FL S0732

Bill

FL S0732

K-12 Education

Introduced
11/02/2017

In Committee
11/15/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
03/11/2018

Introduced Session

Potential new amendment

2018 Regular Session

Bill Summary

Revising the meaning of a rare disease within the definition of the term "disability" for purposes of the Gardiner Scholarship Program; specifying that a home education program is not a school district program and is registered with the district school superintendent only for the purpose of complying with the state's attendance requirements; establishing reading scholarship accounts for specified purposes; prohibiting a district school superintendent from requiring certain evidence relating to a child's age from children enrolled in specified schools and programs; authorizing a district school board participating in the Mastery-Based Education Pilot Program to award credit based on student mastery of certain content and skills; renaming the Competency-Based Education Pilot Program as the Mastery-Based Education Pilot Program; requiring the Department of Education to provide certain teacher and student ACT and PreACT information for the evaluation of certain services and activities, etc.

AI Summary

This bill makes several revisions to K-12 education in Florida, including: - Expanding the definition of "disability" for the Gardiner Scholarship Program to include more rare diseases. - Clarifying that home education programs are not school district programs and only need to register with the district for attendance purposes. - Establishing reading scholarship accounts for 3rd-5th grade students who scored below a Level 3 on the statewide ELA assessment. - Prohibiting district school superintendents from requiring certain age documentation from students enrolled in certain schools and programs. - Authorizing district school boards participating in the Mastery-Based Education Pilot Program to award credit based on student mastery of content and skills. - Renaming the Competency-Based Education Pilot Program as the Mastery-Based Education Pilot Program. - Requiring the Department of Education to provide certain ACT and PreACT information for evaluation of services and activities.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Education

Sponsors (2)

Dennis Baxley (R)*, Denise Grimsley (R),

Other Sponsors (2)

Appropriations (S), Education (S)

Last Action

Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 731 (on 03/08/2018)

Official Document

http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732

(11 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732
Senate Floor Amendment (Delete All) #612468	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/Amendment/612468/HTML
Senate Floor Amendment #558226	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/Amendment/558226/HTML
Senate Floor Amendment #452302	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/Amendment/452302/HTML
Senate Floor Amendment #498098	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/Amendment/498098/HTML
BillText	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/BillText/c2/HTML
Bill	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/BillText/c2/PDF
BillText	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/BillText/c1/HTML
Bill	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/BillText/c1/PDF
Senate Committee Amendment #755034	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/Amendment/755034/HTML
Senate Committee Amendment #758586	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/Amendment/758586/HTML
BillText	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/BillText/Filed/HTML
Bill	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2018/732/BillText/Filed/PDF

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H0001	The Hope Scholarship Program	Died in Messages	Similar To
H0323	Education	Laid on Table, refer to CS/SB 88	Similar To
H0731	Home Education	Chapter No. 2018-134	Similar To
H1035	Personalized Education	Died in Education	Similar To
H1095	Penalties and Fees	Died in Appropriations Committee	Similar To
H7055	Education	Chapter No. 2018-6	Similar To
S0968	Mastery-based Education	Died in Education	Similar To
S1172	Hope Scholarship Program	Died in Appropriations	Similar To
S1270	Penalties and Fees	Died in Appropriations	Similar To
S1286	Gardiner Scholarship	Died in Appropriations	Similar To
S1820	Reading Scholarship Accounts	Died in Education	Similar To

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