Florida Senate - 2011 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1696 Barcode 224100 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 1/AD/2R . 05/02/2011 04:50 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Wise moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 177 and 178 4 insert: 5 Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section 6 1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 7 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public 8 school students must receive accurate and timely information 9 regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed 10 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12 11 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory 12 rights including, but not limited to, the following: 13 (6) EDUCATIONAL CHOICE.— 14 (a) Public school choices.—Parents of public school 15 students may seek whatever public school choice options that are 16 applicableto their studentsandareavailable to students in 17 their school districts. These options may include controlled 18 open enrollment, single-gender programs, lab schools, school 19 district virtual instruction programs, charter schools, charter 20 technical career centers, magnet schools, alternative schools, 21 special programs, auditory-oral education programs, advanced 22 placement, dual enrollment, International Baccalaureate, 23 International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre 24 AICE), Advanced International Certificate of Education, early 25 admissions, credit by examination or demonstration of 26 competency, the New World School of the Arts, the Florida School 27 for the Deaf and the Blind, and the Florida Virtual School. 28 These options may also include the public school choice options 29 of the Opportunity Scholarship Program and the McKay 30 Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program. 31 32 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 33 And the title is amended as follows: 34 Delete line 12 35 and insert: 36 soliciting or accepting certain gifts; amending s. 37 1002.20, F.S.; adding auditory-oral education programs 38 to the list of public school choice options; amending 39 s.