Florida Senate - 2014 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1226
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/25/2014 .
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1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 1904 - 1926
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5 Section 57. Subsections (1), (2), and (7) of section
6 1004.935, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7 1004.935 Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education Pilot
8 Program.—
9 (1) The Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education Pilot
10 Program is established in the Department of Education through
11 June 30, 2016, for 2 years in Hardee, DeSoto, Manatee, and
12 Sarasota Counties to provide the option of receiving a
13 scholarship for instruction at private schools for up to 30
14 students who:
15 (a) Have a disability;
16 (b) Are 22 years of age;
17 (c) Are receiving instruction from an instructor in a
18 private school to meet the high school graduation requirements
19 in s. 1002.3105(5) 1003.428 or s. 1003.4282;
20 (d) Do not have a standard high school diploma or a special
21 high school diploma; and
22 (e) Receive “supported employment services,” which means
23 employment that is located or provided in an integrated work
24 setting with earnings paid on a commensurate wage basis and for
25 which continued support is needed for job maintenance.
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27 As used in this section, the term “student with a disability”
28 includes a student who is documented as having an intellectual
29 disability; a speech impairment; a language impairment; a
30 hearing impairment, including deafness; a visual impairment,
31 including blindness; a dual sensory impairment; an orthopedic
32 impairment; another health impairment; an emotional or
33 behavioral disability; a specific learning disability,
34 including, but not limited to, dyslexia, dyscalculia, or
35 developmental aphasia; a traumatic brain injury; a developmental
36 delay; or autism spectrum disorder.
37 (2) A student participating in the pilot program may
38 continue to participate in the program until the student
39 graduates from high school or reaches the age of 40 30 years,
40 whichever occurs first.
41 (7) Funds for the scholarship shall be provided from the
42 appropriation from the school district’s Workforce Development
43 Fund in the General Appropriations Act for students who reside
44 in the Hardee County School District, the DeSoto County School
45 District, the Manatee County School District, or the Sarasota
46 County School District. During the 2-year pilot program, the
47 scholarship amount granted for an eligible student with a
48 disability shall be equal to the cost per unit of a full-time
49 equivalent adult general education student, multiplied by the
50 adult general education funding factor, and multiplied by the
51 district cost differential pursuant to the formula required by
52 s. 1011.80(6)(a) for the district in which the student resides.
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55 And the title is amended as follows:
56 Delete lines 111 - 112
57 and insert:
58 consolidation pilot projects; amending s. 1004.935,
59 F.S.; revising the effective date of the Adults with
60 Disabilities Workforce Education Pilot Program;
61 increasing the age limitation for a program
62 participant; conforming cross-references; repealing s.