Bill Text: FL S0564 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2018-03-10 - Died in Rules [S0564 Detail]
Download: Florida-2018-S0564-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2018 CS for SB 564 By the Committee on Appropriations; and Senator Young 576-02216-18 2018564c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the John M. McKay Scholarships for 3 Students with Disabilities Program; amending s. 4 1002.39, F.S.; providing that parents of certain 5 students who are seeking an individual education plan 6 reevaluation may request a specified meeting and 7 evaluation from the school district; requiring the 8 school district to conduct the meeting and 9 reevaluation within a specified timeframe; defining 10 the term “hospitalized or homebound”; specifying that 11 a school district may change a student’s matrix of 12 services as a result of an individual education plan 13 reevaluation; providing an effective date. 14 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 17 Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (5) of 18 section 1002.39, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 19 1002.39 The John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with 20 Disabilities Program.—There is established a program that is 21 separate and distinct from the Opportunity Scholarship Program 22 and is named the John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with 23 Disabilities Program. 24 (5) SCHOOL DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS; PARENTAL OPTIONS.— 25 (a)1. By April 1 of each year and within 10 days after an 26 individual education plan meeting or a 504 accommodation plan is 27 issued under s. 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, a school 28 district shall notify the parent of the student of all options 29 available pursuant to this section, inform the parent of the 30 availability of the department’s telephone hotline andInternet31 website for additional information on John M. McKay 32 Scholarships, and offer that student’s parent an opportunity to 33 enroll the student in another public school in the district. 34 2. If a student is hospitalized or homebound and his or her 35 parent seeks a reevaluation of an existing individual education 36 plan, the parent may request an individual education plan 37 meeting and evaluation from the school district to obtain or 38 revise a matrix of services. The school district shall conduct 39 the meeting and develop an individual education plan and a 40 revised matrix of services within 30 days after receipt of the 41 parent’s request for a reevaluation, in accordance with State 42 Board of Education rules. For purposes of this subparagraph, the 43 term “hospitalized or homebound” has the same meaning as 44 “hospital or homebound” in s. 1002.385(2)(d). 45 3.2.The parent is not required to accept the offer of 46 enrolling in another public school in lieu of requesting a John 47 M. McKay Scholarship to a private school. However, if the parent 48 chooses the public school option, the student may continue 49 attending a public school chosen by the parent until the student 50 graduates from high school. 51 4.3.If the parent chooses a public school consistent with 52 the district school board’s choice plan under s. 1002.31, the 53 school district shall provide transportation to the public 54 school selected by the parent. The parent is responsible to 55 provide transportation to a public school chosen that is not 56 consistent with the district school board’s choice plan under s. 57 1002.31. 58 (b)1. For a student with disabilities who does not have a 59 matrix of services under s. 1011.62(1)(e), the school district 60 must complete a matrix that assigns the student to one of the 61 levels of service as they existed prior to the 2000-2001 school 62 year. 63 2.a. Within 10 school days after it receives notification 64 of a parent’s request for a John M. McKay Scholarship, a school 65 district must notify the student’s parent if the matrix of 66 services has not been completed and inform the parent that the 67 district is required to complete the matrix within 30 days after 68 receiving notice of the parent’s request for a John M. McKay 69 Scholarship. This notice should include the required completion 70 date for the matrix. 71 b. The school district must complete the matrix of services 72 for any student who is participating in the John M. McKay 73 Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program and must 74 notify the department of the student’s matrix level within 30 75 days after receiving notification of a request to participate in 76 the scholarship program. The school district must provide the 77 student’s parent with the student’s matrix level within 10 78 school days after its completion. 79 c. The department shall notify the private school of the 80 amount of the scholarship within 10 days after receiving the 81 school district’s notification of the student’s matrix level. 82 d. A school district may change a matrix of services only 83 if the change is the result of an individual education plan 84 reevaluation or is necessary to correct a technical, 85 typographical, or calculation error. 86 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018. 87