Florida Senate - 2012 CS for CS for SB 492
By the Committees on Budget Subcommittee on Higher Education
Appropriations; and Higher Education; and Senator Braynon
605-04230-12 2012492c2
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to education; repealing s. 1001.435,
3 F.S., relating to a K-12 foreign language curriculum
4 plan; repealing s. 1002.375, F.S., relating to a pilot
5 project that allows school districts to award
6 alternative credit for high school courses; repealing
7 s. 1002.65, F.S., relating to aspirational goals for
8 the professional credentials of prekindergarten
9 instructors; repealing s. 1003.4285(1), F.S., relating
10 to a standard high school diploma designation that
11 indicates a student’s major area of interest;
12 repealing s. 1003.496, F.S., relating to the High
13 School to Business Career Enhancement Program;
14 repealing s. 1004.05, F.S., relating to the
15 development by state universities and Florida College
16 System institutions of substance abuse training
17 programs; repealing s. 1004.62, F.S., relating to
18 incentives for urban or socially and economically
19 disadvantaged area internships; repealing s. 1006.02,
20 F.S., relating to the provision of information to
21 students and parents regarding the school-to-work
22 transition; repealing s. 1006.025, F.S., relating to
23 the preparation and submission of a school district
24 guidance report by district school boards; repealing
25 s. 1006.035, F.S., relating to a dropout reentry and
26 mentor project; repealing s. 1006.051, F.S., relating
27 to the Sunshine Workforce Solutions Grant Program;
28 repealing s. 1006.141, F.S., relating to authorization
29 for the Department of Education to contract with the
30 Florida Sheriffs Association to operate a statewide
31 school safety hotline; repealing s. 1006.17, F.S.,
32 relating to school district or Florida College System
33 institution sponsorship of athletic activities or
34 sports similar to sports for which public
35 postsecondary educational institutions offer
36 scholarships; repealing s. 1006.70, F.S., relating to
37 school district or Florida College System institution
38 sponsorship of athletic activities or sports similar
39 to sports for which public postsecondary educational
40 institutions offer scholarships; repealing s. 1007.21,
41 F.S., relating to student readiness for postsecondary
42 education and the workplace; repealing s. 1007.272,
43 F.S., relating to authorization for school districts,
44 Florida College System institutions, and state
45 universities to conduct advanced placement instruction
46 within dual enrollment courses; repealing s.
47 1007.33(6), F.S., relating to authorization for
48 certain Florida College System institutions to obtain
49 an exemption from required State Board of Education
50 approval for baccalaureate degree programs if
51 eligibility requirements are met; amending s. 1011.61,
52 F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the
53 act; repealing s. 1012.58, F.S., relating to the
54 Transition to Teaching Program; providing an effective
55 date.
56
57 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
58
59 Section 1. Section 1001.435, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
60 Section 2. Section 1002.375, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
61 Section 3. Section 1002.65, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
62 Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 1003.4285, Florida
63 Statutes, is repealed.
64 Section 5. Section 1003.496, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
65 Section 6. Section 1004.05, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
66 Section 7. Section 1004.62, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
67 Section 8. Section 1006.02, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
68 Section 9. Section 1006.025, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
69 Section 10. Section 1006.035, Florida Statutes, is
70 repealed.
71 Section 11. Section 1006.051, Florida Statutes, is
72 repealed.
73 Section 12. Section 1006.141, Florida Statutes, is
74 repealed.
75 Section 13. Section 1006.17, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
76 Section 14. Section 1006.70, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
77 Section 15. Section 1007.21, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
78 Section 16. Section 1007.272, Florida Statutes, is
79 repealed.
80 Section 17. Subsection (6) of section 1007.33, Florida
81 Statutes, is repealed.
82 Section 18. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
83 1011.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
84 1011.61 Definitions.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s.
85 1000.21, the following terms are defined as follows for the
86 purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program:
87 (1) A “full-time equivalent student” in each program of the
88 district is defined in terms of full-time students and part-time
89 students as follows:
90 (c)1. A “full-time equivalent student” is:
91 a. A full-time student in any one of the programs listed in
92 s. 1011.62(1)(c); or
93 b. A combination of full-time or part-time students in any
94 one of the programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c) which is the
95 equivalent of one full-time student based on the following
96 calculations:
97 (I) A full-time student in a combination of programs listed
98 in s. 1011.62(1)(c) shall be a fraction of a full-time
99 equivalent membership in each special program equal to the
100 number of net hours per school year for which he or she is a
101 member, divided by the appropriate number of hours set forth in
102 subparagraph (a)1. or subparagraph (a)2. The difference between
103 that fraction or sum of fractions and the maximum value as set
104 forth in subsection (4) for each full-time student is presumed
105 to be the balance of the student’s time not spent in such
106 special education programs and shall be recorded as time in the
107 appropriate basic program.
108 (II) A prekindergarten handicapped student shall meet the
109 requirements specified for kindergarten students.
110 (III) A full-time equivalent student for students in
111 kindergarten through grade 5 in a virtual instruction program
112 under s. 1002.45 or a virtual charter school under s. 1002.33
113 shall consist of a student who has successfully completed a
114 basic program listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c)1.a. or b., and who is
115 promoted to a higher grade level.
116 (IV) A full-time equivalent student for students in grades
117 6 through 12 in a virtual instruction program under s.
118 1002.45(1)(b)1., 2., or 3. or a virtual charter school under s.
119 1002.33 shall consist of six full credit completions in programs
120 listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c)1.b. or c. and 3. Credit completions
121 may be a combination of full-credit courses or half-credit
122 courses. Beginning in the 2014-2015 fiscal year, when s.
123 1008.22(3)(g) is implemented, the reported full-time equivalent
124 students and associated funding of students enrolled in courses
125 requiring passage of an end-of-course assessment shall be
126 adjusted after the student completes the end-of-course
127 assessment.
128 (V) A Florida Virtual School full-time equivalent student
129 shall consist of six full credit completions or the prescribed
130 level of content that counts toward promotion to the next grade
131 in the programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(c)1.a. and b. for
132 kindergarten through grade 8 and the programs listed in s.
133 1011.62(1)(c)1.c. for grades 9 through 12. Credit completions
134 may be a combination of full-credit courses or half-credit
135 courses. Beginning in the 2014-2015 fiscal year, when s.
136 1008.22(3)(g) is implemented, the reported full-time equivalent
137 students and associated funding of students enrolled in courses
138 requiring passage of an end-of-course assessment shall be
139 adjusted after the student completes the end-of-course
140 assessment.
141 (VI) Each successfully completed full-credit course earned
142 through an online course delivered by a district other than the
143 one in which the student resides shall be calculated as 1/6 FTE.
144 (VII) Each successfully completed credit earned under the
145 alternative high school course credit requirements authorized in
146 s. 1002.375, which is not reported as a portion of the 900 net
147 hours of instruction pursuant to subparagraph (1)(a)1., shall be
148 calculated as 1/6 FTE.
149 2. A student in membership in a program scheduled for more
150 or less than 180 school days or the equivalent on an hourly
151 basis as specified by rules of the State Board of Education is a
152 fraction of a full-time equivalent membership equal to the
153 number of instructional hours in membership divided by the
154 appropriate number of hours set forth in subparagraph (a)1.;
155 however, for the purposes of this subparagraph, membership in
156 programs scheduled for more than 180 days is limited to students
157 enrolled in juvenile justice education programs and the Florida
158 Virtual School.
159
160 The department shall determine and implement an equitable method
161 of equivalent funding for experimental schools and for schools
162 operating under emergency conditions, which schools have been
163 approved by the department to operate for less than the minimum
164 school day.
165 Section 19. Section 1012.58, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
166 Section 20. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.