Florida Senate - 2014                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1394
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Ring moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (187986) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 32 and 33
    5  insert:
    6         Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (8) of section
    7  1002.45, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         1002.45 Virtual instruction programs.—
    9         (8) ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.—
   10         (d) Beginning in the 2014-2015 school year, an approved
   11  provider’s contract must be terminated if the provider receives
   12  a school grade of “D” or “F” under s. 1008.34, or a school
   13  improvement rating of “declining” under s. 1008.341 for 2 years
   14  during any consecutive 4-year period, or three school grades of
   15  “D” under s. 1008.34 during any consecutive 4-year period or has
   16  violated any qualification requirement pursuant to subsection
   17  (2). A provider that has a contract terminated under this
   18  paragraph may not be an approved provider for a period of at
   19  least 1 year after the date upon which the contract was
   20  terminated and until the department determines that the provider
   21  is in compliance with subsection (2) and has corrected each
   22  cause of the provider’s low performance. A provider that
   23  receives two school grades of “D” must appear before the State
   24  Board of Education to seek approval of a revised school
   25  improvement plan and may not be an approved provider if approval
   26  is withheld.
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   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 4
   31  and insert:
   32         membership of the Children and Youth Cabinet; amending
   33         s. 1002.45, F.S.; revising the circumstances in which
   34         an approved provider’s contract must be terminated;
   35         requiring certain providers to appear before the State
   36         Board of Education under certain circumstances;
   37         withholding approval of certain providers; amending