Florida Senate - 2019                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 7070
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Diaz moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (113230) 
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    3         Delete lines 1074 - 1110
    4  and insert:
    5         2. For students initially eligible in the 2019-2020 school
    6  year or thereafter, the calculated amount for a student to
    7  attend an eligible private school shall be based upon the grade
    8  level and school district in which the student resides as 95
    9  percent of the funds per unweighted full-time equivalent in the
   10  Florida Education Finance Program for a student in the basic
   11  program established pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(c)1., plus a per
   12  full-time equivalent share of funds for all categorical
   13  programs, except for the Exceptional Student Education
   14  Guaranteed Allocation.
   15         3.b. The scholarship amount awarded to a student enrolled
   16  in a Florida public school in which a student is enrolled and
   17  that is different from the school to which the student was
   18  assigned that is located outside the district in which the
   19  student resides or in a lab school as defined in s. 1002.32, is
   20  limited to $750.
   21         2. The annual limit for a scholarship under sub
   22  subparagraph 1.a. shall be reduced by:
   23         a. Twelve percent if the student’s household income level
   24  is greater than or equal to 200 percent, but less than 215
   25  percent, of the federal poverty level.
   26         b. Twenty-six percent if the student’s household income
   27  level is greater than or equal to 215 percent, but less than 230
   28  percent, of the federal poverty level.
   29         c. Forty percent if the student’s household income level is
   30  greater than or equal to 230 percent, but less than 245 percent,
   31  of the federal poverty level.
   32         d. Fifty percent if the student’s household income level is
   33  greater than or equal to 245 percent, but less than or equal to
   34  260 percent, of the federal poverty level.
   35         Section 9. Effective upon becoming a law, paragraph (i) is
   36  added to subsection (11) of section 1002.40, Florida Statutes,
   37  and paragraphs (a) and (g) of subsection (11) and paragraph (a)
   38  of subsection (13) of that section are amended, to read:
   39         1002.40 The Hope Scholarship Program.—
   40         (11) FUNDING AND PAYMENT.—
   41         (a) For students initially eligible in the 2019-2020 school
   42  year or thereafter, the calculated amount for a student to
   43  attend an eligible private school shall be based upon the grade
   44  level and school district in which the student was assigned as
   45  95 percent of the funds per unweighted full-time equivalent in
   46  the Florida Education Finance Program for a student in the basic
   47  program established pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(c)1., plus a per
   48  full-time equivalent share of funds for all categorical
   49  programs, except for the Exceptional Student Education
   50  Guaranteed Allocation. The maximum amount