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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Diaz de la Portilla)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendments)

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     Delete line(s) 11-56

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and insert:

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Section 1. A new subsection (3) is added to section 1003.57,

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Florida Statutes, to read:

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(3)(a) Within 10 days of an exceptional student with a

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disability being placed in or referred to a private residential

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care facility by the Department of Children and Families or the

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Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the department or agency as

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appropriate, must provide notification of the placement or

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referral to the school district in which the private residential

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care facility is located. This subsection applies when the

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placement or referral is for the primary purpose of addressing

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residential or other non-educational needs and the placement or

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referral crosses school district lines.

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(b) Within ten days of receiving the notification, the

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school district in which the private residential care facility is

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located must review the student's individual educational plan to

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determine if the student may benefit from instruction provided by

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the school district or by a provider or facility under contract

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with the school district. The school district shall provide

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educational instruction to the student, contract with another

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provider or facility to provide the educational instruction,

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contract with the private residential care facility in which the

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student resides to provide the educational instruction to the

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student, or decline to provide or contract for educational

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instruction. If the school district declines to provide or

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contract for the educational instruction, the school district in

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which the student was enrolled prior to the placement in or

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referral to the private residential care facility shall provide

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or contract for the educational instruction to the student. The

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school district that provides educational instruction or

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contracts to provide educational instruction shall report the

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student for funding purposes under s. 1011.62.

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(And redesignate subsequent section)

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 2-7

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and insert:

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An act relating to exceptional students; amending s.

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1003.57, F.S.; requiring notification to school districts

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by the Department of Children and Family Services and the

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Agency for Persons with Disabilities under certain

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circumstances; requiring a review of a student's

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individual educational plan; providing for a determination

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of responsibility for educational instruction; requiring

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the reporting of the student for funding purposes;

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providing an effective date.

3/31/2008  5:47:00 PM     ED.36.05822