Bill Text: FL S1324 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: School-based AIDS Education [SPSC]

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 [S1324 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1324-Introduced.html
 
Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1324 
 
By Senator Wilson 
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1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to school-based AIDS education; 
3         requiring the Department of Education to award grants 
4         to public school districts to implement school-based 
5         AIDS educational activities; providing for the grant 
6         awards to be made from funds appropriated by the 
7         Legislature; specifying requirements for grant 
8         proposals by school districts; requiring that the 
9         department consider specified factors in awarding 
10         grants; requiring each school district that receives a 
11         grant to file an annual report with the department; 
12         providing an effective date. 
13 
14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
15 
16         Section 1. School-based AIDS education incentive grants.— 
17         (1) Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, from funds 
18  appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose, the Department 
19  of Education shall award grants on a competitive basis to public 
20  school districts wishing to implement AIDS education activities 
21  pursuant to this section. The grants shall be awarded annually 
22  by October 1 of each year. 
23         (2) A school district may apply for a school-based AIDS 
24  education incentive grant by submitting a grant proposal to the 
25  department by August 1 of each year on forms prescribed by the 
26  department. In order to be considered for funding, the grant 
27  proposal must include: 
28         (a) A detailed description of the program to be 
29  implemented, including a statement of program objectives, 
30  activities, target population, and number of students to be 
31  served, and an identification of all education programs, 
32  community agencies, private-sector entities, and other personnel 
33  and resources involved in program development and 
34  implementation; 
35         (b) Assurance that parents and guardians will be involved 
36  in the development and implementation of the program; 
37         (c) A detailed program budget; and 
38         (d) Measures for evaluating the effectiveness of the 
39  program, including outcomes. 
40         (3) The department shall consider the following factors in 
41  awarding grants under this section: 
42         (a) The HIV/AIDS, STD, and teenage pregnancy rates within 
43  the geographic area to be served by the program. Those 
44  geographic areas that have high HIV/AIDS, STD, or teenage 
45  pregnancy rates shall have priority for selection. 
46         (b) The qualifications and training of personnel who will 
47  be responsible for program administration and classroom 
48  implementation. 
49         (c) The extent to which the program will be coordinated 
50  with the existing school comprehensive health education program. 
51         (d) The potential effectiveness of the program. 
52         (e) The degree to which the program’s objectives and 
53  activities are consistent with the goals of this section. 
54         (4) The department shall make available to each school 
55  district applying for a school-based AIDS education incentive 
56  grant information concerning all of the criteria used by the 
57  department in selecting the proposals for funding. 
58         (5) Each school district that is awarded a grant under this 
59  section must submit an annual report to the department 
60  documenting the extent to which the program objectives are being 
61  met. 
62         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. 
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