Senate Bill sb2802

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2802

    By Senator Haridopolos





    26-2197-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to military student education;

  3         directing the Department of Education to assist

  4         in the transition of dependents of military

  5         personnel into the public school system;

  6         requiring a report; providing an effective

  7         date.

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

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11         Section 1.  (1)  The Legislature finds that school-aged

12  dependents of military personnel, otherwise known as military

13  students, are faced with numerous transitions during their

14  formative years and that moves during the high school years

15  provide special challenges to learning and future achievement.

16  Recognizing the challenges faced by military students and the

17  importance of military families to our community and economy,

18  the Department of Education shall assist the transition of

19  these students by improving the timely transfer of records,

20  developing systems to ease student transition during the first

21  2 weeks of enrollment, promoting practices which foster access

22  to extracurricular programs, establishing procedures to lessen

23  the adverse impact of moves from the end of the junior year as

24  well as before and during the senior year, encouraging or

25  continuing partnerships between the military base and the

26  school system, providing services for transitioning students

27  when applying to and finding funding for post secondary study,

28  and providing other assistance as identified by department,

29  school, and military personnel.

30         (2)  The Department of Education shall identify its

31  efforts and strategies for assisting military-connected

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2802
    26-2197-03




 1  students in transitioning to the Florida school system,

 2  including the identification of acceptable equivalence for

 3  curriculum and graduation requirements, and report its

 4  findings to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the

 5  Speaker of the House of Representatives by October 1, 2003.

 6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 7  law.

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      transition of dependents of military personnel into the
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