Senate Bill 1000 (2021) — Part-time public school enrollment
SB 1000
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Florida Senate - 2021 SB By Senator Baxley 12-01006-21 20211000__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled
An act relating to part-time public school enrollment; 2 creating s. 1002.44, F.S.; authorizing certain students to take up to three courses per school year at any public school, subject to space, availability, 5 and course prerequisites; providing construction; 6 providing for funding; amending s. 1011.61, F.S.; 7 revising the definition of the term “part-time student”; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; requiring program membership surveys of each school made by each district by aggregating the full-time equivalent student membership of each program by school and by district to include part-time students; providing an effective date. 14
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
Section
Section 1002.44, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 19 1002.44 Part-time public school enrollment.— 20
(1) Any student who meets the regular attendance requirement of s. 1003.21 by attending a school or program specified in s. 1003.01(13)(b)-(
e) may take up to three courses each school year at any public school in this state, subject to space, availability, and any course prerequisites. This subsection does not change the regular school attendance requirements of such schools or programs. 27
(2) Part-time public school enrollment as described in subsection (1) does not count toward the attendance requirements Florida Senate - 2021 SB 1000 12-01006-21 20211000__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. of programs specified in s. 1003.01(13)(b)-(e). 30
(3) Part-time students enrolled under this
section must be reported for and generate funding pursuant to s. 1011.62. 32
Section 2. Paragraph
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b) of subsection (1) of
section 33 1011.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 34 1011.61
Definitions.—Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 35 1000.21, the following terms are defined as follows for the purposes of the Florida Education Finance Program: 37
(1) A “full-time equivalent student” in each program of the district is defined in terms of full-time students and part-time students as follows: 40
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b) A “part-time student” is a student on the active membership roll of a school program or combination of school programs listed in s. 1011.62(1)(
c) who is less than a full-time student, including students attending a school program or combination of school programs pursuant to s. 1002.44.
A student who receives instruction in a school that operates for less than the minimum term shall generate full-time equivalent student membership proportional to the amount of instructional hours provided by the school divided by the minimum term requirement as provided in s. 1011.60(2). 50 The department shall determine and implement an equitable method of equivalent funding for schools operating under emergency conditions, which schools have been approved by the department to operate for less than the minimum term as provided in s. 55 1011.60(2). 56
Section 3. Paragraph
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a) of subsection (1) of
section 57 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 58 Florida Senate - 2021 SB 1000 12-01006-21 20211000__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each district for operation of schools is not determined in the annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as follows: 64
(1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in determining the annual allocation to each district for operation: 68
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a) Determination of full-time equivalent membership.—69 During each of several school weeks, including scheduled intersessions of a year-round school program during the fiscal year, a program membership survey of each school shall be made by each district by aggregating the full-time equivalent student membership, including part-time students, of each program by school and by district. The department shall establish the number and interval of membership calculations, except that for basic and special programs such calculations shall not exceed nine for any fiscal year.
The district’s full-time equivalent membership shall be computed and currently maintained in accordance with regulations of the commissioner. 80