Senate Bill sb1918

    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1918

    By Senator Garcia





    39-910A-01                                          See HB 135

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Aftercare Pilot Program;

  3         requiring the Department of Education to

  4         conduct an Aftercare Pilot Program to provide

  5         homework assistance and free dinner after

  6         school to certain children in schools selected

  7         for participation; providing program

  8         requirements; identifying a source of funds;

  9         requiring a report to the Legislature;

10         providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  During the 2001-2002 school year, the

15  Department of Education shall conduct an Aftercare Pilot

16  Program that meets the following requirements:

17         (1)  The department shall select one elementary school

18  in an urban area, one elementary school in a rural area, and

19  one elementary school in a suburban area for participation in

20  the pilot program. Schools selected for participation must be

21  schools in which 75 percent of students assigned to the school

22  are eligible for free and reduced price meals.

23         (2)  In schools selected for participation in the pilot

24  program, children identified by the school administration as

25  being eligible for participation shall be provided homework

26  assistance and dinner after school, at no cost to the student

27  or his or her parents, 3 days per week.

28         (3)  Schools selected for participation in the pilot

29  program shall provide such services using funds allocated to

30  the school from the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund

31  according to section 24.121, Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 2001                                  SB 1918
    39-910A-01                                          See HB 135




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  2  The department shall report to the Legislature by January 1,

  3  2003, regarding the effects of the pilot program on student

  4  achievement.

  5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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  8                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Requires the Department of Education to conduct an
10    Aftercare Pilot Program to provide homework assistance
      and free dinner after school to certain children in
11    schools selected for participation. Provides program
      requirements. Identifies a source of funds. Requires a
12    report to the Legislature.

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