The Florida Senate

SB 1546: Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program

GENERAL BILL by Simmons

Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; Revising the prekindergarten program options available to certain parents to include a specified in-home, technology-based program; authorizing each early learning coalition to administer an in-home, technology-based academic prekindergarten program as part of the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; requiring the Office of Early Learning to adopt certain procedures and criteria regarding a nonprofit provider’s kindergarten readiness rate; requiring the office to adopt certain procedures for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program for a nonprofit provider, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/4/2018	Senate	• Filed
  1/12/2018	Senate	• Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Pre-K - 12 Education; Appropriations -SJ 176
  1/17/2018	Senate	• Introduced -SJ 176
  3/10/2018	Senate	• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Education

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• SB 1546, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/4/2018 at 11:16 AM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Citations - Statutes (8)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  1002.51	Definitions.	Page 2 (pdf)
  1002.53	Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; eligibility and enrollment.	Page 2 (pdf)
  1002.64		Page 5 (pdf)
  1002.67	Performance standards; curricula and accountability.	Page 7 (pdf)
  1002.69	Statewide kindergarten screening; kindergarten readiness rates; state-approved prekindergarten enrollment screening; good cause exemption.	Page 10 (pdf)
  1002.71	Funding; financial and attendance reporting.	Page 13 (pdf)
  1002.73	Department of Education; powers and duties; accountability requirements.	Page 17 (pdf)
  1002.75	Office of Early Learning; powers and duties.	Page 18 (pdf)

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