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¹240.40985  Elderly Education Program Grants.--

(1)  Contingent upon annual funding by the Legislature, the Department of Education shall administer a grant program for planned noncredit instructional activities or programs for adults who are 65 years of age or older. Any instructional activity or program provided according to this section must have an innovative format that would make it difficult or impossible to register students and calculate them for reporting for funding through the Florida Education Finance Program or the Community College Program Fund. Eligible activities include, but are not limited to, seminars, publications, public service presentations, and multimedia events. People under 65, especially families and caretakers of older people, may be included in activities provided by the program if those activities are designed expressly to benefit people over 65.

(2)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to govern the distribution of funds, administration procedures, and evaluation of the Elderly Education Program. The rules shall include at least the following provisions:

(a)  Content of requests from school districts and community colleges.

(b)  Methods of enhancing cooperative ventures among school districts, community colleges, public and private community service agencies, and agencies with special missions or statewide jurisdiction such as public universities, Developmental Research Schools, and the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.

(c)  Guidelines for the Commissioner of Education to award grants for the program.

(d)  The method of distributing funds for the program equitably statewide and among school districts and community colleges. This method shall include provisions for assuring cooperation among community colleges and school districts serving the same population of older people.

(e)  Maximum administrative cost.

(f)  Requirements for oversight and evaluation, which may include participation by state-level advocacy groups.

History.--s. 70, ch. 90-288; s. 23, ch. 90-302; s. 3(7), ch. 2000-321.

¹Note.--Repealed January 7, 2003, by s. 3(7), ch. 2000-321, and shall be reviewed by the Legislature prior to that date.