| 1 | The PreK-12 Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to public school magnet programs; creating |
| 7 | s. 1011.755, F.S.; creating a matching grant program to |
| 8 | enable school districts to establish magnet programs in |
| 9 | certain schools; providing for program administration; |
| 10 | requiring submission of proposals and distribution of |
| 11 | funds; providing for implementation to the extent funds |
| 12 | are appropriated; providing an effective date. |
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| 14 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 16 | Section 1. Section 1011.755, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 17 | to read: |
| 18 | 1011.755 Magnet program grants.-- |
| 19 | (1) There is created a one-to-one matching grant program |
| 20 | to provide funds to school districts with magnet programs that |
| 21 | have large waiting lists to enable the school districts to |
| 22 | replicate the programs in other schools. |
| 23 | (2) The matching grant program shall be administered by |
| 24 | the Department of Education. A district school board must submit |
| 25 | an application proposing the expansion of a magnet program to |
| 26 | other schools in the school district. The proposal must include |
| 27 | projected enrollment, costs for the magnet program, district |
| 28 | match commitment and fund source, and such other information as |
| 29 | the department may require. Upon approval, the Commissioner of |
| 30 | Education shall authorize distribution of state one-to-one |
| 31 | matching funds to the school district which may be used for |
| 32 | personnel, supplies, student services, or other expenses |
| 33 | associated with the expansion of a magnet program as determined |
| 34 | in the grant application. |
| 35 | (3) The matching grant program shall be implemented to the |
| 36 | extent funds are appropriated in the General Appropriations Act |
| 37 | to the Department of Education for this purpose. |
| 38 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |