Florida Senate - 2018                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for HB 7055
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Steube moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (734058) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 3148 and 3149
    5  insert:
    6         Section 26. Paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of subsection (3)
    7  of section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    8         1006.15 Student standards for participation in
    9  interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student
   10  activities; regulation.—
   11         (3)
   12         (c) An individual home education student is eligible to
   13  participate at the public school to which the student would be
   14  assigned according to district school board attendance area
   15  policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to
   16  s. 1002.31, or may develop an agreement to participate at a
   17  private school, in the interscholastic extracurricular
   18  activities of that school, provided the following conditions are
   19  met:
   20         1. The home education student must meet the requirements of
   21  the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
   22         2. During the period of participation at a school, the home
   23  education student must demonstrate educational progress as
   24  required in paragraph (b) in all subjects taken in the home
   25  education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the
   26  parent and the school principal which may include: review of the
   27  student’s work by a certified teacher chosen by the parent;
   28  grades earned through correspondence; grades earned in courses
   29  taken at a Florida College System institution, university, or
   30  trade school; standardized test scores above the 35th
   31  percentile; or any other method designated in s. 1002.41.
   32         3. The home education student must meet the same residency
   33  requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
   34  participates.
   35         4. The home education student must meet the same standards
   36  of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required of other
   37  students in extracurricular activities.
   38         5. The student must register with the school his or her
   39  intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
   40  activities as a representative of the school before
   41  participation the beginning date of the season for the activity
   42  in which he or she wishes to participate. A home education
   43  student must be able to participate in curricular activities if
   44  that is a requirement for an extracurricular activity.
   45         6. A student who transfers from a home education program to
   46  a public school before or during the first grading period of the
   47  school year is academically eligible to participate in
   48  interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first
   49  grading period provided the student has a successful evaluation
   50  from the previous school year, pursuant to subparagraph 2.
   51         7. Any public school or private school student who has been
   52  unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
   53  interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
   54  participate in such activities as a home education student until
   55  the student has successfully completed one grading period in
   56  home education pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
   57  participate as a home education student.
   58         (d) An individual charter school student pursuant to s.
   59  1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to which
   60  the student would be assigned according to district school board
   61  attendance area policies or which the student could attend in
   62  any interscholastic extracurricular activity of that school,
   63  unless such activity is provided by the student’s charter
   64  school, if the following conditions are met:
   65         1. The charter school student must meet the requirements of
   66  the charter school education program as determined by the
   67  charter school governing board.
   68         2. During the period of participation at a school, the
   69  charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as
   70  required in paragraph (b).
   71         3. The charter school student must meet the same residency
   72  requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
   73  participates.
   74         4. The charter school student must meet the same standards
   75  of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of
   76  other students in extracurricular activities.
   77         5. The charter school student must register with the school
   78  his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
   79  extracurricular activities as a representative of the school
   80  before participation the beginning date of the season for the
   81  activity in which he or she wishes to participate. A charter
   82  school student must be able to participate in curricular
   83  activities if that is a requirement for an extracurricular
   84  activity.
   85         6. A student who transfers from a charter school program to
   86  a traditional public school before or during the first grading
   87  period of the school year is academically eligible to
   88  participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during
   89  the first grading period if the student has a successful
   90  evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to
   91  subparagraph 2.
   92         7. Any public school or private school student who has been
   93  unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
   94  interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
   95  participate in such activities as a charter school student until
   96  the student has successfully completed one grading period in a
   97  charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
   98  participate as a charter school student.
   99         (e) A student of the Florida Virtual School full-time
  100  program may participate in any interscholastic extracurricular
  101  activity at the public school to which the student would be
  102  assigned according to district school board attendance area
  103  policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to
  104  s. 1002.31 if the student:
  105         1. During the period of participation in the
  106  interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
  107  in paragraph (a).
  108         2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
  109  board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School.
  110         3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students
  111  in the school at which he or she participates.
  112         4. Meets the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and
  113  performance that are required of other students in
  114  extracurricular activities.
  115         5. Registers his or her intent to participate in
  116  interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
  117  before participation the beginning date of the season for the
  118  activity in which he or she wishes to participate. A Florida
  119  Virtual school student must be able to participate in curricular
  120  activities if that is a requirement for an extracurricular
  121  activity.
  122  
  123  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  124  And the title is amended as follows:
  125         Delete line 4854
  126  and insert:
  127         and neglect provisions; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.;
  128         revising requirements for participation in
  129         extracurricular student activities for certain
  130         students; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.;