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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Gaetz) recommended the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete line(s) 205-236

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and insert:

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     (l) Beginning in the 2009-2010 state fiscal year, determine

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if at least 95 percent of a private school's eligible scholarship

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students participate in the statewide assessments pursuant to s.

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1008.22.

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     (11) SCHOLARSHIP AND PREMIUM AMOUNT AND PAYMENT.--

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     (a)1. The amount of a scholarship provided to any student

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for any single school year by an eligible nonprofit scholarship-

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funding organization from eligible contributions shall be for

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total costs authorized under subparagraph (6)(d)1., not to exceed

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the following annual limits:

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     a.1. Three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars for a

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scholarship awarded to a student enrolled in an eligible private

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school for the 2008-2009 state fiscal year. Beginning in the

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2009-2010 state fiscal year, the State Board of Education shall,

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by rule, adjust the maximum amounts for the scholarship awards

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under this sub-subparagraph to reflect 60 percent of the

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unweighted FEFP student funding amount established in the annual

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appropriations act for the ensuing state fiscal year. However,

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the increase in the maximum amounts for a scholarship award under

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this sub-subparagraph may not exceed $200 annually. The annually

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adjusted amounts shall be rounded downward to the nearest dollar.

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     b.2. Five hundred dollars for a scholarship awarded to a

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student enrolled in a Florida public school that is located

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outside the district in which the student resides or in a lab

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school as defined in s. 1002.32.

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     2. Beginning in the 2009-2010 state fiscal year, the amount

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of an annual premium payment by an eligible nonprofit

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scholarship-funding organization from eligible contributions

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shall be $200 for costs authorized under subparagraph (6)(d)2.

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provided to a student who takes the statewide assessments

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pursuant to s. 1008.22 if at least 95 percent of the private

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school's eligible scholarship students participate in the

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statewide assessments.

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3/19/2008  8:31:00 AM     ED.ED.05326