SENATE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1260
    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 812868
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11  Senator Cowin moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
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17         Section 1.  Subsections (1) and (5) of section
18  1007.271, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
19         1007.271  Dual enrollment programs.--
20         (1)(a)  The dual enrollment program is the enrollment
21  of an eligible secondary student or home education student in
22  a postsecondary course creditable toward a career and
23  technical certificate or an associate or baccalaureate degree.
24         (b)  In an effort to assist in class-size reduction,
25  the Commissioner of Education is authorized to encourage the
26  use of accelerated education mechanisms, including dual
27  enrollment as authorized under this section.
28         (5)(a)  Each district school board shall inform all
29  secondary students of dual enrollment as an educational option
30  and mechanism for acceleration. Students shall be informed of
31  eligibility criteria, the option for taking dual enrollment
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SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1260 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 812868 1 courses beyond the regular school year, and the 24 minimum 2 academic credits required for graduation. District school 3 boards shall annually assess the demand for dual enrollment 4 and other advanced courses, and the district school board 5 shall consider strategies and programs to meet that demand. 6 (b) The Commissioner of Education shall perform 7 compliance audits to determine each school district's 8 compliance with the requirements of subsection (3) pertaining 9 to student access and the requirements of this subsection. If 10 a school district is found to be not in compliance, the State 11 Board of Education shall reduce the discretionary lottery 12 appropriation for that district until the district is in 13 compliance as provided in s. 1008.32(4)(b). 14 Section 2. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 15 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 16 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual 17 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 18 district for operation of schools is not determined in the 19 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 20 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 21 follows: 22 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR 23 OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in 24 determining the annual allocation to each district for 25 operation: 26 (i) Calculation of full-time equivalent membership 27 with respect to instruction from community colleges or state 28 universities.--Students enrolled in community college or 29 university dual enrollment instruction pursuant to s. 1007.271 30 shall may be included in calculations of full-time equivalent 31 student memberships for basic programs for grades 9 through 12 2 1:01 PM 05/02/03 s1260c-20c4y
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1260 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 812868 1 by a district school board. Such students may also be 2 calculated as the proportional shares of full-time equivalent 3 enrollments they generate for the community college or 4 university conducting the dual enrollment instruction. Early 5 admission students shall be considered dual enrollments for 6 funding purposes. Students may be enrolled in dual enrollment 7 instruction provided by an eligible independent college or 8 university and may be included in calculations of full-time 9 equivalent student memberships for basic programs for grades 9 10 through 12 by a district school board. However, those 11 provisions of law which exempt dual enrolled and early 12 admission students from payment of instructional materials and 13 tuition and fees, including laboratory fees, shall not apply 14 to students who select the option of enrolling in an eligible 15 independent institution. An independent college or university 16 which is located and chartered in Florida, is not for profit, 17 is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern 18 Association of Colleges and Schools or the Accrediting 19 Commission of the Association of Independent Colleges and 20 Schools, and which confers degrees as defined in s. 1005.02 21 shall be eligible for inclusion in the dual enrollment or 22 early admission program. Students enrolled in dual enrollment 23 instruction shall be exempt from the payment of tuition and 24 fees, including laboratory fees. No student enrolled in 25 college credit mathematics or English dual enrollment 26 instruction shall be funded as a dual enrollment unless the 27 student has successfully completed the relevant section of the 28 entry-level examination required pursuant to s. 1008.30. 29 1. Funding for dually enrolled high school students 30 shall be provided to the district or eligible postsecondary 31 institution employing the instructor. If an eligible 3 1:01 PM 05/02/03 s1260c-20c4y
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1260 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 812868 1 postsecondary institution employs the instructor, school 2 district membership surveys shall include dual enrollment 3 students on the basis of 75 membership hours for each one-half 4 credit earned or 150 membership hours for each full high 5 school credit earned. If an eligible postsecondary institution 6 employs the instructor, notwithstanding the limitation of ss. 7 1007.271(2) and 1011.61(4), the full-time equivalency of a 8 dually enrolled student shall be reported for funding. If an 9 eligible postsecondary institution employs the instructor, the 10 school district shall make monthly payments based on 11 documented estimates of such credits to be earned, with 12 subsequent adjustments for actual credits earned. 13 2. The calculation of the amount to be disbursed to 14 the postsecondary institution shall be the product of the 15 full-time equivalent student membership, the cost factor for 16 grades 9-12, the base student allocation, and the district 17 cost differential. School districts may negotiate with the 18 eligible postsecondary institution in the local articulation 19 agreement to share a percentage of the funding. 20 3. Funding provided for dual enrollment in this 21 subsection to a postsecondary institution shall be deducted 22 from postsecondary funding calculations that provide state 23 support for operations based on dual enrollment FTE. 24 4. If an eligible postsecondary institution employs 25 the instructor, students participating in dual enrollment 26 instruction shall be exempt from the compulsory school 27 attendance requirements specified in s. 1003.21 for the 28 portion of their educational program related to dual 29 enrollment. 30 Section 3. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (3) of 31 section 1011.84, Florida Statutes, to read: 4 1:01 PM 05/02/03 s1260c-20c4y
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1260 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 812868 1 1011.84 Procedure for determining state financial 2 support and annual apportionment of state funds to each 3 community college district.--The procedure for determining 4 state financial support and the annual apportionment to each 5 community college district authorized to operate a community 6 college under the provisions of s. 1001.61 shall be as 7 follows: 8 (3) DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT FROM STATE FUNDS.-- 9 (g) Dual enrollment students shall be counted as 10 full-time-equivalent enrollments and included in the Community 11 College Program Fund, except students subject to s. 12 1011.62(1)(i). 13 14 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 15 16 17 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 18 And the title is amended as follows: 19 On page 2, lines 2 and 3, delete those lines, 20 21 and insert: 22 An act relating to education; amending s. 23 1007.271, F.S., relating to dual enrollment 24 programs; authorizing the Commissioner of 25 Education to encourage the use of accelerated 26 education mechanisms; requiring audits to 27 determine a school district's compliance with 28 requirements pertaining to student access and 29 notification; requiring the State Board of 30 Education to reduce a district's discretionary 31 appropriation if the district is not in 5 1:01 PM 05/02/03 s1260c-20c4y
SENATE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1260 Amendment No. ___ Barcode 812868 1 compliance as required; amending s. 1011.62, 2 F.S.; requiring students enrolled in community 3 college or university dual enrollment 4 instruction to be included in calculations of 5 full-time equivalent student memberships for 6 certain programs; providing for funding dually 7 enrolled high school students; providing 8 requirements for calculating the disbursement 9 amount to postsecondary institutions; amending 10 s.1011.84, F.S.; providing that certain 11 students shall be counted as 12 full-time-equivalent enrollments and included 13 in the Community College Program Fund; amending 14 s. 1003.43, F.S.; 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 6 1:01 PM 05/02/03 s1260c-20c4y