Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1238
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11 The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 Appropriations (Wise and
12 Siplin) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment
15 On page 41, line 3, through
16 page 43, line 21, delete those lines
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19 (2) A school that satisfies the requirements of the No
20 Child Left Behind Act and is designated with a grade of A
21 pursuant to s. 1008.34 may serve as a supplemental education
22 provider for district Title I schools and shall be included on
23 the state-approved list. Schools that satisfy the requirements
24 of the No Child Left Behind Act may apply to serve as a
25 supplemental education provider.
26 (3)(2) RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
27 PROVIDER.--
28 (a) School districts must create a streamlined parent
29 enrollment and provider selection process for supplemental
30 educational services and ensure that the process enables
31 eligible students to begin receiving supplemental educational
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1 services no later than September October 15 of each school
2 year.
3 (b) Supplemental educational services enrollment forms
4 must be made freely available to the parents of eligible
5 students and providers both prior to and after the start of
6 the school year.
7 (c) School districts must provide notification to
8 parents of students eligible to receive supplemental
9 educational services prior to and after the start of the
10 school year. Notification shall include contact information
11 for state-approved providers as well as the enrollment form,
12 clear instructions, and timeline for the selection of
13 providers and commencement of services.
14 (d) State-approved supplemental educational services
15 providers must be able to provide services to eligible
16 students no later than September October 15 of each school
17 year contingent upon their receipt of their district-approved
18 student enrollment lists at least 20 days prior to the start
19 date.
20 (e) In the event that the contract with a
21 state-approved provider is signed less than 20 days prior to
22 September October 15, the provider shall be afforded no less
23 than 20 days from the date the contract was executed to begin
24 delivering services.
25 (f) A school district must hold open student
26 enrollment for supplemental educational services unless or
27 until it has obtained a written election to receive or reject
28 services from parents in accordance with paragraph (3)(a).
29 (g) School districts, using the same policies applied
30 to other organizations that have access to school sites, shall
31 provide access to school facilities to providers that wish to
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1 use these sites for supplemental educational services.
2 (4)(3) COMPLIANCE; PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.--
3 (a) Compliance is met when the school district has
4 obtained evidence of reception or rejection of services from
5 the parents of at least a majority of the students receiving
6 free or reduced-price lunch in Title I schools that are
7 eligible for parental choice of transportation or supplemental
8 educational services unless a waiver is granted by the State
9 Board of Education. A waiver shall only be granted if there is
10 clear and convincing evidence of the district's efforts to
11 secure evidence of the parent's decision. Requirements for
12 parental election to receive supplemental educational services
13 shall not exceed the election requirements for the free and
14 reduced-price lunch program.
15 (b) A provider must be able to deliver supplemental
16 educational services to school districts in which the provider
17 is approved by the state. If a state-approved provider fails
18 to offer withdraws from offering services to students in a
19 school district in which it is approved and in which it has
20 signed either a contract to provide services or a letter of
21 intent and the minimums per site set by the provider have been
22 met, the school district must report the provider to the
23 department. The provider shall be immediately removed from the
24 state-approved list and for the current school year for that
25 school district. Upon the second such withdrawal in any school
26 district, the provider shall be ineligible to provide services
27 in the state the following year. The school district must
28 notify the parents in order to select another approved
29 provider and supplemental education services must resume
30 within 10 calendar days.
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