Florida Senate - 2018                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1318
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/15/2018           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Criminal and Civil Justice
       (Rouson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (979286) 
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    3         Delete lines 23 - 61
    4  and insert:
    5  board, the Florida Virtual School, a Florida College System
    6  institution, a virtual education provider approved by the State
    7  Board of Education, or a charter school authorized to operate
    8  under s. 1002.33 to provide educational services for the
    9  Correctional Education Program. The educational services may
   10  include any educational, career, or workforce education training
   11  that is authorized by the department.
   12         Section 2. Section 951.176, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   13  read:
   14         951.176 Provision of education programs for youth.—
   15         (1) Each county may contract with a district school board,
   16  the Florida Virtual School, a Florida College System
   17  institution, a virtual education provider approved by the State
   18  Board of Education, or a charter school authorized to operate
   19  under s. 1002.33 to provide educational services for inmates at
   20  county detention facilities. The educational services may
   21  include any educational, career, or workforce education training
   22  that is authorized by the sheriff or chief correctional officer,
   23  or his or her designee.
   24         (2) Minors who have not graduated from high school and
   25  eligible students with disabilities under the age of 22 who have
   26  not graduated with a standard diploma or its equivalent who are
   27  detained in a county or municipal detention facility as defined
   28  in s. 951.23 shall be offered educational services by the local
   29  school district in which the facility is located. These
   30  educational services shall be based upon the estimated length of
   31  time the youth will be in the facility and the youth’s current
   32  level of functioning. School district superintendents or their
   33  designees shall be notified by the county sheriff or chief
   34  correctional officer, or his or her designee, upon the
   35  assignment of a youth under the age of 21 to the facility. A
   36  cooperative agreement with the local school district and
   37  applicable law enforcement units shall be developed to address
   38  the notification requirement and the provision of educational
   39  services to these youth.
   40         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section
   41  1011.80, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   42         1011.80 Funds for operation of workforce education
   43  programs.—
   44         (7)
   45         (b) State funds provided for the operation of postsecondary
   46  workforce programs may not be expended for the education of
   47  state inmates with more than 60 months of time remaining to