Florida Senate - 2023 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 190
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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03/08/2023 .
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The Committee on Rules (Grall) recommended the following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (18) of
6 section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
8 school students must receive accurate and timely information
9 regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
10 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
11 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
12 rights including, but not limited to, the following:
13 (18) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.—In accordance with the
14 provisions of s. 1006.15:
15 (c) Charter school students.—Charter school students who
16 meet specified academic and conduct requirements are eligible to
17 participate in extracurricular activities at the public school
18 to which the student would be assigned or could choose to attend
19 according to district school board policies, or may develop an
20 agreement to participate at a private school, unless such
21 activity is provided by the student’s charter school.
22 (d) Florida Virtual School full-time students.—Florida
23 Virtual School full-time students who meet specified academic
24 and conduct requirements are eligible to participate in
25 extracurricular activities at the public school to which the
26 student would be assigned or could choose to attend according to
27 district school board policies, or may develop an agreement to
28 participate at a private school.
29 Section 2. Subsection (11) of section 1002.33, Florida
30 Statutes, is amended to read:
31 1002.33 Charter schools.—
32 (11) PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR
33 ACTIVITIES.—A charter school student is eligible to participate
34 in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at the public
35 school to which the student would be otherwise assigned to
36 attend, or may develop an agreement to participate at a private
37 school, pursuant to s. 1006.15(3)(d).
38 Section 3. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (3) of
39 section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
40 1006.15 Student standards for participation in
41 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student
42 activities; regulation.—
43 (3)
44 (d) An individual charter school student pursuant to s.
45 1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to which
46 the student would be assigned according to district school board
47 attendance area policies or which the student could attend, or
48 may develop an agreement to participate at a private school, in
49 any interscholastic extracurricular activity of that school,
50 unless such activity is provided by the student’s charter
51 school, if the following conditions are met:
52 1. The charter school student must meet the requirements of
53 the charter school education program as determined by the
54 charter school governing board.
55 2. During the period of participation at a school, the
56 charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as
57 required in paragraph (b).
58 3. The charter school student must meet the same residency
59 requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
60 participates.
61 4. The charter school student must meet the same standards
62 of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of
63 other students in extracurricular activities.
64 5. The charter school student must register with the school
65 his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
66 extracurricular activities as a representative of the school
67 before participation. A charter school student must be able to
68 participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement
69 for an extracurricular activity.
70 6. A student who transfers from a charter school program to
71 a traditional public school before or during the first grading
72 period of the school year is academically eligible to
73 participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during
74 the first grading period if the student has a successful
75 evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to
76 subparagraph 2.
77 7. Any public school or private school student who has been
78 unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
79 interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
80 participate in such activities as a charter school student until
81 the student has successfully completed one grading period in a
82 charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
83 participate as a charter school student.
84 (e) A student of the Florida Virtual School full-time
85 program may participate in any interscholastic extracurricular
86 activity at the public school to which the student would be
87 assigned according to district school board attendance area
88 policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to
89 s. 1002.31, or may develop an agreement to participate at a
90 private school, if the student:
91 1. During the period of participation in the
92 interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
93 in paragraph (a).
94 2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
95 board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School.
96 3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students
97 in the school at which he or she participates.
98 4. Meets the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and
99 performance that are required of other students in
100 extracurricular activities.
101 5. Registers his or her intent to participate in
102 interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
103 before participation. A Florida Virtual school student must be
104 able to participate in curricular activities if that is a
105 requirement for an extracurricular activity.
106 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.
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109 And the title is amended as follows:
110 Delete everything before the enacting clause
111 and insert:
112 A bill to be entitled
113 An act relating to interscholastic extracurricular
114 activities; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing
115 charter school students and Florida Virtual School
116 full-time program students to participate in
117 interscholastic extracurricular activities at a
118 private school under certain circumstances; amending
119 s. 1002.33, F.S.; authorizing charter school students
120 to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
121 activities at a private school under certain
122 circumstances; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; authorizing
123 charter school students and Florida Virtual School
124 full-time program students to participate in
125 interscholastic extracurricular activities at a
126 private school under certain circumstances; providing
127 an effective date.