Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (233914) for CS for SB 934
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/22/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Wright) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 79 - 113
    4  and insert:
    5  committees and advisory committees. Members of special
    6  committees and advisory committees may attend meetings and
    7  establish quorums in person or through the use of
    8  telecommunications networks such as telephonic and video
    9  conferencing. No official action of the school board may be
   10  taken at any meeting of a special committee or an advisory
   11  committee.
   12         Section 2. Paragraph (g) of subsection (2) of section
   13  1003.621, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         1003.621 Academically high-performing school districts.—It
   15  is the intent of the Legislature to recognize and reward school
   16  districts that demonstrate the ability to consistently maintain
   17  or improve their high-performing status. The purpose of this
   18  section is to provide high-performing school districts with
   19  flexibility in meeting the specific requirements in statute and
   20  rules of the State Board of Education.
   21         (2) COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTES AND RULES.—Each academically
   22  high-performing school district shall comply with all of the
   23  provisions in chapters 1000-1013, and rules of the State Board
   24  of Education which implement these provisions, pertaining to the
   25  following:
   26         (g) Those statutes pertaining to planning and budgeting,
   27  including chapter 1011, except s. 1011.62(9)(d), relating to the
   28  requirement for a comprehensive reading plan. A district that is
   29  exempt from submitting a comprehensive reading this plan shall
   30  be deemed approved to receive the research-based reading
   31  instruction allocation. Each academically high-performing school
   32  district may provide up to 2 days of virtual instruction as part
   33  of the required 180 actual teaching days or the equivalent on an
   34  hourly basis each school year, as specified by rules of the
   35  State Board of Education. Virtual instruction that is conducted
   36  in accordance with the plan approved by the department, is
   37  teacher-developed, and is aligned with the standards for
   38  enrolled courses complies with s. 1011.60(2). The day or days
   39  must be indicated on the calendar approved by the school board.
   40  The district shall submit a plan for each day of virtual
   41  instruction to the department for approval, in a format
   42  prescribed by the department, with assurances of alignment to
   43  statewide student standards as described in s. 1003.41 before
   44  the start of each school year.
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   46  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   47  And the title is amended as follows:
   48         Delete lines 3 - 12
   49  and insert:
   50         F.S.; authorizing members of certain committees to
   51         attend meetings and establish quorums in person or
   52         through the use of telecommunications networks;
   53         prohibiting any official action of a school board from
   54         being taken at any meeting of such committees;
   55         amending s. 1003.621, F.S.; authorizing academically
   56         high-performing school districts to provide up to 2
   57         days of virtual instruction; specifying requirements
   58         for such virtual instruction for such virtual
   59         instruction to comply with a specified provision;
   60         amending s. 1004.04,