Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 938
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Wright) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 1003.051, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         1003.051 Purple Star Campuses.—
    8         (1) As used in this section, the term “military student”
    9  means a student who is:
   10         (a) Enrolled in a school district, a charter school, or any
   11  school or educational institution participating in an
   12  educational choice scholarship program established pursuant to
   13  chapter 1002; and
   14         (b) A dependent of a current member of the United States
   15  military serving on active duty in, or a former member of, the
   16  Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard, a reserve
   17  component of any branch of the United States military, or the
   18  Florida National Guard.
   19         (2)(a) The Department of Education shall establish the
   20  Purple Star Campus program. At a minimum, the program must
   21  require a participating school to:
   22         1. Designate a staff member as a military liaison.
   23         2. Maintain a webpage on the school’s website which
   24  includes resources for military students and their families.
   25         3. Maintain a student-led transition program that assists
   26  military students in transitioning into the school.
   27         4. Offer professional development training opportunities
   28  for staff members on issues relating to military students.
   29         5. Reserve at least 5 percent of controlled open enrollment
   30  seats for military students.
   31         (b) The department may establish additional criteria to
   32  identify schools that demonstrate a commitment to or provide
   33  critical transition supports for military-connected families,
   34  such as hosting an annual military recognition event, partnering
   35  with a school liaison officer from a military installation,
   36  supporting projects that connect the school with the military
   37  community, and providing outreach for military parents and their
   38  children.
   39         (3) A school may partner with a school district to procure
   40  digital, professional development, or other assistance necessary
   41  for the school to meet the criteria specified in subsection (2).
   42         (4) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
   43  implement this section.
   44         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
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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 everything before the enacting clause
   49  and insert:
   50                        A bill to be entitled                      
   51         An act relating to Purple Star Campuses; creating s.
   52         1003.051, F.S.; defining the term “military student”;
   53         requiring the Department of Education to establish the
   54         Purple Star Campus program; specifying program
   55         criteria for participating schools; authorizing
   56         schools to partner with school districts to meet such
   57         criteria; requiring the State Board of Education to
   58         adopt rules; providing an effective date.