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An act relating to education; creating s. 1004.933, F.S.; providing legislative intent; establishing the Graduation Alternative to Traditional Education (GATE) Program within the Department of Education; providing definitions; requiring institutions to waive payments for specified student fees; providing requirements for the provision of such waivers; providing eligibility requirements; providing that students participating in the program are eligible for a specified stipend under certain circumstances; prohibiting an institution from imposing additional eligibility requirements; providing department responsibilities; providing department reporting requirements; authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt rules; amending s. 445.009, F.S.; revising the services to which the one stop delivery system is intended to provide access; amending s. 1003.21, F.S.; requiring a student’s certified school counselor or other school personnel to inform the student of opportunities in the GATE Program; amending s. 1003.435, F.S.; requiring district school boards to notify all candidates for the high school equivalency diploma of adult secondary and postsecondary education options, including specified eligibility requirements; creating s. 1009.711, F.S.; creating the GATE Scholarship Program; requiring the department to administer the program; requiring the program to reimburse eligible institutions for specified student fees and costs; requiring participating institutions to report specified information to the department; requiring the department to reimburse participating institutions within a specified timeframe; providing that reimbursements are contingent upon legislative appropriation and must be prorated under certain circumstances; authorizing the state board to adopt rules; amending s. 1009.895, F.S.; revising student eligibility criteria for the Open Door Grant Program; amending s. 1011.80, F.S.; revising the number of courses for which certain students may be reported for certain funding purposes; providing that such courses do not have to be core curricula courses; deleting a requirement that the department develop a list of courses to be designated as core curricula courses; creating s. 1011.804, F.S.; establishing the GATE Startup Grant Program within the department for a specified purpose; defining the term “institution”; providing eligibility requirements; providing department duties; providing requirements for grant proposals, grant awards, and the use of grant funds; providing reporting requirements; authorizing the state board to adopt rules; creating s. 1011.8041, F.S.; creating the GATE Program Performance Fund for a specified purpose; defining the term “institution”; subject to legislative appropriation, requiring each participating institution to receive a specified amount of money per student, subject to certain conditions; authorizing the state board to adopt rules; providing an effective date.

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Chapter No. 2024-161 (on 05/13/2024)

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