Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1468
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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04/03/2017 .
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The Committee on Education (Galvano) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 47 and 48
4 insert:
5 Section 1. Section 1003.481, Florida Statutes, is created
6 to read:
7 1003.481 Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot
8 Program.—
9 (1) Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the Early
10 Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program is created
11 within the Department of Education for a period of 3 school
12 years. The purpose of the pilot program is to assist selected
13 school districts in implementing comprehensive music education
14 programs for students in kindergarten through grade 2.
15 (2) In order for a school district to be eligible for
16 participation in the pilot program, the superintendent must
17 certify to the Commissioner of Education, in a format prescribed
18 by the department, that each elementary school within the
19 district has established a comprehensive music education program
20 that:
21 (a) Includes all students at the school enrolled in
22 kindergarten through grade 2.
23 (b) Is staffed by certified music educators.
24 (c) Provides music instruction for at least 30 consecutive
25 minutes 2 days a week.
26 (d) Complies with class size requirements under s. 1003.03.
27 (e) Complies with the department’s standards for early
28 childhood music education programs for students in kindergarten
29 through grade 2.
30 (3)(a) The commissioner shall select school districts for
31 participation in the pilot program, subject to legislative
32 appropriation, based on the school district’s proximity to the
33 University of Florida and needs-based criteria established by
34 the State Board of Education. Selected school districts shall
35 annually receive $150 per full-time equivalent student in
36 kindergarten through grade 2 who is enrolled in a comprehensive
37 music education program.
38 (b) To maintain eligibility for participation in the pilot
39 program, a selected school district must annually certify to the
40 commissioner, in a format prescribed by the department, that
41 each elementary school within the district provides a
42 comprehensive music education program that meets the
43 requirements of subsection (2). If a selected school district
44 fails to provide the annual certification for a fiscal year, the
45 school district must return all funds received through the pilot
46 program for that fiscal year.
47 (4) The University of Florida’s College of Education shall
48 evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program by measuring
49 student academic performance and the success of the program. The
50 evaluation must include, but is not limited to, a quantitative
51 analysis of student achievement and a qualitative evaluation of
52 students enrolled in the comprehensive music education programs.
53 (5) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
54 administer this section.
55 (6) This section expires June 30, 2020.
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58 And the title is amended as follows:
59 Delete line 8
60 and insert:
61 in an emergency situation; creating s. 1003.481, F.S.;
62 creating the Early Childhood Music Education Incentive
63 Pilot Program within the Department of Education for a
64 specified period; providing for school district
65 eligibility; providing comprehensive music education
66 program requirements; providing for school district
67 selection, funding, and program payments; requiring
68 selected school districts to annually provide a
69 specified certification to the Commissioner of
70 Education; requiring a selected school district to
71 return funds under certain circumstances; requiring
72 the University of Florida’s College of Education to
73 perform an evaluation; authorizing the State Board of
74 Education to adopt rules; providing for expiration of
75 the pilot program; amending s. 1004.345, F.S.;