Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 868
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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04/03/2017 .
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The Committee on Education (Baxley) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 80 - 102
4 and insert:
5 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
6 1002.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 1002.31 Controlled open enrollment; Public school parental
8 choice.—
9 (2)(a) Beginning by the 2017-2018 school year, as part of a
10 school district’s or charter school’s controlled open enrollment
11 process, and in addition to the existing public school choice
12 programs provided in s. 1002.20(6)(a), each district school
13 board or charter school shall allow a parent from any school
14 district in the state whose child is not subject to a current
15 expulsion or suspension to enroll his or her child in and
16 transport his or her child to any public school, including
17 charter schools, virtual charter schools, and district virtual
18 programs, that have has not reached capacity in the district,
19 subject to the maximum class size pursuant to s. 1003.03 and s.
20 1, Art. IX of the State Constitution, if applicable. The school
21 district or charter school shall accept the student, pursuant to
22 that school district’s or charter school’s controlled open
23 enrollment process, and report the student for purposes of the
24 school district’s or charter school’s funding pursuant to the
25 Florida Education Finance Program. A school district or charter
26 school may provide transportation to students described under
27 this section.
28 Section 4. Subsection (8) of section 1002.37, Florida
29 Statutes, is amended to read:
30 1002.37 The Florida Virtual School.—
31 (8)(a) The Florida Virtual School may provide full-time and
32 part-time instruction for students in kindergarten through grade
33 12. To receive part-time instruction in kindergarten through
34 grade 5, a student must meet at least one of the eligibility
35 criteria in s. 1002.455(2).
36 (b) For students receiving part-time instruction in
37 kindergarten through grade 5 and students receiving full-time
38 instruction in kindergarten through grade 12 from the Florida
39 Virtual School, the full-time equivalent student enrollment
40 calculated under this subsection is subject to the requirements
41 in s. 1011.61(4).
42 Section 5. Subsection (5) and paragraph (b) of subsection
43 (6) of section 1002.45, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
44 1002.45 Virtual instruction programs.—
45 (5) STUDENT ELIGIBILITY.—A student may enroll in a full
46 time or part-time virtual instruction program in kindergarten
47 through grade 12 which is provided by a the school district or
48 by a virtual charter school operated in the district in which he
49 or she resides if the student meets eligibility requirements for
50 virtual instruction pursuant to s. 1002.455.
51 (6) STUDENT PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.—Each student
52 enrolled in a virtual instruction program or virtual charter
53 school must:
54 (b) Take state assessment tests within the school district
55 in which such student resides or enrolls, as contractually
56 specified. If requested by the provider, the district of
57 residence which must provide the student with access to the
58 district’s testing facilities.
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61 And the title is amended as follows:
62 Delete line 11
63 and insert:
64 workers’ compensation coverage; amending s. 1002.31,
65 F.S.; revising available controlled open enrollment
66 options to include virtual charter schools and
67 district virtual programs; amending ss. 1002.37