Florida Senate - 2011 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SPB 7202 Barcode 792694 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: WD . 04/01/2011 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Budget (Wise and Gaetz) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with directory amendment) 2 3 Between lines 20071 and 20072 4 insert: 5 (2)(a) Each private prekindergarten provider, including 6 faith-based providers, and public school may select or design 7 the curriculum that the provider or school uses to implement the 8 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program, except as otherwise 9 required for a provider or school that is placed on probation 10 under paragraph (3)(c). 11 (b) Each private prekindergarten provider’s and public 12 school’s curriculum must be developmentally appropriate and 13 must: 14 1. Be designed to prepare a student for early literacy; 15 2. Enhance the age-appropriate progress of students in 16 attaining the performance standards adopted by the department 17 under subsection (1); and 18 3. Prepare students to be ready for kindergarten based upon 19 the statewide kindergarten screening administered under s. 20 1002.69. 21 (c) The department shall review and approve curricula for 22 use by private prekindergarten providers and public schools that 23 are placed on probation under paragraph (3)(c). The department 24 shall allow a faith-based provider to continue to use the 25 provider’s choice of curriculum while the provider is on 26 probation. The department shall maintain a list of the curricula 27 approved under this paragraph. Each approved curriculum must 28 meet the requirements of paragraph (b). 29 30 ====== D I R E C T O R Y C L A U S E A M E N D M E N T ====== 31 And the directory clause is amended as follows: 32 Delete lines 20058 - 20059 33 and insert: 34 Section 356. Section 1002.67, Florida Statutes, is amended 35 to read: