Florida Senate - 2009                                     SB 100
       
       
       
       By Senator Wilson
       
       
       
       
       33-00057-09                                            2009100__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Voluntary Prekindergarten
    3         Education Program; amending s. 1002.55, F.S.; revising
    4         the number of instructional hours that are required
    5         for a school-year prekindergarten program delivered by
    6         a private kindergarten provider; amending s. 1002.63,
    7         F.S.; revising the number of instructional hours that
    8         are required for a school-year prekindergarten program
    9         delivered by a public school; amending s. 1002.71,
   10         F.S.; revising the number of instructional hours that
   11         are required in order for a student in a school-year
   12         prekindergarten program delivered by a public school
   13         or a private prekindergarten provider to be considered
   14         a full-time equivalent student in the Voluntary
   15         Prekindergarten Education Program; providing an
   16         effective date.
   17         
   18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   19         
   20         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1002.55, Florida
   21  Statutes, is amended to read:
   22         1002.55 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by
   23  private prekindergarten providers.—
   24         (2) Each school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a
   25  private prekindergarten provider must comprise up to 720 at
   26  least 540 instructional hours or the same number of
   27  instructional hours as is provided to a student in kindergarten
   28  and first grade, if the provider provides instruction in
   29  kindergarten and first grade.
   30         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 1002.63, Florida
   31  Statutes, is amended to read:
   32         1002.63 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by
   33  public schools.—
   34         (2) Each school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a
   35  public school must comprise at least the same number of 540
   36  instructional hours as the school provides for a student in
   37  kindergarten and first grade.
   38         Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1002.71, Florida
   39  Statutes, is amended to read:
   40         1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting.—
   41         (2) A full-time equivalent student in the Voluntary
   42  Prekindergarten Education Program shall be calculated as
   43  follows:
   44         (a) For a student in a school-year prekindergarten program
   45  delivered by a private prekindergarten provider: up to 720 540
   46  instructional hours or the same number of instructional hours as
   47  is provided to a student in kindergarten and first grade, if the
   48  provider provides instruction in kindergarten and first grade.
   49         (b) For a student in a summer prekindergarten program
   50  delivered by a public school or private prekindergarten
   51  provider: 300 instructional hours.
   52         (c) For a student in a school-year prekindergarten program
   53  delivered by a public school: the same number of 540
   54  instructional hours as the school provides for a student in
   55  kindergarten and first grade.
   56  Except as provided in subsection (4), a student may not be
   57  reported for funding purposes as more than one full-time
   58  equivalent student.
   59         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.