Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 248
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/11/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Simon) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 18 and 19
    4  insert:
    5         (3)
    6         (c)1. An individual home education student is eligible to
    7  participate at the public school to which the student would be
    8  assigned according to district school board attendance area
    9  policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to
   10  s. 1002.31, or may develop an agreement to participate at a
   11  private school, in the interscholastic extracurricular
   12  activities of that school, provided the following conditions are
   13  met:
   14         a.1. The home education student must meet the requirements
   15  of the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
   16         b.2. During the period of participation at a school, the
   17  home education student must demonstrate educational progress as
   18  required in paragraph (b) in all subjects taken in the home
   19  education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the
   20  parent and the school principal which may include: review of the
   21  student’s work by a certified teacher chosen by the parent;
   22  grades earned through correspondence; grades earned in courses
   23  taken at a Florida College System institution, university, or
   24  trade school; standardized test scores above the 35th
   25  percentile; or any other method designated in s. 1002.41.
   26         c.3. The home education student must meet the same
   27  residency requirements as other students in the school at which
   28  he or she participates.
   29         d.4. The home education student must meet the same
   30  standards of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required
   31  of other students in extracurricular activities.
   32         e.5. The student must register with the school his or her
   33  intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
   34  activities as a representative of the school before
   35  participation. A home education student must be able to
   36  participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement
   37  for an extracurricular activity.
   38         f.6. A student who transfers from a home education program
   39  to a public school before or during the first grading period of
   40  the school year is academically eligible to participate in
   41  interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first
   42  grading period provided the student has a successful evaluation
   43  from the previous school year, pursuant to sub-subparagraph b.
   44  subparagraph 2.
   45         g.7. Any public school or private school student who has
   46  been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation
   47  in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
   48  participate in such activities as a home education student until
   49  the student has successfully completed one grading period in
   50  home education pursuant to sub-subparagraph b. subparagraph 2.
   51  to become eligible to participate as a home education student.
   52         2. An individual home education student is eligible to
   53  participate on an interscholastic athletic team at any public
   54  school in the school district in which the student resides,
   55  provided the student meets the conditions specified in
   56  subparagraph 1.
   57  
   58  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   59  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   60         Delete line 14
   61  and insert:
   62         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) and paragraphs
   63  (a), (e), and (g) of subsection (8)
   64  
   65  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   66  And the title is amended as follows:
   67         Delete lines 2 - 4
   68  and insert:
   69         An act relating to student participation in
   70         interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular
   71         sports; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; specifying
   72         conditions for a home education student to participate
   73         in interscholastic athletics;