Florida Senate - 2025 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 248
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Floor: 1/AD/RM .
04/30/2025 02:20 PM .
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Senator Simon moved the following:
1 Senate Amendment to House Amendment (421121) (with
2 directory and title amendments)
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4 Delete lines 18 - 149
5 and insert:
6 or outside the regular instructional school day. In the
7 determination of whether a school offers an activity or a sport,
8 the activity or sport must meet the designation requirements of
9 s. 1006.205(3)(a).
10 (3)
11 (c)1. An individual home education student is eligible to
12 participate at the public school to which the student would be
13 assigned according to district school board attendance area
14 policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to
15 s. 1002.31, or may develop an agreement to participate at a
16 private school, in the interscholastic extracurricular
17 activities of that school, provided the following conditions are
18 met:
19 a.1. The home education student must meet the requirements
20 of the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
21 b.2. During the period of participation at a school, the
22 home education student must demonstrate educational progress as
23 required in paragraph (b) in all subjects taken in the home
24 education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the
25 parent and the school principal which may include: review of the
26 student’s work by a certified teacher chosen by the parent;
27 grades earned through correspondence; grades earned in courses
28 taken at a Florida College System institution, university, or
29 trade school; standardized test scores above the 35th
30 percentile; or any other method designated in s. 1002.41.
31 c.3. The home education student must meet the same
32 residency requirements as other students in the school at which
33 he or she participates.
34 d.4. The home education student must meet the same
35 standards of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required
36 of other students in extracurricular activities.
37 e.5. The student must register with the school his or her
38 intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
39 activities as a representative of the school before
40 participation. A home education student must be able to
41 participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement
42 for an extracurricular activity.
43 f.6. A student who transfers from a home education program
44 to a public school before or during the first grading period of
45 the school year is academically eligible to participate in
46 interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first
47 grading period provided the student has a successful evaluation
48 from the previous school year, pursuant to sub-subparagraph b.
49 subparagraph 2.
50 g.7. Any public school or private school student who has
51 been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation
52 in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
53 participate in such activities as a home education student until
54 the student has successfully completed one grading period in
55 home education pursuant to sub-subparagraph b. subparagraph 2.
56 to become eligible to participate as a home education student.
57 2. An individual home education student is eligible to
58 participate on an interscholastic athletic team at any public
59 school in the school district in which the student resides,
60 provided the student meets the conditions specified in sub
61 subparagraphs 1.a.-g.
62 (8)(a) The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA)
63 shall, in cooperation with each district school board and its
64 member private schools, facilitate a program in which a middle
65 school or high school student who attends a private school is
66 eligible to participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic
67 sport at a member public high school, a member public middle
68 school, a member 6-12 public school, or a member private school,
69 as appropriate for the private school student’s grade level, if:
70 1. The private school in which the student is enrolled is
71 not a member of the FHSAA or the private school in which the
72 student is enrolled is a member of the FHSAA and does not offer
73 the sport in which the student wishes to participate.
74 2. The private school student meets the guidelines for the
75 conduct of the program established by the FHSAA’s board of
76 directors and the district school board or member private
77 school. At a minimum, such guidelines must provide a deadline
78 for each sport by which the private school student’s parents
79 must register with the member school in writing their intent for
80 their child to participate at that school in the sport.
81 (e) Any non-FHSAA member private school that has a student
82 who wishes to participate in this program must make all student
83 records, including, but not limited to, academic, financial,
84 disciplinary, and attendance records, available upon request of
85 the FHSAA.
86 (g) Only students who are enrolled in non-FHSAA member
87 private schools consisting of 200 students or fewer are eligible
88 to participate in the program in any given academic year.
89 Section 2. Paragraph (h) is added to subsection (7) of
90 section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
91 1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
92 (7) APPEALS.—
93 (h) Decisions made by the committee on appeals, the
94 executive director or his or her designee, and the FHSAA board
95 of directors must be posted online in a searchable format and be
96 in compliance with ss. 1002.22 and 1002.221.
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99 And the directory clause is amended as follows:
100 Delete line 5
101 and insert:
102 Section 1. Subsection (2), paragraph (c) of subsection (3),
103 and paragraphs (a), (e), and (g)
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106 And the title is amended as follows:
107 Delete lines 158 - 173
108 and insert:
109 sports; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; providing that an
110 activity or a sport must meet specified requirements;
111 specifying conditions for a home education student to
112 participate in interscholastic athletics; revising the
113 criteria a private school student must meet to
114 participate in a sport at a Florida High School
115 Athletic Association (FHSAA) member school; deleting a
116 provision limiting which non-FHSAA member private
117 school students are eligible to participate in FHSAA
118 sports; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; requiring the
119 publication of appeal decisions online; providing
120 requirements for such publication; providing an