| 1 | Representative(s) Altman offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title and directory amendments) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 215-226 and insert: |
| 5 | (8) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS.--To be |
| 6 | eligible to participate in the John M. McKay Scholarships for |
| 7 | Students with Disabilities Program:, |
| 8 | (a) A private school may be sectarian or nonsectarian and |
| 9 | must: |
| 10 | 1.(a) Comply with all requirements for private schools |
| 11 | participating in state school choice scholarship programs |
| 12 | pursuant to s. 1002.421. |
| 13 | 2.(b) Provide to the department all documentation required |
| 14 | for a student's participation, including the private school's |
| 15 | and student's fee schedules, at least 30 days before the first |
| 16 | quarterly scholarship payment is made for the student. |
| 17 | 3.(c) Be academically accountable to the parent for |
| 18 | meeting the educational needs of the student by: |
| 19 | a.1. Providing to the parent, at a minimum, an annual |
| 20 | annually providing to the parent a written report explanation of |
| 21 | the student's progress. |
| 22 | b.2. Cooperating with the scholarship student whose parent |
| 23 | chooses to participate in the statewide assessments pursuant to |
| 24 | s. 1008.22. |
| 25 | 4. (d) Maintain in this state a physical location where a |
| 26 | scholarship student: |
| 27 | a. Regularly attends classes; or |
| 28 | b. Receives case management services if the student is |
| 29 | enrolled in the program under subparagraph (3)(h)1. or |
| 30 | subparagraph (3)(h)2. |
| 31 | (b) A private school that enrolls students under |
| 32 | subparagraph (3)(h)1. or subparagraph (3)(h)2. must: |
| 33 | 1. Employ or contract with a case manager who has special |
| 34 | skills, knowledge, or expertise that qualifies him or her to |
| 35 | provide assistance to the student with disabilities and the |
| 36 | student's parent. |
| 37 | 2. Require each employee or contractor who provides |
| 38 | regular and direct instruction or services to a student at a |
| 39 | site other than the private school's physical location to submit |
| 40 | to the case manager documentation of the instruction, services, |
| 41 | and progress of the student. |
| 42 | 3. Ensure that the case manager is responsible for |
| 43 | coordinating instruction and services, monitoring service |
| 44 | delivery, and reviewing and maintaining the documentation |
| 45 | provided by persons employed or under contract to provide |
| 46 | services to a student at a site other than the eligible private |
| 47 | school's physical location and for providing to the parent and |
| 48 | the school a quarterly report on the student's progress. |
| 49 | 4. Notify the department of the students who are enrolled |
| 50 | pursuant to subparagraph (3)(h)1. or subparagraph (3)(h)2. |
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| 52 | The inability of a private school to meet the requirements of |
| 53 | this subsection shall constitute a basis for the ineligibility |
| 54 | of the private school to participate in the scholarship program |
| 55 | as determined by the department. |
| 56 | (9) PARENT AND STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR PROGRAM |
| 57 | PARTICIPATION.--A parent who applies for a John M. McKay |
| 58 | Scholarship is exercising his or her parental option to place |
| 59 | his or her child in a private school. |
| 60 | (g) The parent of a student with disabilities who |
| 61 | qualifies to receive case management services under sub- |
| 62 | subparagraph (8)(a)4.b. shall provide the documentation required |
| 63 | under subparagraph (3)(h)1. or subparagraph (3)(h)2. to the |
| 64 | department at least 60 days before the first scholarship |
| 65 | payment. |
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| 67 | ====== D I R E C T O R Y A M E N D M E N T ===== |
| 68 | Remove line(s) 183-185 and insert: |
| 69 | Section 2. Paragraph (h) of subsection (3) and subsection |
| 70 | (8) of section 1002.39, Florida Statutes, are amended, and |
| 71 | paragraph (g) is added to subsection (9) of that section, to |
| 72 | read: |
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| 74 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======= |
| 75 | Remove line(s) 16 and insert: |
| 76 | circumstances; requiring a private school to maintain a physical |
| 77 | location in this state where case management services are |
| 78 | provided to students subject to the regular class attendance |
| 79 | exemption; requiring a private school to employ a case manager; |
| 80 | specifying case manager qualifications and responsibilities; |
| 81 | specifying the timeframe for parents to provide documentation |
| 82 | for the regular class attendance exemption; providing an |
| 83 | effective date. |