Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1226
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/25/2014           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 1904 - 1926
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 57. Subsections (1), (2), and (7) of section
    6  1004.935, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         1004.935 Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education Pilot
    8  Program.—
    9         (1) The Adults with Disabilities Workforce Education Pilot
   10  Program is established in the Department of Education through
   11  June 30, 2016, for 2 years in Hardee, DeSoto, Manatee, and
   12  Sarasota Counties to provide the option of receiving a
   13  scholarship for instruction at private schools for up to 30
   14  students who:
   15         (a) Have a disability;
   16         (b) Are 22 years of age;
   17         (c) Are receiving instruction from an instructor in a
   18  private school to meet the high school graduation requirements
   19  in s. 1002.3105(5) 1003.428 or s. 1003.4282;
   20         (d) Do not have a standard high school diploma or a special
   21  high school diploma; and
   22         (e) Receive “supported employment services,” which means
   23  employment that is located or provided in an integrated work
   24  setting with earnings paid on a commensurate wage basis and for
   25  which continued support is needed for job maintenance.
   26  
   27  As used in this section, the term “student with a disability”
   28  includes a student who is documented as having an intellectual
   29  disability; a speech impairment; a language impairment; a
   30  hearing impairment, including deafness; a visual impairment,
   31  including blindness; a dual sensory impairment; an orthopedic
   32  impairment; another health impairment; an emotional or
   33  behavioral disability; a specific learning disability,
   34  including, but not limited to, dyslexia, dyscalculia, or
   35  developmental aphasia; a traumatic brain injury; a developmental
   36  delay; or autism spectrum disorder.
   37         (2) A student participating in the pilot program may
   38  continue to participate in the program until the student
   39  graduates from high school or reaches the age of 40 30 years,
   40  whichever occurs first.
   41         (7) Funds for the scholarship shall be provided from the
   42  appropriation from the school district’s Workforce Development
   43  Fund in the General Appropriations Act for students who reside
   44  in the Hardee County School District, the DeSoto County School
   45  District, the Manatee County School District, or the Sarasota
   46  County School District. During the 2-year pilot program, the
   47  scholarship amount granted for an eligible student with a
   48  disability shall be equal to the cost per unit of a full-time
   49  equivalent adult general education student, multiplied by the
   50  adult general education funding factor, and multiplied by the
   51  district cost differential pursuant to the formula required by
   52  s. 1011.80(6)(a) for the district in which the student resides.
   53  
   54  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   55  And the title is amended as follows:
   56         Delete lines 111 - 112
   57  and insert:
   58         consolidation pilot projects; amending s. 1004.935,
   59         F.S.; revising the effective date of the Adults with
   60         Disabilities Workforce Education Pilot Program;
   61         increasing the age limitation for a program
   62         participant; conforming cross-references; repealing s.