Bill > H7103

Introduced Session

An act relating to education; amending s. 1004.04, F.S.; revising student requirements for entrance into certain teacher preparation programs; deleting authorization for a teacher preparation program to waive such requirements for certain students; amending s. 1012.585, F.S.; providing limitations for inservice points a teacher may earn for certain mandatory training topics; amending s. 1012.98, F.S.; requiring district school boards to calculate an amount of specified funds for use by teachers for professional development; requiring the Department of Education to identify specified professional development opportunities; amending s. 1013.44, F.S.; prohibiting costs associated with certain solar energy systems from being included in certain cost per student station limitations; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; revising the student populations for which a charter school is authorized to limit the enrollment process; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; prohibiting recreation and leisure studies courses from inclusion in dual enrollment programs; revising provisions for exceptions to grade point average requirements for dual enrollment programs; prohibiting district school boards and Florida College System institutions from HB 7103, Engrossed 2 limiting participation in dual enrollment programs; providing an exemption; revising specified dates relating to certain agreements; requiring district school boards to inform students and parents of specified information; requiring a school to have a specified form on file before enrolling a student in a dual enrollment course; providing requirements for such form; revising grade point average requirements for home education students; requiring, rather than authorizing, instructional materials to be made available to certain dual enrollment students free of charge; revising the requirements for articulation agreements; requiring private school articulation agreements to prohibit certain costs from being passed along to private school students or private schools; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules and the Board of Governors to adopt regulations for specified purposes; amending s. 1007.273, F.S.; changing the term "collegiate high school program" to "early college program"; defining the term "early college program"; requiring early college programs to prioritize certain courses; revising provisions relating to student performance contracts for students participating in early college programs; authorizing charter schools to execute contracts to establish an HB 7103, Engrossed 2 early college program with specified institutions; requiring the commissioner to annually report the status of early college programs to the Governor and the Legislature by a specified date; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; providing funding calculations for certain students enrolled in specified programs; providing requirements for such calculations; revising the annual allocation to school districts to include an additional calculation of full-time equivalent membership for students who earn a College Board Advanced Placement Capstone Diploma beginning in a specified fiscal year; amending s. 1001.10, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education to maintain an ineligible list of certain persons; providing for the removal of a person from a specified list under certain circumstances; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules; requiring the department to provide access to specified information to certain staff for specified purposes; amending s. 1012.31, requiring certain persons to execute and maintain an affidavit of separation form for specified purposes; providing requirements for such affidavit; requiring specified affidavit be provided for certain employment history checks; amending s. 1012.796, F.S.; requiring the commissioner to make a determination of probable HB 7103, Engrossed 2 cause within a specified timeframe for complaints relating to sexual misconduct with a student; providing for such timeframe to be held in abeyance under certain circumstances; requiring the commissioner to remove certain suspended personnel or administrators from certain positions under specified circumstances; requiring a district school superintendent to immediately suspend certain individuals and take specified action as a results of alleged misconduct; providing a timeframe for specified investigations; providing timeframe for administrative suspension; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; revising the components on which a school's grade is based; amending 1006.20, F.S.; requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to allow certain schools and home education cooperatives to maintain full membership in the association or join by sport; requiring the FHSAA to allow public schools to join other athletic associations; prohibiting the FHSAA from taking retributory or discriminatory actions against member schools that join other athletic associations; requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to adopt bylaws requiring certain governing boards to approve the employment and continued employment of certain HB 7103, Engrossed 2 individuals; requiring the FHSAA to adopt bylaws or policies; requiring that 30 seconds be set aside for opening remarks at the beginning of all athletic events; prohibiting the association from controlling, monitoring, or reviewing the content of the opening remarks; requiring an announcement before the remarks that the association does not endorse the views or opinions presented; requiring the Commissioner of Education to submit a report to specified entities by December 1, 2020, on the feasibility of implementing a certain program; amending s. 1002.391, F.S.; revising the definition for the term "auditory-oral education program"; requiring certain individual educational plan teams and individualized family support plan teams to include a specified specialist; providing effective dates.

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Jennifer Sullivan (R)*,  Wyman Duggan (R),  Dane Eagle (R),  Jason Fischer (R),  Ardian Zika (R), 

Other Sponsors (1)

Died in Education (on 03/14/2020)

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