of chapter 1003 Spent the prior |
| 24 | school year in attendance at a public school in this state and |
| 25 | was enrolled and reported by a public school district for |
| 26 | funding during the preceding October and February for purposes |
| 27 | of the Florida Education Finance Program surveys; |
| 28 | 2. Was enrolled during the prior school year in a K-8 |
| 29 | virtual school funded pursuant to this section or from funds |
| 30 | provided in the 2005 General Appropriations Act; |
| 31 | 3. Is eligible to enroll in kindergarten or the first |
| 32 | grade; or |
| 33 | 4. Has a sibling who is currently enrolled in a |
| 34 | participating K-8 virtual school and was enrolled at the end of |
| 35 | the prior school year. |
| 36 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |