Florida Senate - 2018 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1318
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Senator Rouson moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsections (4) and (5) of section 944.801,
6 Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (5) and (6),
7 respectively, and a new subsection (4) is added to that section,
8 to read:
9 944.801 Education for state prisoners.—
10 (4) The department may contract with a district school
11 board, the Florida Virtual School, or a charter school
12 authorized to operate under s. 1002.33 to provide education
13 services in the Correctional Education Program. The education
14 services may include any educational, career, or vocational
15 training that is authorized by the department.
16 Section 2. Section 951.176, Florida Statutes, is amended to
17 read:
18 951.176 Provision of education programs for youth.—
19 (1) Each county may contract with a district school board,
20 the Florida Virtual School, or a charter school authorized to
21 operate under s. 1002.33 to provide education services for
22 inmates at county detention facilities. The education services
23 may include any educational, career, or vocational training that
24 is authorized by the sheriff or chief correctional officer, or
25 his or her designee.
26 (2) Minors who have not graduated from high school and
27 eligible students with disabilities under the age of 22 who have
28 not graduated with a standard diploma or its equivalent who are
29 detained in a county or municipal detention facility as defined
30 in s. 951.23 shall be offered educational services by the local
31 school district in which the facility is located. These
32 educational services shall be based upon the estimated length of
33 time the youth will be in the facility and the youth’s current
34 level of functioning. School district superintendents or their
35 designees shall be notified by the county sheriff or chief
36 correctional officer, or his or her designee, upon the
37 assignment of a youth under the age of 21 to the facility. A
38 cooperative agreement with the local school district and
39 applicable law enforcement units shall be developed to address
40 the notification requirement and the provision of educational
41 services to these youth.
42 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section
43 1011.80, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
44 1011.80 Funds for operation of workforce education
45 programs.—
46 (7)
47 (b) State funds provided for the operation of postsecondary
48 workforce programs may not be expended for the education of
49 state inmates with more than 24 months of time remaining to
50 serve on their sentence or federal inmates.
51 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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54 And the title is amended as follows:
55 Delete everything before the enacting clause
56 and insert:
57 A bill to be entitled
58 An act relating to education for prisoners; amending
59 s. 944.801, F.S.; authorizing the Department of
60 Corrections to contract with certain entities to
61 provide education services for the Correctional
62 Education Program; amending s. 951.176, F.S.;
63 authorizing each county to contract with certain
64 entities to provide education services for county
65 inmates; amending s. 1011.80, F.S.; authorizing the
66 use of state funds for the operation of postsecondary
67 workforce programs for the education of certain state
68 inmates; providing an effective date.