Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 602
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/06/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 77 - 111
    4  and insert:
    5  organization that is approved pursuant to s. 1002.395(2)(f). The
    6  organization must have a copy of its annual operational audit
    7  provided to the Commissioner of Education as required by this
    8  section has the same meaning as in s. 1002.395.
    9         (f) “Eligible postsecondary educational institution” means
   10  a Florida College System institution;, a state university;, a
   11  school district technical center;, a school district adult
   12  general education center; an independent college or university
   13  that is eligible to participate in the William L. Boyd, IV,
   14  Florida Resident Access Grant Program under s. 1009.89;, or an
   15  accredited independent nonpublic postsecondary educational
   16  institution, as defined in s. 1005.02, which is licensed to
   17  operate in the state pursuant to requirements specified in part
   18  III of chapter 1005.
   19         (g) “Eligible private school” means a private school, as
   20  defined in s. 1002.01, which is located in this state, which
   21  offers an education to students in any grade from kindergarten
   22  to grade 12, and which meets the requirements of:
   23         1. Sections 1002.42 and 1002.421; and
   24         2. A scholarship program under s. 1002.39 or s. 1002.395,
   25  as applicable, if the private school participates in a
   26  scholarship program under s. 1002.39 or s. 1002.395.
   27         (h) “IEP” means individual education plan.
   28         (i) “Parent” means a resident of this state who is a
   29  parent, as defined in s. 1000.21.
   30         (j) “Program” means the Florida Personal Learning
   31  Scholarship Accounts Program established in this section.
   32         (3) PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.—A parent of a student with a
   33  disability may request and receive from the state a Florida
   34  personal learning scholarship account for the purposes specified
   35  in subsection (5) if:
   36         (a) The student:
   37         1. Is a resident of this state;
   38         2. Is or will be 3 or 4 years old on or before September 1
   39  of the year in which the student applies for program
   40  participation, or is eligible to enroll in kindergarten through
   41  grade 12