Bill Amendment: FL S0240 | 2023 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Education

Status: 2023-05-16 - Chapter No. 2023-81, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1537 (Ch. 2023-39), HB 5101 (Ch. 2023-245), CS/SB 196 (Ch. 2023-89), SB 2502 (Ch. 2023-240) [S0240 Detail]

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       Florida Senate - 2023                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 240
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K -12 (Jones) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 777 - 812
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 16. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section
    6  1003.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1003.02 District school board operation and control of
    8  public K-12 education within the school district.—As provided in
    9  part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are
   10  constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation and
   11  control of public K-12 education within their school districts.
   12  The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate
   13  their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees,
   14  and facilities. Their responsibilities include staff
   15  development, public K-12 school student education including
   16  education for exceptional students and students in juvenile
   17  justice programs, special programs, adult education programs,
   18  and career education programs. Additionally, district school
   19  boards must:
   20         (1) Provide for the proper accounting for all students of
   21  school age, for the attendance and control of students at
   22  school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other
   23  matters relating to the welfare of students in the following
   24  areas:
   25         (i) Parental Notification of acceleration, academic, and
   26  career planning options.—At the beginning of each school year,
   27  notify parents of students in or entering high school and the
   28  students’ parents, in a language that is understandable to
   29  students and parents, of the opportunity and benefits of
   30  advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, Advanced
   31  International Certificate of Education, and dual enrollment
   32  courses; career and professional academies; career-themed
   33  courses; the career and technical education pathway to earn a
   34  standard high school diploma under s. 1003.4282(10); work-based
   35  learning opportunities, including internships and apprenticeship
   36  and preapprenticeship programs;, and Florida Virtual School
   37  courses; and options for early graduation under s. 1003.4281;
   38  and provide those students and parents with the contact
   39  information of a certified school counselor who can advise
   40  students on these options.
   41         Section 17. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section
   42  1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   43         1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades
   44  promotion.—
   45         (1) In order for a student to be promoted to high school
   46  from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the
   47  student must successfully complete the following courses:
   48         (e) One course in career and education planning to be
   49  completed in grades 6, 7, or 8, which may be taught by any
   50  member of the instructional staff. The course must be Internet
   51  based, customizable to each student, and include research-based
   52  assessments to assist students in determining educational and
   53  career options and goals. In addition, the course must result in
   54  a completed personalized academic and career plan for the
   55  student, which must that may be revised at least annually as the
   56  student progresses through middle school and high school,; must
   57  emphasize the importance of entrepreneurship and employability
   58  skills,; and must include information from the Department of
   59  Economic Opportunity’s economic security report under s. 445.07
   60  and other state career planning resources. The required
   61  personalized academic and career plan must inform students of
   62  high school graduation requirements, including a detailed
   63  explanation of the requirements for earning a high school
   64  diploma designation under s. 1003.4285 and the career and
   65  technical education pathway to earn a standard high school
   66  diploma under s. 1003.4282(10); the requirements for each
   67  scholarship in the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
   68  state university and Florida College System institution
   69  admission requirements; available opportunities to earn college
   70  credit in high school, including Advanced Placement courses; the
   71  International Baccalaureate Program; the Advanced International
   72  Certificate of Education Program; dual enrollment, including
   73  career dual enrollment; work-based learning opportunities,
   74  including internships and preapprenticeship and apprenticeship
   75  programs; and career education courses, including career-themed
   76  courses, preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, and
   77  course sequences that lead to industry certification pursuant to
   78  s. 1003.492 or s. 1008.44. The course may be implemented as a
   79  stand-alone course or integrated into another course or courses.
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   82  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   83  And the title is amended as follows:
   84         Delete lines 78 - 80
   85  and insert:
   86         amending s. 1003.02, F.S.; modifying requirements for
   87         parental notification of acceleration options for
   88         students; amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; adding
   89         requirements for a student’s personalized academic and
   90         career plan; amending s. 1003.4203,
   91